Rodolfo's proposal for a project that may or may not be made

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Your Presence Was Cancelled is an ongoing project that I would like to show at the EYE Research Labs next February. The project consists of creating a moving image, based on a still photograph - a kind of selfie I took last May on the train - and drawing a narrative around it.

I want to make it because, first of all, I think it will help me understand and process what happened at that moment, or rather, that day. It also seems to me to be a good opportunity to work with archive material and create a narrative that is honest and, at the same time, exciting and surprising about it. Finally, it seems like a great opportunity to get out of my comfort zone (which mostly involves creating still images), and generate something new from an artistic/technical point of view, in which I work with moving images and sound.

There are, from the outset, three components of the project that I have to work on: the image, the text and the sound - the last two of which may, or may not, be linked to each other. In relation to the image, it seems important to me to start dismantling the photograph and create a notion of movement from it, through an editing process. I want it to be possible to browse/navigate through the image, as if it’s moving, like a train. With regards to the text, it seems important to me to understand what type of narrative I want to create and, above all, how I want to tell the story of this picture, whether I want it to be something merely descriptive, more personal or maybe both. And how do I want to communicate what I'm saying: whether through text or a voice over, which may or may not be mine. And this is strictly related to the issue of sound, because if there is a voice over, it seems important to me to understand whether I want to add other types of sound to the piece, be it music or sounds related to the space seen in the picture. It seems essential to me to bring together, throughout the entire process, all the components and understand how they work together, so that there is coherence between each and every part.

Tesse's questions

Your Presence Was Cancelled is an ongoing project that I would like to show at the EYE Research Labs next February. The project consists of creating a moving image, based on a still photograph - a kind of selfie I took last May on the train - and drawing a narrative around it. I want to make it because, first of all, I think it will help me understand and process what happened at that moment, or rather, that day. It also seems to me to be a good opportunity to work with archive material and create a narrative that is honest and, at the same time, exciting and surprising about it. Finally, it seems like a great opportunity to get out of my comfort zone (which mostly involves creating still images), and generate something new from an artistic/technical point of view, in which I work with moving images and sound. There are, from the outset, three components of the project that I have to work on: the image, the text and the sound - the last two of which may, or may not, be linked to each other. In relation to the image, it seems important to me to start dismantling the photograph and create a notion of movement from it, through an editing process. I want it to be possible to browse/navigate through the image, as if it’s moving, like a train. With regards to the text, it seems important to me to understand what type of narrative I want to create and, above all, how I want to tell the story of this picture, whether I want it to be something merely descriptive, more personal or maybe both. And how do I want to communicate what I'm saying: whether through text or a voice over, which may or may not be mine. And this is strictly related to the issue of sound, because if there is a voice over, it seems important to me to understand whether I want to add other types of sound to the piece, be it music or sounds related to the space seen in the picture. It seems essential to me to bring together, throughout the entire process, all the components and understand how they work together, so that there is coherence between each and every part.

Second Text

Your Presence Was Cancelled is an ongoing project that I would like to show at the EYE Research Labs next February. The project consists of creating a moving image, based on a still one - a selfie that I took last May on the train - and building a narrative around it.

I want to make it because, first of all, I think it will help me understand and process what happened at that moment, or rather, that day. I see it, as well, as a good chance to work with archive material and create a narrative around it. Finally, it seems like a great opportunity to get out of my comfort zone (which mostly involves creating still images), and generate something new from an artistic/technical point of view, in which I work with moving images and sound.

There are, from the outset, three components of the project that I have to work on: the image, the text and the sound - the last two of which may, or may not, be linked to each other. I have to start to dismantle the photograph and create a notion of movement from it, through zooming in/out and browse on the image. With regards to the text, I need to understand what type of narrative I want to create and, above all, how I want to tell the story of this picture, if I want it to be something merely descriptive, more personal or maybe both. And how do I want to communicate what I'm saying: whether through text or a voice over - which may or may not be mine. This choice is strictly related to the issue of sound, because if there is a voice over, I would need to realize if I want to add other types of sound to the piece, be it music or sounds related to the space seen in the picture. In order for the piece to have a harmonious and coherent appearance in the end, it seems essential to me to work, simultaneously, with each and every component of the project throughout the process.