Giorgio Andreotta Calò
Îκαρος (Icarus), 2021
film, color, sound
30’23”
Edition of 3 plus 2 artist's proofs
Copyright The Artist
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Ίκαρος (Icarus) is the first mid-length film by Giorgio Andreotta Calò, set inside the former Butterfly Pavilion of the Rensenpark in Emmen (The Netherlands). In a last symbolic act that...
Ίκαρος (Icarus) is the first mid-length film by Giorgio Andreotta Calò, set inside the former Butterfly Pavilion of the Rensenpark in Emmen (The Netherlands). In a last symbolic act that precedes its destruction, the building returns to be inhabited by a colony of moths.
Based on Ovid’s myth of Daedalus and Icarus, the film triggers a further metamorphosis of symbols, places and protagonists. Daedalus is an expert entomologist and Icarus a young Youtuber and self-taught entomologist. Sunlight becomes moonlight in a dreamlike journey suspended between reality and mythical narration.
Based on Ovid’s myth of Daedalus and Icarus, the film triggers a further metamorphosis of symbols, places and protagonists. Daedalus is an expert entomologist and Icarus a young Youtuber and self-taught entomologist. Sunlight becomes moonlight in a dreamlike journey suspended between reality and mythical narration.
Exhibitions
2024, Tale of A Tub, Rotterdam, NL2023, FUORI TUTTO-video gallery curated by Irene di Vico Fallani and Giulia Lopalco, MAXXI Museo nazionale della arti del XXI secolo, Rome, IT
2022, Ίκαρος (Icarus), Galleria ZERO..., Milan, IT
2022, Palazzo Grassi invites Lo schermo dell’Arte, X edition, Venice, IT
2022, Lo schermo dell’arte, Florence, IT
2021, Into Nature - New Energy, curated by Hans den Hartog Jager, Drenthe, NL