LIGHT TOPOGRAPHY
An interactive light installation
SHOWROOM LES CINQ
A tiny shop and atelier in the heart of Paris inside the Passage du Grand Cerf
LAMP(I)ONCINI (3 new items)
The Italian neologism Lamp(i)oncini is the mixture of two words meaning 'small raspberries' (lamponi) and 'small lamps' (lampioni). The pulp, the peel, the seeds and all the parts of the small red fruit let investigate themselves thanks to the presence of a bright light source inside. As through the lens of a magnifier, the shape, the color and the texture are emphasized.
Project: Elena Panza, Valentina Taddei, Morena Sarzo · Photos: Morena Sarzo
WE ALL LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH
WE ALL LOVED EACH OTHER SO MUCH The project starts with an analysis of historical events related to terrorism that have interested Italy after World War II to the present. The initial research has made use of historical documents found on the web: video interviews of the time, the print journalism, documentary video, as well as literary texts by authors of the years of the massacres. The criterion for selection of the collected material responds to the desire to create a work that evaluates the drama of the facts with incisive, yet also with a sense of uncertainty that still pervades the memory of that historical moment. Therefore it was decided to engage the viewer both individually, in the singularity of the person struck from the firearm (or mourning), and collectively and emphasizing the drama of the attack against civil society and innocent. The selected texts become part of the script and recitative in the video installation, were taken from a newspaper article by Pier Paolo Pasolini1 and a poem by Primo Levi2. The presence of the observer, recorded by an electronic device that is projected on the screen and appears as a shadow or a simulacrum impalpable, which alludes to the memory and weak impalpable who is missed. Finally, it is proposed the iconic image of the terrorist taken hold in the time of the shooting or the rebellious gesture of throwing a stone to return, with intensity and immediacy of the violence of those day
CROMICA#1
Colours have variable waves length. From 380 nm of the violet to 760 nm of the red. Colours are sensations. Colours are a psychological event related to sight. When their radiations hit our eyes, our organism reacts in a un-rational and emotive way. Colours are universal but, emotionally talking, they are differently perceived. Cromica can interact with the environment - using sensors - or works in a standalone mode with different effects (e.g. warm, cold, random...)