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Origin, Body, City at Casa Àsia

Monday 22 May 2017, 5 pm

— Film presentation

Origin, Body, City at Casa Àsia
Artists
Claudio Zulian and Origin, Body, City at Casa Àsia
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by Matteo Guidi & Claudio Zulián

Within the framework of the LOOP Festival, Casa Asia hosts the presentation of the audiovisual project Origin, Body, City by the artists Claudio Zulian and Matteo Guidi, both with professional careers that fit perfectly with the themes that propose this project.

The proposal is based on the creation of a film, which is the outcome of the work done by the participants in the workshops led by Claudio Zulian and Matteo Guidi at the Torre Barrina de l’Hospitalet center. As a contribution to the general theme of the LOOP Festival, the beginnings of video art, the project is a personal meditation that covers some elements of the work of Nam June Paik. It is also an exploration of the city of l’Hospitalet through the performance of a group of young people of the Ithaca Association, and some images that indicate the urban environment.
Participants:
Claudio Zulian, artista and filmmaker, director of the audiovisual production Acteon, with which he supports numerous cultural projects.

Matteo Guidi, artist and anthropologist, licenced in Visual Communication and graduated in Ethno-anthropology from the University of Bologna.
Presented by:
Menene Gras Balaguer, director of Cultura and Expositions, Casa Asia.

Claudio Zulian

Artist, Participant
claudiozulian.com

1960, Campodarsego

Claudio Zulian

Director of Aceton, Filmmaker, Video Artist, Musician and Writer. His career has developed mainly in cinema, video installations and theatre. With his documentaries and films he has been selected for various awards and venues such as the AlJazeera International Documentary Film Festival, PriMED, LOOP-Barcelona.

At LOOP 2016 he presented his Artwork “Power no Power” (2013) which considered new forms of power and “El Olivo”(2010), a metaphor for the humanization of the savage through technified industry. He also conducted the UMVA (Unitat Mòbil De Video Arquitectura) workshop.

At Loop 2017 he will present “Orígen, cuerpo, ciudad”, the film is a joint work of the participants of the workshop led by artist Claudio Julian and Matteo Guidi at the centre Torre Barrina in L’Hospitalet. As contribution to the overall theme of this year´s Loop Festival on the beginnings of video art, the film offers a personal mediation on Nam June Paik´s oeuvre. It is also an exploration of the city of L’Hospitalet through the performance of young members of the local Associació Ítaca and the images that the urban environment may suggest.

Last update: May 15th, 2017