The distance that separate an island from the mainland, despite the growth of transportation systems in speed and accessibility, it is the measure of a sense of insularity of those who live surrounded by the sea. In Japan I have often heard repeating the phrase “shima guni“, or “island state“,to communicate a way of thinking and living separate. This sense of isolation varies with the experience of time and space that changes as far as the distance from the mainland is changed. In an article from G. Baldacchino “The bridge effect“, for example, are discussed the effects that an artificial connection – bridges, tunnels or other – have on an island. In the archipelago this rooted sense of insularity is fragmented into several parts that tend to recognize a ‘total identity’. A shared isolation is a sine qua non of the archipelago. Based on these reflections from a few years I have begun to explore and experience the islands with a certain attraction for the peripheral condition of the bounded lifestyle. Visual Island aim to be an archive or a collection of material mostly visual, a working tool for researchers, travelers, anthropologists, or lovers of the islands in the broadest sense. In the first stage of the project, the website will collect and select the work of different “visual islanders” world wide. In the second stage, the intention is to grow the project offline transferring and saving the archive into external hard drives to build up a database, the broadest possible, including island worldwide. Confident that such a path can reach high summits of interest over time as the islands become exclusive and unique centers for the conservation of culture, including customs, history and folklore of a people. The archetype of the treasure island it is alive not only as a separate memory, but involves us in the knowledge that a sunk civilization, or a civilization no longer alive, is the sacrifice offered to the progress of urban densification.
visual island
A visual anthropology archive project
wild souls / ep
See with the eyes of wild souls. Each one of the four tracks in the EP is a vision of an animal and the first track is a tree.
mirror stone
HD - 35' The island of Iheya, north of the okinawan archipelago, is the destination of a pilgrimage to a small mirror set inside the natural theatre of Kumaya cave. Another sacred mirror lay protected by the jungle on a mountain nearby, the path to reach the place was abandoned. A team of four japanese and one italian along with people from the island have helped to clean the way and make the sacred Mirror Stone accessible again.
okapi / wild souls ep
Footages from Soul Power (2008), a documentary on the legendary soul music concert staged in Kinshasa, Zaire in 1974.
titan arum / ppp
Featuring the new school butoh dancer Nobuyoshi Asai with art direction of flower artist Azuma Makoto this video clip present the single of Psysalia Psysalis Psyche titled Titan Arum. The performance transform the human body into a flower that grow and decade. Six long performances without cuts are edited in one piece. In 2010 has been released online and for Japan television.
IO
A short movie shot in Koh Energy Kenkyujo of Tsukuba north of Tokyo. It's a circular walk on top of the ring of this high speed particle accelerator. This is one of the fastest accelerator in the world built to recreate the big-bang conditions in search for the mysteries of matter. Is a sort of narrativization of the comparison between human and science-machine speed. This short movie was presented in a 2 channels Displayed but it is also edited as a single channel for dvd release.
bibe viator
Title is from latin "drink traveller", this is a short movie on the sacred grove of Spoleto. A place where many saints like Saint Anthony and Saint Francisco spent their period of penitence, meditating inside caves and contemplating nature. Narration is an extract of Elemire Zolla's interview for swiss television. With Giacomo Rossi Music improvosation by Kimeron Hardin
ten crack commandments
Inspired from New York's Brooklyn borough street garbage, with some tastes of Coney Island.
corner of the spectacles
A glimpse into Kunyo Maekawa's world, in balance with modern and tradition, human and nature. Featuring Go Nabetani music improvisation by Psysalya Psysalys Psyche
empty suitcase / john & iceberg
2 channels video HD transferred to DVD 3’30” A 3D iceberg is related to a scene adapted from David Mamet’s script “The Cryptogram” (1995). The sound is recorded from a real iceberg. In collaboration with Francesco Scarponi Jacopo Massara as John – Davide Balliano, photography – Alessandro Riberti, 3D artist Issei Fujita, costume design – BobFine production thanks to Lumiq studios
rubber book
“Rubber book” is a story of a material that is going to be used in an industrial production.
damir doma / flow
Following the launch of fashion designer Damir Doma new website this video was used as a cover page introducing the brand's mood. Compositions of color masses reflect on the fluidity of Doma's clothes.
arch-vision
"Arch-vision" is a video for Gemine Muse, a project that aims to create a relationship between an existing artwork and the work of young artists. The choice was a plaster of the archer Teucer by H. Thornicroft (1850-1925). The missing element of the statue, the arch, is created by hand-made drawings of all the plasters of the museum edited in different layers of the video. The shape is the arch and movement is the tension of Teucer's gaze.
Education
2005 - ABA, Academy of Fine Arts “P.Vannucci”, Perugia, Italy
Residence program
2002 - ASP, Akademia Sztuk Pieknych, Warsaw, Poland
2005 - Fabrica - Benetton, Catena di Villorba,Treviso, Italy
Workshop
2004 - Workshop: 3D digital animation with Luca Prasso (character TD – PDI studios)
2006 - Workshop: Proposte XXI with VedovaMazzei and aTitolo, Torino, Italy
Solo exhibition
2005 - JusTakeaWalk, Galleria PassoBlu, Genova (IT)
2006 - Land For Sale in Bangsaray, Galleria PassoBlu, Torino (IT)
2011 - Pietra specchiante - Mirror Stone, Marselleria, Milano (IT)
Group exhibition
2004 - Outing, Trevi Flash Art Museum, Trevi (IT)
2004 - MenoTrenta -30, Civic Museum Savigliano, Torino (IT)
2004 - Tredici Quinti, Center for Contemporary Art Trebisonda, Perugia (IT)
2005 - Gemine Muse, Crawford gallery, Cork (IRL)
2005 - Padiglione Italia Out of Biennale, Palazzo Lucarini, Trevi (IT)
2005 - Milano Flash Art Show, ATA Hotel Executive, Milano (IT)
2005 - On the Wall, Senko Art Gallery, Viborg (DK)
2006 - Oh Youth and Beauty - ProposteXXI, cured by atitolo and vedovamazzei, ABA Torino (IT)
2006 - Palinsesti, Palazzo Altan, San Vito al Tagliamento (IT)
2006 - Zooart, Fresia Garden, Cuneo (IT)
2007 - Fujita-Tinelli, Kyara Atelier, Shikoku (JP)
2007 - Visualize, Loveless, Aoyama, Tokyo (JP)
2008 - Veil, Lift Atelier, Tokyo (JP)
2009 - The heart of your mother for my dogs, cured by Marina Abramovich, Artists Space, New York (US)
2011 - Pietra Specchiante, Marselleria, Milano (IT)
Arto M. "Scoute webmagazine" (english)
Aldo iori "La meraviglia del sacro" (italian)
Masahiro Tsunoda "People" (japanese)
Gabriele Bertucci"Wild Souls" (italian)