For the White Walls cycle I chose a blank wall as a shared signature element closing several stop-motion videos and as a metaphor for an increasingly widespread state of anxiety in the Anthropocene. This manifests in those suffering from eco-anxiety and its resulting disorders, ranging from depression and resignation to the inevitable (or eco-paralysis) and apathy, up to PTSD. Color psychology defines the impact of entirely white walls on our psyche as uncanny and destabilizing, since reassuring visual coordinates are lacking.
The videos address the perception of a present spiraling out of control, examining several of its critical aspects through an ironic-surreal expressiveness. The choice of black and white and the haptic quality of the techniques employed evoke the 1960s and the dawn of the environmental crisis.
To create the soundscape, I defragmented and reassembled field recordings captured in public spaces, generating alienating audio sequences. Presented as infinite loops, the videos run for approximately one minute to bypass any logical-narrative perception and amplify their surreal dimension.
White Walls / Steps out of Rhythm
4K UHD (16:9) B&W, sound
00:57 (looping)
Stop-motion animation with plasticine, polymer clay, wire, plywood, and heavy chipboard.
The video presents the desynchronization between habitual human perception of the flow of time and the actual temporal acceleration within nature's rhythm.
Animazione in stop-motion con plastilina, argilla polimerica, filo metallico, compensato e cartone pressato.
Il video presenta la desincronizzazione dell'abitudinaria percezione umana del flusso del tempo rispetto all'accelerazione temporale reale del ritmo della natura.
