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Elena Arzuffi and Ennio Bertrand
Galleria Estro hosts two loosely connected installations by Elena Arzuffi and Ennio Bertrand.
Elena Arzuffi shows the video of her animated film Volata via and recreates the environment from the film in the gallery by presenting, in the shape of life-size silhouettes, some architectural details and the film’s main character.
In contrast to the usual ludic applications associated with the animation process, Casolaro’s video deals with the topic of the female condition in an explicit and lucid way; she portrays scenes of domestic environments that aspire to provoke feelings of reassurance and well-being, but that lack any outlet for one’s tensions and are so cozily protective as to induce claustrophobia. These are settings in which even the most everyday things might trigger a violent reaction; they express the dissatisfaction, the psychological pressure, that induce the kind of bewilderment and confusion that can all too easily lead to a tragic conclusion.
Ennio Bertrand is showing Passi, a technologically advanced videoinstallation in which the visitor interacts with a series of short, recorded sequences from current affairs TV programs. The videos explore the, recurrent, theme of walking: this restlessness, this constant of travel, seems prominent in a every kind of civilization, endlessly moving from one place to another. Whether the images deal with the inhabitants of villages or of megalopolises, whether those depicted are Americans, Afghans, Palestinians, or Israelis, moving of their own free will or are compelled to do so, the constant stream of people seems to reference the processes of movement and meeting that leaves its mark on every walk of human life. Another allusion is to the incessant flow of men and of things between lands, cultures, and different disciplines, which is so characteristic of today’s mixed-up, turbulent society. Moving around in front of Bertrand’s light box installations sets the images in motion: as the visitor approaches the light box, the video starts to play; if they moves backwards, then the video likewise starts to run backwards; and when the visitor stops moving altogether for a few seconds, the video being show stops playing and is automatically replaced by another. It’s impossible to opt out, Bertrand seems to be saying: the reality that the media shows us is also a part of us.
Bertrand is also showing some of his cieli: panels of milky fiberglass or precious red or blue velvet, onto which myriad little lights flicker on and off to some strange, unpredictable rhythm. The works are reminiscent of skies twinkling with little stars, of which, once again, we can grasp the suggestiveness, but not understand the logic.
Curated by Gabi Scardi.
Elena Arzuffi lives and works in Milan.
Solo exhibitions: 2001 Backup, Galleria Maria Cilena – Milan.
Curated by Giulia Bellarosa for G.A.M., Riccione, Rocca Malatestiana di Montefiore Conca.
2000 Ospiti inaspettati, curated by Linda De Sanctis, Riparte, Rome.
She has participated in many group exhibition .
Ennio Bertrand lives and works in Milano.
Solo exhibitions: 2000 Expost, Random.Acces.Time - Rome.
1999, B&D Studio Contemporanea, Milan.
1997, Interazioni feconde, B&D Studio Contemporanea, Milan,
1996, Pesci Cantanti e altre cose, Galleria Santo Ficara, Florence.
1993 Licht und Tonobjete, Germany Galerie im Griedbad, Ulm.
He has partecipated in many group exhibition in Italy and abroad.
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