Vital Signs
3.5
Length10 mins
LanguageNo Language
Release Date1991-01-01
StatusReleased
Documentary
Synopsis
In “Vital Signs” (1991), Barbara Hammer demonstratively transforms the horror of death into its opposite. She tenderly cares for a human skeleton, feeding it, dressing and caressing it, taking it for walks in the dark cabaret of an intimate relationship beyond death. She confronts pain and fear rather than repressing them.