Somersault (1982)
Using one half of a convex mirror mounted within a glass cylinder, Steina trains the video camera eye dead center as she records the space immediately around her. “Steina playfully does gymnastics with her camera and its mirrored lens attachment as a means of producing a 360-degree image of a torso wrapped around the camera lens . . . an exercise in an immersive space” for both maker and viewer. —Yvonne Spielmann
- Date of release
- 1982-01-01
- Runtime
- 5m
- Director
- Steina Vasulka
Casting
- Steina Vasulka — Self
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