Project Type: short artistic video
Project Title: Rubedo
Brief Synopsis: The video RUBEDO originates from the homonymous video installation by Cecilia Bertoni that draws on the theme of death and dying, through the celebration of her own funeral, but also tells of the relevance and instability of living, in an individual and collective sense, in its affinities with the mysteries and the imagery of the alchemical process. Existence – in the light of life as a complete work, with all its falls, with its little
deaths – reaching the end can reveal itself as a fabric full of irony, colours and even lightness. And those who remain celebrate their sadness, but also honour the poetry of the moment. In the video, the visitors are transported to a disembodied elsewhere, in which the transition and transformation of every daily gesture becomes a ritual. The word “rubedo” evokes the eternal transformation of the body and soul. The two videos RUBEDO and On the corner, contrasting in aesthetic and sound choices, follow the story of a single figure that changes, dances, laughs, walks, travels, rests, abandons itself and becomes aware of every mistake, fall and uncertainty.
The original video installation was presented on four channels and, consequently, the sound was created for listening with headphones and is
recorded and processed binaurally, a method that aims to optimise the recording, so that the listener has a three dimensional experience.
Runtime: 25’07’’
Completion Date: September 15, 2023
Country of Origin: Italy
Language: italian
Credits
Director: Cecilia Bertoni
Writer: Cecilia Bertoni
Producer: Associazione Culturale Dello Scompiglio
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