EUROPEAN MEDIA ART FESTIVAL OSNABRUECK 2011 - Emaf

EXHIBITION PLANET M
MOVING STORIES
INVIDEO by aiace presents
GUARDARI SE STESSI GUARDARSI
(WATCHING YOURSELF WATCHING YOURSELF)
MASBEDO
Guardare se stessi guardarsi ist eine Multi-Monitor- Videoinstallation, in deren Fokus die
Beziehung zwischen Bild und Ton steht. Die Kamera verweilt auf einem Klavier, das in einer
aufgelassenen Fabrik zurückblieb. Plötzlich wird es von mehreren Schüssen getroffen. Auf
einem anderen Bildschirm vermitteln Bilder weiblicher Hände, die dem zerstörten Instrument
melancholische Melodien abringen wollen, eine Atmosphäre von Gewalt und Ohnmacht.
Auf dem dritten und kleinsten Bildschirm sind eindrucksvolle Bilder von Wölfen in ihrer
natürlichen Umgebung zu sehen.
Guardare se stessi guardarsi (Watching yourself watching yourself) is a multiple-screen
video installation focused on the relationship between sound and image. The camera lingers
on the image of a beautiful piano abandoned in a disused factory. Suddenly the piano is hit
by several rifle shots. On another screen an image of female hands trying to compose melancholic
music with what is left of the musical instrument gives a feeling of violence and powerlessness.
On the third screen, the smallest one, you can see impressive images of wild
wolves in their natural environment.
MASBEDO is an artistic duo, living and working in Milan. Since 2000, Nicola Massazza (born
in Milan in 1973) and Lacopo Bedogni (born in Sarzana in 1970) have exhibited internationally
in museums and have taken part in various film festivals, including Locarno, Rome, Trieste,
Lisbon, Athens, Bologna and Milan. Their video works are to be found in the collections of both
Italian and international museums. From the very beginning, their artistic development has
been transversal and multidisciplinary, involving various joint projects with writers, musicians,
film actors and actors working in live theater and dance theater.
�Italy 2010, 3-channel video installation, HDV/DVD Pal 8´ loop, sound
�www.masbedo.org
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