Turbomondi (Melodia)
Monochannel video 4k transferred on H264, 1920×1080, 2021.
Duration 7’25’’, loop, color, stereo sound. English-Italian subtitles.
Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC - DGCC.
Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome.
Turbomondi (Melodia) is a hypnotic experience within worlds that interrogate the communicative power of the word, its persuasiveness and the mechanisms it implements in dictating the bonds of sociality. Giving life to situations generated by an unconscious that draws on the depths of the imagination to create new possible panoramas, the artist continues his experimentation freely inspired by the language of cinema and advertising, without denying a reference also to visual poetry, to investigate mechanisms of communication as a subject. A mysterious story, a film made of static and motionless frames, with no tracking shots or other machine movements.
The work represents the key to the broader research that the artist is developing with Turbomondi, a galaxy of suspended worlds, populated by creatures neither human nor alien, which challenges the anthropocentric vision of a universe that may not have been out of stock. “No being remains equal to himself. They break down and rearrange themselves, according to superior forces. What am I? What have I been? What will I become? Turbomondi invites to reshape ideas about what it means to exist, what Earth is, and what society is”.
Turbomondi (Melodia) is the winning project of Cantica21. Italian Contemporary Art Everywhere. an initiative launched by MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC that promotes and enhances Italian contemporary art, supporting the production of works and exhibiting them in Italian Cultural Institutes, Embassies and Consulates. On this occasion, Turbomondi (Melodia) entered in the public collection of the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica in Rome, accompanied by an experimental text by Damiano Gullì, Public Program Head Curator - Triennale Milan.
SELECTED BY
Cantica21, Italian Contemporary Art Everywhere. Section: Under35.
PRODUCED BY
MAECI (Directorate General for the Promotion of the Country System of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation); MiC (Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture).
COMMISSIONED FOR
Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Rome.
Full crew & credits
A FILM BY Andrea Martinucci | SCRIPT BY Barbara Bigi, Andrea Martinucci | SCRIPT SUPERVISOR Laura Sinceri | CINEMATOGRAPHER Jacopo Farina | CAMERA ASSISTANT Raffaele Diacono | SET DESIGNER Benedetta Maestro | ASSISTANT SET DESIGNERS Romeo Steiner, Weronika Wolińska | EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION Beppe Leonetti | MUSIC AND SOUND Ivano Pecorini | VISUAL EFFECTS Leonardo Casani | EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION NOS Visual Arts Production | TRANSLATION Maria Vittoria Di Sabatino | SPECIAL THANKS TO Officine De Rolandi - Milan, Aurelio Di Virgilio, Jacopo Belloni.
Monochannel video 4k transferred on H264, 1920×1080, 2021.
Duration 7’25’’, loop, color, stereo sound. English-Italian subtitles.
Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC - DGCC.
Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome.
Turbomondi (Melodia) is a hypnotic experience within worlds that interrogate the communicative power of the word, its persuasiveness and the mechanisms it implements in dictating the bonds of sociality. Giving life to situations generated by an unconscious that draws on the depths of the imagination to create new possible panoramas, the artist continues his experimentation freely inspired by the language of cinema and advertising, without denying a reference also to visual poetry, to investigate mechanisms of communication as a subject. A mysterious story, a film made of static and motionless frames, with no tracking shots or other machine movements.
The work represents the key to the broader research that the artist is developing with Turbomondi, a galaxy of suspended worlds, populated by creatures neither human nor alien, which challenges the anthropocentric vision of a universe that may not have been out of stock. “No being remains equal to himself. They break down and rearrange themselves, according to superior forces. What am I? What have I been? What will I become? Turbomondi invites to reshape ideas about what it means to exist, what Earth is, and what society is”.
Turbomondi (Melodia) is the winning project of Cantica21. Italian Contemporary Art Everywhere. an initiative launched by MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC that promotes and enhances Italian contemporary art, supporting the production of works and exhibiting them in Italian Cultural Institutes, Embassies and Consulates. On this occasion, Turbomondi (Melodia) entered in the public collection of the Istituto Centrale per la Grafica in Rome, accompanied by an experimental text by Damiano Gullì, Public Program Head Curator - Triennale Milan.
SELECTED BY
Cantica21, Italian Contemporary Art Everywhere. Section: Under35.
PRODUCED BY
MAECI (Directorate General for the Promotion of the Country System of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation); MiC (Directorate General for Contemporary Creativity of the Ministry of Culture).
COMMISSIONED FOR
Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Rome.
Full crew & credits
A FILM BY Andrea Martinucci | SCRIPT BY Barbara Bigi, Andrea Martinucci | SCRIPT SUPERVISOR Laura Sinceri | CINEMATOGRAPHER Jacopo Farina | CAMERA ASSISTANT Raffaele Diacono | SET DESIGNER Benedetta Maestro | ASSISTANT SET DESIGNERS Romeo Steiner, Weronika Wolińska | EDITING AND POST PRODUCTION Beppe Leonetti | MUSIC AND SOUND Ivano Pecorini | VISUAL EFFECTS Leonardo Casani | EXECUTIVE PRODUCTION NOS Visual Arts Production | TRANSLATION Maria Vittoria Di Sabatino | SPECIAL THANKS TO Officine De Rolandi - Milan, Aurelio Di Virgilio, Jacopo Belloni.
Turbomondi (Melodia), Trailer, 2021. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome. ©Andrea Martinucci.
Turbomondi (Melodia), film frame, 2021. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome.
©Andrea Martinucci.
Turbomondi (Melodia), film frame, 2021. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome.
©Andrea Martinucci.
Turbomondi (Melodia), film frame, 2021. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome.
©Andrea Martinucci.
Turbomondi (Melodia), film frame, 2021. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome.
©Andrea Martinucci.
Edition, Turbomondi (Melodia), 2021. Photo by Jessica Soffiati. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome.
©Andrea Martinucci.
Leaflet edition, Turbomondi (Melodia), 2021. Text by Damiano Gullì.
Photo by Jessica Soffiati. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome. ©Andrea Martinucci.
Photo by Jessica Soffiati. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome. ©Andrea Martinucci.
Edition, Turbomondi (Melodia), 2021.
Photo by Jessica Soffiati. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome. ©Andrea Martinucci.
Photo by Jessica Soffiati. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome. ©Andrea Martinucci.
Edition, Turbomondi (Melodia), 2021.
Photo by Jessica Soffiati. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome. ©Andrea Martinucci.
Photo by Jessica Soffiati. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome. ©Andrea Martinucci.
Installation view,
Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Rome. Courtesy the artist, Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, MAECI-DGSP and MiC-DGCC. Istituto Centrale per la Grafica, Permanent Collection, Rome.
©Andrea Martinucci.