"Travel Notebooks: Dubai, United Arab Emirates" (2019)
VIDEO: 1920x1080 HD - 00:03:14 - Written, directed and animated by Silvia De Gennaro
SYNOPSIS:
Skyscrapers cells split into other skyscrapers cells and, stretching themselves along the seashore like shining cliffs of concrete and glass, compete with each other for those which touch more stars.
A fragrant woman, dressed in gold and gems, leaves the house at sunset;
her voice, the sweet song of the Muezzin mixed with the sound of hammers at work.
She has the skin of sand and blood of oil and, as the desert has taught her, makes mirage her beauty.
Cellule di grattacieli si scindono in altre cellule di grattacieli e, estendendosi lungo la riva del mare come brillanti scogli di vetro e cemento, gareggiano tra loro a chi tocca più stelle.
Una donna profumata, vestita di oro e di gemme, esce di casa al tramonto;
la sua voce, il dolce canto del Muezzin intercalato al rumore di martelli a lavoro.
Ha la pelle di sabbia e sangue di petrolio e, come il deserto le ha insegnato, fa del miraggio la sua bellezza.
SCREENINGS AND AWARDS:
2021 - “RIF Lezioni- Francesca Fini New World - Forme di Memoria - La videoarte italiana racconta la città #1” curated by Francesca Fini – online on You tube and Facebook Museo delle periferie - Rome, Italy
2020 –“Ibrida Festival delle arti intermediali” - video art in streaming – curated by Vertov Project, Forlì, Italy
2020 - “Video Raymi9” - 2019 video selection – Cusco, Perù -online
2019 - “Video Raymi 9” Festival Internacional de Video Arte del Cusco – Cusco, Peru
2019 - “Artrooms Award Exhibition” Melia White House Hotel - London, United Kingdom - Finalist
2019 - “Videoart Yearbook 2019” Curated by Renato Barilli, Guido Bartorelli, Alessandra Borgogelli, Pasquale Fameli, Silvia Grandi and Fabiola Naldi - Aula Magna di Santa Cristina, DAR – Bologna, Italy
2019 - "Tra metafora e racconto sociale" Anthological Exhibition of Marcantonio Lunardi - Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Lorenzo Viani – Viareggio, Italy
FINE ART PRINTS - 125X70 cm - limited edition of 5 - 50x28 cm - limited edition of 10
