Rä di Martino's 'L'eccezione' Video at Museo Novecento
Rä di Martino's new video 'L'eccezione' premieres at Museo Novecento in Florence, produced by Museo Novecento – MUS.E. The work features a statue abandoned in a forest, missing legs and an arm, which awakens and begins to dance. The music is a nostalgic reworking of the Flashdance theme. Sergio Risaliti, museum director and curator, describes it as a new chapter in the artist's reflection on fragments and estrangement, evoking the animated statue topos from Daedalus to Pierre Jaquet Droz's automaton to Blade Runner's biotechnological robots. The video is part of an ongoing series by the Roman artist born in 1975.
Key facts
- Rä di Martino created the video 'L'eccezione'.
- The video is produced by Museo Novecento – MUS.E in Florence.
- The protagonist is a statue missing legs and an arm.
- The statue awakens and performs dance-like movements.
- The soundtrack is a reworking of the Flashdance theme.
- Sergio Risaliti is the museum director and curator.
- The video explores the motif of the fragment and estrangement.
- The work references animated statues from Daedalus to Blade Runner.
Entities
Artists
- Rä di Martino
- Sergio Risaliti
- Pierre Jaquet Droz
Institutions
- Museo Novecento
- MUS.E
Locations
- Florence
- Italy