ANALOGICA SELECTION 15 - 2025

FULL OUT
by Sarah Ballard
16mm / 2025 / USA / 14’ 25’’
FULL OUT by Sarah Ballard
In 19th century Paris at the Salpêtrière Hospital, patients were hypnotized on stage to reproduce the symptoms of hysteria for public audiences. Over a century later, high school cheerleaders are fainting en masse.
Full Out is the inaugural work in a suite of films investigating the intricate threads between historical accounts of mass hysteria, the body's capacity for knowing, and the ways collective resonance can both fracture and heal.
Sarah Ballard is a filmmaker currently based in Milwaukee, WI. Her work has been programmed at venues and film festivals such as Institute for Contemporary Arts London, Museum of Moving Image New York, Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival, Images Festival, Crossroads, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, and Antimatter [Media Art].