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- 'PIAZZA DI SPAGNA' by Massimo Vitali and Mike Figgis - photo and video installation
- a Vito Di Rosa project for agnès b.
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- Together, Mike Figgis and Massimo Vitali have created a piece with an intriguing narrative, which explores the relationship between digital cinema and the static image.
- The artists were teamed up by Vito Di Rosa, who curated and produced the project with the financial support of agnès b.
- The idea is this to combine the elements of Massimo's detached but epic photographs with Mike's interest
- in small story cinema. An attempt to dig deep in the soft territory that lies between the fixity of two “stills”.
- Very often, particularly by looking at any of Massimo’s pictures, one would like to know what was happening
- before the picture was taken or what will happen immediately after.
- Piazza di Spagna' explores, for the first time, this untrodden ground.
- Filmed at the iconic Spanish Steps in Rome in July 2007, the installation comprises four plasma screens with moving images by Mike Figgis, flanked by two large-format photographs by Massimo Vitali.
- The two Vitali photographs show the steps populated by the thousands of tourists who visit every day.
- Figgis shows four different female characters as they interact with the environment around the Spanish Steps.
- Each of these characters is played by the same actress, rising star Katy Saunders.
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- watch an extract here (quicktime)
- download info (pdf)
- write us for further info
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