An Inaccurate Distance

video full hd, 15’22”, 2014

still from video full hd, 15’22”, 2014

The video is an attempt to grasp the relationship the translator Riccardo Bertani has with the notion of distance. Bertani worked as a farmer all his life and has never visited the countries he has written about. the camera tries to portray the intimacy of his house and look for distance within his domestic space.

still from video full hd, 15’22”, 2014

still from video full hd, 15’22”, 2014

view of the installation at de ateliers, amsterdam, nl, photo: gert jan van rooij

view of the installation at de ateliers, amsterdam, nl, photo: gert jan van rooij