Adrain Paci: The story of a stone
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Not SyncedThey came like , like a fairytale, you know like culture product in the boat during the trip.
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Not SyncedThe fairytale was this idea ,you know this culture , so how a art pice product in this middle of the ocean,
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Not Syncedbut the same time this model coming from the west , the had goes to the east , and than coming back to the west this travel
- Title:
- Adrain Paci: The story of a stone
- Description:
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"The story of a piece of marble - the story of a stone - taken off the mountain, rolled down, brought onto the boat and then transformed from nature into culture by human actions."
Video artist Adrian Paci introduces his wondrous work 'The Column'.
Artist Adrian Paci (b.1969) escaped violent riots in Albania in 1997 and took refuge with his family, in Italy. The fact of being at a crossroads, at the frontier of two separate identities, underlies all his work on film.
In this video Paci introduces us to his 2013 film 'The Column'. The column is an art piece produced on a boat trip between East and West: It is "the story of a piece of marble, the story of a stone, taken off the mountain" he says. This piece of marble is "rolled down, brought onto the boat and then transformed by human actions" he explains. But, he adds, the film is also a story of faces, bodies, human presence and human actions. Nature is detached and transformed, turned into culture.
While a column traditionally symbolizes temples and power, Paci chooses to always have it lying down, and thus it also becomes a sign of impotence. As it is made in China, also a question of authenticity, he says.
Importantly, the trip continues - it is a process of becoming, demonstrated by tools moving.
Adrian Paci was interviewed by Marc-Christoph Wagner at Jeu de Paume, ParisCamera: Germain Ferey
Edited by Kamilla Bruus
Produced by Marc-Christoph Wagner, 2013
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
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- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- Louisiana Channel
- Duration:
- 06:40