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 / Tabula rasa
4K UHD (16:9) B&W, sound
00:59 (looping)
Stop-motion animation with pastel drawings on a board prepared with black acrylic.
The video presents the extinction of biodiversity and the risk of human self-extinction.
Animazione in stop-motion con disegni a pastello su tavola preparata con acrilico nero.
il video presenta l'estinzione della biodiversità e il rischio di un'auto-estinzione dell'umanità.
