Il Serpente, Una Storia sul Molise
(The Serpent, A Story About Molise)
Short film, 23:05 min, 2023
In collaboration with Max Ockborn
Il Serpente, Una Storia sul Molise (The Snake, A Story About Molise) is a short film about language, materials, communication and transitions between organism, object, memory and form. Its title refers to the Italian word for snake, and resembles a river that flows and carries the story across the landscape of Molise. In the film, documentary footage is combined with 3D- scanned sculptures and 3D-generated environments, thereby creating a narrative that spans both real and fictional locations, loosening the boundary between them.
The film was made as part of a long-term artist residency in Filignano, Molise, curated by Deirdre MacKenna, Cultural Documents.
Voice: Corrado Di Lorrenzo
Direction, production, editing, script, sculptures: Max Ockborn
Direction, production, editing, cinematography, animation: Lena Bergendahl
Swedish to Italian translation: Chiara Bugatti
Swedish to English translation: Stella Ana-Maria Hadji-Culea
Sound design: Jakob Erlandson
Colorist: Michael Cavanagh
Graphic design: Jacob Grönbech Jensen
Music:
Emanuele Nico Berardi,
“YIAJE" (El Viaje) - The Breath of the Bag, E.N. Berardi, 2008
Ray Sloan,
“Suite a Pierre: a) The Rowan Tree”, in “Riccardo Tesi Flatus Calami”, Associazione Culturale “Circolo della Zampogna”, Scapoli, 2002
Emanuele Nico Berardi,
“OCTUBRE”, The Breath of the Bag, E.N. Berardi, 2008
Direction, production, editing, script, sculptures: Max Ockborn
Direction, production, editing, cinematography, animation: Lena Bergendahl
Swedish to Italian translation: Chiara Bugatti
Swedish to English translation: Stella Ana-Maria Hadji-Culea
Sound design: Jakob Erlandson
Colorist: Michael Cavanagh
Graphic design: Jacob Grönbech Jensen
Music:
Emanuele Nico Berardi,
“YIAJE" (El Viaje) - The Breath of the Bag, E.N. Berardi, 2008
Ray Sloan,
“Suite a Pierre: a) The Rowan Tree”, in “Riccardo Tesi Flatus Calami”, Associazione Culturale “Circolo della Zampogna”, Scapoli, 2002
Emanuele Nico Berardi,
“OCTUBRE”, The Breath of the Bag, E.N. Berardi, 2008
With support of:
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Screening: Caffè del Borgo, Filignano, Italy, 2023
Screening: Malatesta Associati, Castel San Vincezo, Isernia, Italy, 2023
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