Abstract
The research of origins, of one’s self (familiar, cultural, ethnic) roots, is a recurrent issue
that occurs in several recent artistic works, experimental documentaries and multimedia
masterpieces. Here it is pursued the assertion of a liquid and plural vision, turned to
communitarian universes, in which every individual places himself as source of his own
identity. Actually, such inquiry into one’s self beginning, becomes a linguistic research upon the patterns and the original figures of the audiovisual medium, leading to an approach in communicative conditions, featured by immediacy, intimacy and simplicity in filmic grammar. In particular, the art works I will examine (Ottonella Mocellin - Nicola Pellegrini, Messico Famigliare (2009) and Adrianne Finelli, Too Soon Too Late (2009) essentially (re-)use home movies as rough material. Finally, the purpose of this speech is to connect the introspective approach to the identity problem, both from an individual and a cultural point of view, with a consideration about the mediatic configurations implied in it.
Lingua originale | English |
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Titolo della pubblicazione ospite | Cinema. Critique des images |
Editor | C. D'Alonzo, PHILIPPE DUBOIS, K. Slock |
Pagine | 35-44 |
Numero di pagine | 10 |
Stato di pubblicazione | Pubblicato - 2011 |
Keywords
- autorappresentazione
- film amatoriale
- origine
- segreto
- video-installazione