This video applies a deformative logic to images taken from Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” (1989), connecting them intertextually with the film “Under the Skin” (2013), which provides the music for the piece. It thus highlights and accentuates the violent, rageful gender dynamics of “The Little Mermaid”, reimagining it as a nightmarish scene of body horror and female subjugation.

Made as part of the “Videographic Methods and Practices: Embodying the Video Essay” workshop held in Bowdoin College, July 2023.

Published in “Teknokultura”, January 2024.

How to cite: Avissar, Ariel (2024). Under the Sea. Teknokultura. Revista de Cultura Digital y Movimientos Sociales 21(1), 95-96. doi.org/10.5209/tekn.90515