Art&More

Untitled 1.1 -:- Video

Wed, 1 Feb 2012 14:58:36 +0100

“Untitled 1.1”
(2012)
1280x720, 3’42’’

A reflection about cellphones and handheld devices as new video shooting gear.

How is it possible to use them exploiting the peculiar possibilites unleashed by such small consumer cameras? How to make them do what's impossible to do with a normal camera?

Mobile video festivals stress the fact that such devices are now in the hands of millions of people, and videoart/filmmaking is now becoming a democratic, shared experience.

Is there something more “artistic” beyond this social issue?

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“Untitled 1.1” is (hopefully) the first of a series of videos shot with a mobile, in which the capabilities of this shooting device are explored.

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Premiered at Index Gallery, Newark (USA), March 10th - April 1st, 2012 “Cycle Art”

Forking clocks -:- Sound and light installation

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 18:03:39 +0100

Alessandro Perini - Forking Clocks
installazione site-specific di luci e suoni
29 Settembre 2011

Scavi Archeologici delle Terme Romane di COMO

ingresso da Viale Lecco -- Autosilo VALDUCE

evento realizzato grazie al patrocinio del Comune di Como, Assessorati Cultura e Politiche Giovanili

si ringrazia la Soprintendenza ai Beni Archeologici

L'idea di un percorso che sia insieme spaziale e temporale è il cuore di questo lavoro. Le sorgenti sonore utilizzate sono limitate a suoni di orologi e metronomi: questi oggetti sonori, simboli della misurazione oggettiva del tempo, vengono deportati dal loro hic et nunc e adagiati in un nuovo contesto multistrato, dove gli eventi seguono sentieri paralleli, divergenti o convergenti, del tutto simili a quelli prospettati da Borges nel celebre Giardino. Emerge dunque la caducità della nostra percezione rispetto a una realtà che sfugge al nostro tentativo di definirla come univoca; perfino i rapporti tra lo spazio e il tempo, il movimento e la stasi, l'ombra e la luce sembrano essere sovvertiti.

Foto: Lisa Conti di palestradigitale.com e Agostino Meroni

Subverted landscape -:- Audiovisual installation

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:34:51 +0100

Animales de los espejos -:- Electroacoustic music with video

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 12:10:06 +0200

"Animales de los espejos"
6-channels electroacoustic music with live video
2009

Second piece from a larger project (work in progress) about animals described in the "Book of imaginary beings" by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges.
"Animales de los espejos" ("Animals of the mirror") refers to an ancient Chinese legend: the images reflected in mirrors are mere copies of our world. But what if, one day, those images will start to imperceptiby differ from the “real” ones, acquiring more an more independence and finally breaking in our reality?

This is a stereo version of the original 6-channel electroacoustic piece.

Built in vvvv ( vvvv.org ).

Á Bao A Qu -:- Electroacoustic music with video

Fri, 13 May 2011 18:26:06 +0200

"Á Bao A Qu"
6-channels electroacoustic music with live video
2011

Third piece from a larger project (work in progress) about animals described in the "Book of imaginary beings" by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges.
"Á Bao A Qu" sleeps near the first steps of the staircase in the Tower of Victory, in Chitor. When someone enters the tower and starts to climb up the stairs, this sensitive creature sticks to the visitor's heels, gaining shape and light, and comes to full essence only if the person manages to reach the top of the tower...

This is a stereo version of the original 6-channel electroacoustic piece.

Built in vvvv ( vvvv.org ) and Max/MSP ( cycling74.com ) connected via OSC.

Premiered in Lugano (Switzerland), Teatro Il Foce, TecArtEco Festival 2011.