The Galactical North Pole Lies in the Hair of Berenice

The range of symbols is manifold and multi-layered, it is a film that utilises many fades, dissolves and double exposures. The "Galactic Northpole"- a fiction of astronomy, an assertion; Berenice had sacrificed her hair on the alter of a goddess in order to gain her approval. One becomes the victim of others - yet one also becomes a victim of oneself.
Actaeon, the hunter, watches Artemis, the huntress while bathing. He is being transformed at the same time into a stag - eventually hunted down by Artemis and his own dogs. (This myth is interpreted as a matriarchal cycle by Graves and Goettner-Abendroth.)
Der Galaktische Nordpol liegt im Haar der Berenice is a cyclical, erotic story: spring, summer, fall, and winter; youth, passionate midlife, old age and death; the colours white, red and black. The instincts of self-preservation: eating, drinking, sex and agression. Desire for power. Lust to sacrifice and be sacrificed. Artemis may only comprehend and dominate Actaeon, who is as independent as she is herself - by his instincts (the dogs, that lacerate him), only if she is able to tranform him into an animal (a stag). She kills him in the end and takes him to the underworld (le petit mort (French) = the orgasm).
(Moucle Blackout)

Orig. Title
Der Galaktische Nordpol liegt im Haar der Berenice
Year
1990
Country
Austria
Duration
14 min
Director
Moucle Blackout
Category
Avantgarde/Arts
Orig. Language
No Dialogue
Credits
Director
Moucle Blackout
Script
Moucle Blackout
Cinematography
Moucle Blackout
Music
Ulf Langheinrich
Editing
Moucle Blackout
Actor/Actress
Moucle Blackout
Available Formats
16 mm (Original Format)
Aspect Ratio
1:1,37
Sound Format
mono
Frame Rate
24 fps
16 mm (Distribution Copy)
Aspect Ratio
1:1,37
Sound Format
mono
Frame Rate
24 fps
Color Format
colour