Caterina Erica Shanta

Caterina Erica Shanta

it s too close to focus 14-2012 Documentary film And other similar familiar histories Book, 183 pag. 2013 In my reflection your movement 17-2013 Documentary film NOTES ON DIAGONAL VIEW Video loop 23-2014 Touch without see, See without touching, 20-2015 Video Loop, Book, 80 pag DREAMS 24-2015 Documentary film Awards: Stonefly Award Walking with arts Another Second Skin 2014-15 Documentamy - Un posto nel mondo First prize of the Jury 2012 Atelier: Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation Venice - Atelier 2014/2015

it s too close to focus 14-2012; Documentary film An autobiographical documentary film narrates Caterina Shanta s own history, as well as those of her father and stepfather. Both enlisted in the army, they used to take a lot of photos of her and of their military missions. This is a Microhistory (as defined by Carlo Ginzburg) about my family, connected to a greater History, from the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 to the Second Gulf War. All photographs showed in the film come from Caterina Shanta s family private archive.

And other similar familiar histories Book, 183 pag. 2013 We collect images that can shape our way to recollect our memories. Some of these memories are so connected to images that perhaps they couldn t exist without them. on this ground, I searched my entire photographic family archive, looking for images I didn t recognize. These images are orphans, because they don t belong to anyone, holding up to categorisation, to become a failed archive. Starting from this varied material, - photos realized in different periods, formats and subjects - I decided to create different layers of content and visualizations of text. So the book pages alternate photos to text fragments without author, or written by me, postcards and polaroids.

In my reflection your movement 17-2013 Documentary film A double biographic story created from Missero s family photo archive. Two brothers who lived in Turin during the political riots between 67 and 70. In the background, the war in Vietnam, the exploitation of FIAT s labours, the students Hippie movement. These images are like treasures. They come from an historical moment when this kind of picture was not considered so important to narrate History. Why we need to see and discover them again?

NOTES ON DIAGONAL VIEW Video loop 23-2014 I ve done a complete photo-mapping of the first floor of the Ca Rezzonico Museum in Venice. Main subject of the pictures are frames, because Ca Rezzonico is a Baroque museum. Spaces and surfaces are designed entirely, so painture is not at all the only thing framed. For this reason the pictures were edited in long cross fades, using the Alpha channel techinque. They collapse into one another. A clear distinction between subject and frame doesn t exist anymore, just as the distinction between architectural elements, forniture, ceiling and floor, walls and mirrors of the Museum.

Stonefly Award Walking with arts Another Second Skin 2014-15 Touch without see, See without touching Inside the Stonefly shoes Factory I tried to shoot as closer as possible the gestures of workers. The outcome is itself a gesture, therefore I asked a photographer to take pictures of me. In the image we can see the human skin and the image itself becomes a sort of pixelated skin. Video Loop, Photographic book

Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation Venice - Atelier 2014/2015 SOGNI / DREAMS 24-2015 documentary film 1943-45 Venice The Second World War in Venice, between the institutional Republic of Salò s film production and bunker for refugees. The past fascist regime shows his falling power through the images that we collect today: old archive photographs, memories, architectural ruins. A story about Venice becomes a consideration on beauty and it s power of manipulation.

It s a VEry NICE day. Venice seen by the artists of the Bevilacqua La Masa Ateliers. Moleskine, Milan and Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, 2015 pp. 140-149 1943-45 Venice Drawings and annotations from interview realized for the documentary film Sogni / Dreams, about Venice during the Second World War.

CV - Caterina Erica Shanta

Caterina Erica Shanta, born on the 23rd april 1986 in Landstuhl (Germany) email caterinaes@gmail.com http://www.bevilacqualamasa.it/shanta https://vimeo.com/user10325098 Writer on http://www.verificaincerta.it/

EDUCATION AND RESIDENCIES 2014/2015 Atelier Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation - Venice (VE) 2014 Visual Arts Master degree IUAV, Venice (VE) with honors; mentor Marco Bertozzi 2013 XI MAGIS Gorizia International Film Studies Spring School, Gorizia (GO) 2012 Video Editing WorkShop with Paolo Cottignola, Venice (VE) Workshop Maybe the Sky is Really green, and we re just coloblind hold by Johan Grimonprez, Palazzo Grassi (VE). RAVE residency, workshop with Ivan Moudov, Trivignano Udinese, (UD) Visual knowledge, painture workshop IUAV, hold by Maria Morganti (VE) 2010 Design and Visual Arts Bachelor Degree IUAV 2005/2006 Media Without Borders / TRSKA-GORA documentary workshop con Zelimir Zilnik, Krsko (SLO) ExhibitionS 2015 Another Second Skin, solo show for Walking with art Stonefly Award, curated by Stefano Coletto and Marco Tagliafierro, Viafarini (Docva) Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan Atelier 2014. Mostra di fine residenza, group show curated by Rachele D Osualdo, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice FLUXBOOKS. From the Sixties to the Future. Artist s books from the Luigi Bonotto s Collection, group Show curated by Stefano Coletto and Angela Vettese, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Palazzetto Tito, Venice 2014 Another Second Skin, group show of the projects presented for Walking with art Stonefly Award, curated by Stefano Coletto and Marco Tagliafierro, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice Winner of the prize ArtNight, group show in collaboration with Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa and Fondazione Musei Civici Veneziani, Museo Ca Rezzonico, Venice

2013 Academy Awards Arti Visive all Università IUAV di Venezia, end course exhibition, autumn 2012, group show curated by Antoni Muntadas and Alessandra Messali, Viafarini (Docva) Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan 2012 End Course Exhibition IUAV, group show curated by Antoni Muntadas and Alessandra Messali, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Palazzetto Tito, Venice The Responsive Act, end course exhibition IUAV, group show curated by Rene Gabri and Filipa Ramos, Galleria Metrcubi, Venezia 2011 Open3, group show curated by Camilla Pin and Valeria Mancinelli, Magazzini del SALE, Venice 2008 End Course Exhibition IUAV, group show curated by Nicholas Bourriaud, Magazzini del SALE, Venice

Publication Vv. Aa., It s a very nice day. Venice seen by the artists of the Bevilacqua La Masa Atelier; Moleskine, Milan and Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, 2015 pp. 140-149 Film Festival In my Reflection your Movement; 17-2013 Documentary film 2014 Circolo di San Salvario, Torino (TO) 2013 Documentamy, Varese (VA) Parma video film festival, Parma (PR) Affinità libertarie, Udine (UD) Euganea film festival, Este (PD) it s too close to focus; 14-2012 Documentary film 2014 École des medias dell università del Québec a Montréal (UQAM) Stillframe Bevilacqua la Masa, film from the foundation s Archive (VE) 2013 Cafoscari international Short film festival, Venezia (VE) 2012 First Jury Prize, Documentamy Un posto nel mondo, Varese (VA). Venight 2012, Tolentini, Venezia (VE) Euganea film festival, Villa vescovi, Torreglia (PD) Bevilacqua la masa, Fine Corsa Mostra IUAV, Venezia (VE)

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