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The “scattered factory” expands. This journey recounts how, among abandoned buildings, mines transformed into tourist attractions, factories in Eastern Europe that have been reconverted to produce Italian cars, and the transformation of industrial cities and towns such as Sesto San Giovanni (the former Stalingrad of Italy) and Lumezzane (the “workshop” city of the Brescia area). The places, the images, the sounds. The director takes note and recounts by blending telephone calls, conferences, poems, old movies, commercials on Yugoslavian TV, Russian ballets, experimental performances. One sole flow that expands into multiple senses and directions. Just like a factory.
A documentary that investigates the complexity of a nation, Albania, through the narration of the convoluted history of its monuments. What happens to the statues when they are destroyed, what are they replaced with and where do their marble shreds end up? What happens to their expensive bronze? And again: what do the sculptors who made these statues think of these destructions, what is their opinion. And today? Which statues are being destroyed in Albania today?
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Fabrizio Bellomo
Fabrizio Bellomo (1982) lives and works in Bari. He is a multidisciplinary artist, curator, writer and director who carries out his research in a hybrid and experimental way. His approach is broad: he works with archive and historical material, videos and public installations. His research moves from the real to the digital world. His works have been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions, through public projects, film festivals and presentations. He participated in the 39th Turin Film Festival, the 38th Turin Film Festival, the Italian Pavilion at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale. He has collaborated with Fondazione Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, La Repubblica, MuFoCo, Apulia Film Commission and ICCD. He has exhibited his works at MACRO - Rome, Triennale di Milano, KCB - Beograd, Fundaciò Enric Miralles - Barcelona, Galeria Fab - Tiranë and IIC - Tokyo. He has published artist's books and essays for Postmedia Books - Milan, Centro Di - Florence, Quinlan edizioni - San Severino Marche. He has won numerous prizes and awards, among others: the Special Jury Prize at the 39th Turin Film Festival (Italiana.doc), the Italian Council 10, the Inside Art Award at the Talent Prize and the 39th Bellaria Film Festival. His work is part of public and private collections, among them: MuFoCo Milan, ICCD Rome, Simmons & Simmons Art Collection London/Milan, NCTM and Art Milan.
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