Synopsis
I don't know how the world was created.
I have no memory of the day I was born.
But I have this gift: to recreate myself, to be reborn.
The second chapter of a theatrical workshop that ITCS Salvemini has carried out in recent months in distance learning, Party del corpo is inspired by Ovid's Metamorphoses. It was shot by 25 students, different in age and ability, each with their own means, in their own home, with the help of their family and friends, following the instructions given by their theater teacher. In a corner of the house, boys and girls have set up a simple scenic space, to sing together about their bodies, their desires. And how many desires they have accumulated in recent months, and how much of their bodies have been drained in the distancing. But it's strange what happens when we sing, even if alone, the same song: we find ourselves together. You do something, together with your companions, your loved ones. Distance no longer exists. Not only do you do something but you become something, new. In the video you discover Giulia with Alice's eyes, Federico with Lucia's mouth, Samuele with Giovanna's hair and then Mattia who becomes a mountain, Martina a beehive, Luca a field of strawberries, Lorena a forest. You are reborn. This is what Ovid teaches with "The Metamorphoses", and this is what we need. That we are always and in any case close, this is what Ovid teaches. But it is precisely the human and educational distance that we have had to endure in recent months that has made us understand this. School is also resistance, and to resist you need creativity and common rules: rules that it is nice to respect, when what is at stake is to be reborn.
Credits
Director: Massimiliano Briarava
Duration: 8'54"
Year: 2021
Genre: Participatory Video
An ITE SALVEMINI production
Workshop, subject, direction, editing: Massimiliano Briarava
Sound design: Paolo Estorm, deconstructed cover of "This is my hand" by My Brightest Diamond
with students Lilian Ampofo, Alice Antonaci, Georgette Austria, Mattia Ballestri, Matteo Barioni, Luca Bruni, Greta Campagnoli, Lucia Capasso, Manuela Croce, Federico Deiana, Debora Dellomonaco, Martina Giovannini, Lorena Jivan, Martina Mazza, Riccardo Neri, Giovanna Ottoni, Giulia Palmieri, Vanessa Parmeggiani, Lorenzo Pascale, Samuele Reggiani, Massimiliano Rodolfo, Erica Russo, Daniele Severo, Elena Trovato, Anastasia Uzun, Alessandro Vicchi, Giulia Venturi, Matteo Virgulti and the help of mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, friends, friends
Choir master: Arianna Rinaldi
Tutors: Maria Carbone, Michele Grazia
Recordings: Bruno Damiani
Coordination: Maria Ghiddi
With the support of MIUR - Piano Triennale delle Arti, Fondazione del Monte di Bologna e Ravenna (INS - Insieme nella scuola)