io sto benissimo

A synthesized voice conjugates the expression “stare benissimo” (“feeling great”). Starting from the present, going through the past and the future, ending with the imperative, the sense of “stare benissimo” (“feel great”) changes its meaning. The reiteration creates an anxious and claustrophobic atmosphere and the observer progressively doubts that there really was, or will be, a moment of happiness. Linked to the mechanic voice, the video shows colors moving very slowly reminding the sky of beautiful and clear day from the morning to the evening. The beauty is so strong that it seems unreal, and the observer asks himself if that splendor is fiction or not. The video quotes the famous Jean-Luc Godard’s film "Alphaville, une étrange aventure de Lemmy Caution": to the citizens of Alphaville is forbidden saying some words, like “crying” and “loving”; they can use exclusively some expressions, like “I feel great, thank you, you are welcome”. The video shows how the repetition of the same expression can be a motivator and a self-destruction act at the same time. The work displays an uncanny mechanized world where freedom is replaced by an apparently fascinating and desirable safety.