Country: Italy
Year: 1991
Duration: 17'


The states of mind and the hallucinations of the participants of the sitin at Palazzo Nuovo (the seat of the school of letters of the University of Turin) in 1990. There is an attempt to break the solitude and then an immersion into the group experience. At these two moments the plastic and the steel of the building develop into a kind of visual nightmare.

Biography

film director

Alessandro Amaducci

Alessandro Amaducci (Turin, 1967), has graduated with a final essay on videoart. Since 1988 he has been working at Centro Arti Visive Archimede in Turin, giving workshops on video, special courses for elementary and middle schools, video and theatrical activities for handicapped people. At the moment he is teaching video in courses funded by the EU, for the Istituto Europeo di Design and for the DAMS in Turin. Since 1991 he has been working with the Archivio Nazionale Cinematografico della Resistenza, making documentaries on Second World War, on Resistance, on working class' struggles and other themes concerning the activity of the Archivio. Since 1992 he has been organising evenings on Italian and foreign video art. In 1995-96 he has worked with Juvarra Theatre in Turin to put on stage some multimedia shows. Since 1999 he has been working with different musical and theatrical situations.

FILMOGRAFIA

Idrogenesi (cm, 1989), Transit (cm, 1990), Materia grigia (cm, 1990), Odio (cm, 1990), L'urlo (cm, 1991), Fantasmi (cm, 1991), Work in Progress (doc., 1992), Alda Bianco, una staffetta partigiana (doc., 1992), Senz'altro sentire (cm, 1993), Aleph-Taw, memorie dello sterminio (doc., 1993), Voci di donna (cm, 1993), Illuminazioni - Arthur Rimbaud (cm, 1994), Casa matta (cm, 1994), Il giudizio di Norimberga (doc., 1994), Decoder (cm, 1994), Crash (cm, 1994), Cattedrali della memoria (cm, 1995), Acherontia atropos (cm, 1995), Le stagioni della Resistenza (doc., 1995), Dybbuk, memorie dei campi (doc., 1996), Contaminazione (cm, 1996), Tribe (cm, 1996), Spiriti liberi (cm, 1996), Solo per i tuoi occhi (cm, 1996), Il minotauro (cm, 1996), Fools and Dolts (cm, 1997), Alcina (mm, 1997), Antonio Gramsci, gli anni torinesi (doc., 1997), Scarlet Woman (cm, 1998), Baron Samedi (cm, 1998), The Awakening of the Beast (cm, 1998), Night of the Living Death (1998), Immaginare e cooperare (mm, 1999), Spoon River 1 (cm, 1998), MGZ Dance Party (1999), Spoon River 2 (cm, 2000), Il funambolo (cm, 2000), Beat Parade (2000), Spoon River 3 (cm, 2001), Soundscapes (2001), Spalsh! (doc., 2001), Il linguaggio della televisione (doc., 2001), Let the Panic Begin (2001), Yel, la voce della foresta (mm, 2001), Taraf de Haidouks & Sergio Berardo, con immagini e letture di Davide Ferrario (2001), Squarci di buio (2001), Q33NYUSA (2001), Spoon River (2002), Love Song (cm, 2002), Attacco psichico (2002), Solo (2002), Glocal (mm, 2002), Schermi di luce (2002), Che fine ha fatto Baby Love? (2003), Hitler Garden (2003), Corpi elettrici (2003).

Cast

& Credits

Regia, sceneggiatura, fotografia e montaggio: Alessandro Amaducci.
Music: Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Gianni Nocenzi.
Production company and Italian distribution: Centro Arti Visive Archimede, via Balla 13, Torino, tel. 307459.
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