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Flies (less skin)
| category | Video |
| subject | Political / Social, Human figure, Animal |
| tags | Biano e Nero, Poesia, Monologo, Movimenti, Performance, Video, Rumore di fondo |
| minutes | 3 |
| seconds | 57 |
| year | 2021 |
The Video Flies (less skin) is clearly inspired by Kafka's literary work "the Metamorphosis".
It's a painful reflection on the alienation of the human being and on incommunicability.
The protagonist of the performative piece is an imaginary character in mutation, with the appearance of a heroine out of a science fiction film of the 60s / 70s, covered with armor and epithelial stratifications endowed with alternative sensory pathways, who develops an aversion to natural and social environment. This confusion will lead him to a deeper identity crisis.
An opposite tension, satisfied by conflicting desires, has generated a short-circuit of the will: to find a way out, as would an insect imprisoned within the walls of a house, or to let oneself go to the paralysis of the will and free will? In the most extreme situations, which in some way modify our idea of progress, also understood as pace, rhythm, mood, it happens that our most instinctive part takes over. Someone prefers not to observe - to observe oneself, for fear of not recognizing oneself, immediately the external judgment, losing the references that say our comfort zone. Some, on the other hand, experience the travail of mutation and the change that follows, without compromise, also running the risk of coming out of the chorus, alien. Mesmerizing and positively distressing, it suggests the uncertainty of the future of the human species. Have we arrived at a crucial moment? Will we become machines, or will the human nature of those who do not want to surrender win? As I struggle between these extreme polarities, I change my skin into armor day after day but I also become aware of losing it. Seeking a renewed humanity.
It's a painful reflection on the alienation of the human being and on incommunicability.
The protagonist of the performative piece is an imaginary character in mutation, with the appearance of a heroine out of a science fiction film of the 60s / 70s, covered with armor and epithelial stratifications endowed with alternative sensory pathways, who develops an aversion to natural and social environment. This confusion will lead him to a deeper identity crisis.
An opposite tension, satisfied by conflicting desires, has generated a short-circuit of the will: to find a way out, as would an insect imprisoned within the walls of a house, or to let oneself go to the paralysis of the will and free will? In the most extreme situations, which in some way modify our idea of progress, also understood as pace, rhythm, mood, it happens that our most instinctive part takes over. Someone prefers not to observe - to observe oneself, for fear of not recognizing oneself, immediately the external judgment, losing the references that say our comfort zone. Some, on the other hand, experience the travail of mutation and the change that follows, without compromise, also running the risk of coming out of the chorus, alien. Mesmerizing and positively distressing, it suggests the uncertainty of the future of the human species. Have we arrived at a crucial moment? Will we become machines, or will the human nature of those who do not want to surrender win? As I struggle between these extreme polarities, I change my skin into armor day after day but I also become aware of losing it. Seeking a renewed humanity.
