Sirens Call

In which, in whose reality do we want to be? Are they options and varieties? Sure, you might say, but does that include ... merfolks for you?

The first long movie by Miriam Miri Ian Gossing and Lina Sieckmann explores, in a blend of documentary and (science) fiction, our image of ourselves and others in an intricate web of visual methods.

Some people would call Uma different, as a psychologist seeing herself as mermaid, seeking community and individuality. But aren't we all remote offspring of the oceans? Aren't we all different? (The film of the two Cologne-based artists has been produced in the time in-between the two Trump periods who has been playing the populist cards against any alternative ideas.)

It is no easy movie, it's art and intense. You can spot that Sirens Call was produced and reworked with that intensity and love.