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|Bio=Rossella Nisio [IT] is visual artist based in Rotterdam whose work has a strong focus on notions of memory, imagination and space. She has a background in the theory of cinema and performing arts; she pursued her practical training first within the field of documentary photography, eventually moving towards autonomous still and moving image-making.
|Bio=Rossella Nisio [IT] is visual artist based in Rotterdam whose work has a strong focus on notions of memory, imagination and space. She has a background in the theory of cinema and performing arts; she pursued her practical training first within the field of documentary photography, eventually moving towards autonomous still and moving image-making.
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|Description=The Silent Ray is a multimedia work probing the relation between private and public retelling of dramatic historical events—namely, the colonial war Fascism waged against Ethiopia in 1935-36. Oscillating between memory and hallucination, this contemplative work, which is based on examination of photographic material from the artist’s family, explores the human aspiration of transcending one’s social and personal constraints regardless of consequences.
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|Description=Oscillating between memory and hallucination, ''The Silent Ray'' probes the relation between public and private retelling of dramatic historical events — namely, the colonial war Fascism waged against Ethiopia in 1935-36. Through careful spatial reconstruction and a form of narration that draws extensively from the theatrical monologue, the work explores the human need for transcending one’s social and personal constraints, regardless of consequences.
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Latest revision as of 11:18, 15 June 2023

The Silent Ray
Creator Rossella Nisio
Year 2019
Bio Rossella Nisio [IT] is visual artist based in Rotterdam whose work has a strong focus on notions of memory, imagination and space. She has a background in the theory of cinema and performing arts; she pursued her practical training first within the field of documentary photography, eventually moving towards autonomous still and moving image-making.
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Website https://manicowlworks.com/

Oscillating between memory and hallucination, The Silent Ray probes the relation between public and private retelling of dramatic historical events — namely, the colonial war Fascism waged against Ethiopia in 1935-36. Through careful spatial reconstruction and a form of narration that draws extensively from the theatrical monologue, the work explores the human need for transcending one’s social and personal constraints, regardless of consequences.