domenica, ottobre 28, 2012

Innocent stage


DANCE, 2012

Frame from "Dance", Francesco Bartoli 2012
<< I think the poetry brings us to a pure sense of contact with our feelings. At the same time it does have a strong literary expression; but the most important thing is that it brings us to the innocent stage in which imagination and language can be most vulnerable and at the same time most penetrating. >> A.W.

DANCE, video creation 5' 37'' 2012
Francesco Bartoli 2012

SHORT STORIES ABOUT KOREA, 2012

Going for a walk in the streets of any South Korean city is like suddenly finding oneself in an endless intersection of intoxicating roads. Before getting involved in any creative project, I found it convenient to ask myself a key question: what should I fixate my attention on? I decided to concentrate on the silence and minimal actions of those persons that enliven the dynamic Korean society. 

Frame from "Short stories about Korea", Francesco Bartoli 2012

I created these works during the five weeks I spent in the city of Gwangju, on the occasion of its’ important art Biennale. Far from trying to understand the Story of this country, my intention was to create a series of short stories with varying degrees of social relevance that would talk about the routine and tasks in a Korean metropolis.  From the first moment, I considered the appropriateness of inspiring my work on anonymous stories, on subjects that, regardless of their “normality”, could reveal something important about that unknown place to me. 

Short stories about Korea, documentary 18'25'' 2012

In a society where the frenetic production of technological “objects” and the enactment of old traditions are mixed to the point of being blended, each ordinary step through the usual streets becomes a new discovery. The markets, the public transport, the sensation of living in a continuous periphery –in spite of being in an urban centre–, make the images that compose this project travel from one atmosphere to another, in a culture that, as I see it, navigates between a burning westernization and the survival of indigenous customs. 

mercoledì, maggio 02, 2012

AGENDA 2012: UNA OBRA EN BUSCA DE EMPATÍA

At SALA DE ARTE JOVEN de Madrid
(Art space of the regional government of Madrid)
Francesco Bartoli, 2012

"Untitled" (2011)
Francesco Bartoli, C-Print 50X60cm 

"Los Innombrables/ The Unmentionable" (2008)
Francesco Bartoli, video 4' and 8 photographs 

"Nº 24" (2005)
Francesco Bartoli, video 48''

Info: http://www.saladeartempatico.es/02bartoli.html 

sabato, gennaio 21, 2012

AUTORITRATTO: SERIES ABOUT THE FAMILY 2008/2012

AUTORITRATTO is a work consisting of a video-animation and a video that forms part of a series inspired in my family and which also includes the video-animation FABER, the artist’s book BETWEEN US and the creative documentary AS IF I WASN’T HERE.

Drawing, Francesco Bartoli 2012

This four works were developed at three different stages of my life but belong to the same train of thought. Three different media joined together by my reflections on the place where I was raised and the personages that still inhabit it. The strangeness experienced when I encountered the same context years later, the memories that came up in the conversations about the past, and a constant examination on my present role as an artist, are just some of the emotions and themes developed in this series.

AUTORITRATTO 2: VIDEO
Video, Francesco Bartoli 2012

AUTORITRATTO 1: VIDEO ANIMATION
Video animation, Francesco Bartoli 2012

I was looking for understanding in a place I had always believed to be little receptive and instead found acceptance and unlimited respect; a kind of abnegation that the members of my family feel towards a person that was able to become detached from the overwhelming bond one has with his roots. The contradictory feelings and the doubts experienced during my short visits home prompted this ever-changing self-portrait composed of the places and characters of my childhood. However, I voluntarily left out from this autoritratto the images of my present.

TRA DI NOI: FRAGMENTS FROM ARTIST 'S BOOOK (2010)

Fragments from artist's book, Francesco Bartoli 2012

Fragments from artist's book, Francesco Bartoli 2012

Fragments from artist's book, Francesco Bartoli 2012

Fragments from artist's book, Francesco Bartoli 2012

Fragments from artist's book, Francesco Bartoli 2012

Fragments from artist's book, Francesco Bartoli 2012

FABER:
DRAWINGS FOR ANIMATIONS AND PHOTOGRAPH (2012)

Photograph, Francesco Bartoli 2010

VIDEO ANIMATION
FABER, Francesco Bartoli 2012

Drawings for animation, Francesco Bartoli 2012
Drawings for animation, Francesco Bartoli 2012
Drawings for animation, Francesco Bartoli 2012

AS IF I WASN'T HERE/SE NON FOSSI QUI: DOCUMENTARY (2010)

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION SHORT FILM, DOCUMENTA MADRID 2011


Francesco Bartoli 2012