“GAIA: UNI(CO)VERSO” (2023)
HD - 1920x1080 - 00:03:35 - Written, animated and directed by Silvia De Gennaro
Music: “Fairy” by Serge Quadrado (Artlist Specific License)
SYNOPSIS:
Planetary colonisations are being planned and digital multiverses are being explored in the spasmodic search for something new and more captivating, when the Earth is already unique in itself and partly unexplored. Just think of the ocean depths, inhabited by creatures still unknown to us, or the tiny world of insects, towards which we often feel an unreasonable revulsion, when in reality they are a miracle of engineering and a living palette of fluorescent colours; not to mention birds, fish… In the video, Gaia — our Mother Earth — follows with her gaze the flow of these fascinating beings, in a slow and serene rhythm that reflects the spirituality and harmony of nature. The World — Gaia — our one and only Universe: a place where it is beautiful, and desirable, to stay.
Si progettano colonizzazioni di pianeti e si frequentano multiversi digitali nella ricerca spasmodica di qualcosa di nuovo e più accattivante, quando la Terra è già di per sé unica e in parte inesplorata. Basti pensare agli abissi degli oceani, abitati da creature ancora sconosciute, o al minuscolo mondo degli insetti, verso i quali spesso si prova un irragionevole ribrezzo, quando in realtà sono un miracolo di ingegneria e una tavolozza vivente di colori fluorescenti; per non parlare degli uccelli, dei pesci…
Nel video, Gaia — la nostra Madre Terra — segue con lo sguardo il fluire di questi affascinanti esseri, in un ritmo lento e sereno che riproduce la spiritualità e l'armonia della natura.
Il Mondo — Gaia — il nostro unico Universo: un luogo in cui è bello, e auspicabile, restare.
SCREENINGS AND AWARDS:
2026 - “In Risonanza” - Fuori Centro – San Lorenzo Art Festival and Roma Jewelry Week – Atelier Aspecifico of Myriam Bottazzi – Rome, Italy
2026 - “The Space Between Pixels” Visioni d'autore nell'era dell'Intelligenza Artifociale – curated by Alberto D'Amico – Studio Campo Boario – Rome, Italy
2026 - “Electro Ruga Buzad Festival”- video selection by Simultan Association – Buzad, Romania
2026 - Spring Screenings: Solo Future Silvia De Gennaro – curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne - on-line https://cinema.nmartproject.net/cinema-g-26/
2025 - “RetroQuito'25” featuring video art programs - Wilfried Agricola de Cologne was curating for MIVA Festival Quito/Ecuador 2012-2025 – The 4 Ecologists @ Hall of Fame - Cuenca Ambato, Ecuador
2025 - “FILE – Electronic language international festival “ Synthetika – videoarte – Centro Cultural FIESP – Sao Paolo, Brazil
2024/2025 - “ The 4 Ecologists @ Hall of Fame” - curated by Wilfried Agricola De Cologne – The New Museum Of Networked Art - https://hall-of-fame.nmartproject.net/ Torrance Art Museum – Los Angeles - U.S.A
2024 - “Video Art Forum “ – Organized by the Dammam Culture and Arts Association - Cinematheque Al Khobar – Dammam, Saudi Arabia - 1st Prize
2024 – Visual container @ Teatro della Cooperativa di Niguarda - Milan, Italy
2024 - “11st Cairo Video Festival” by Medrar – Cairo, Egypt
2024 - “Klex fest - Being Human ” – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2024 - “Ibrida Festival” video art section – Forlì, Italy
2024 - “Termoli Media Arts” video selection by Ibrida Festival and Vertov Project – Termoli, Italy
2024 - “Panoramica 23/Bodies Matter” curated by Alessandra Arnò - Ode to Video - Boscombe Arts Depot– Bournemounth, UK
2024 - “Panoramica 23” Cremona Art Week - “La Stanza di compensazione” - O2 – Cremona, Italy
2024 - “Festival Internacional de la Imagen – Geopoiesis” - section "Cine(y)Digital" – Manizales and Bogotà, Colombia - Honourable Mention
2024 - “Panoramica*23//Bodies Matter: Ovvero Della Sostanza Del Corpo” - SuperOtium – Naples, Italy
2024 - “Panoramica*23//Bodies Matter: Ovvero Della Sostanza Del Corpo” curated by Alessandra Arnò – Visual Container
2023 - “#ArtSpeaksOut”on ikonoTV and plucTV platforms during COP28 at Dubai Airport.
2023 - “Simultan Festival” - MX, Timisoara, Bulgaria
2023 - “27th International New Media Art Festival VIDEOMEDEJA” – Special Program - KS Svilara -Novi Sad, Serbia