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Sixty nine + Lost-Found

Year: 2020
Sixty nine video

Sixty Nine is the stop-motion account of my pandemic year in an attempt to decipher its effects. 69 days of lockdown, 69 digital shots in part domestic and low-resolution. The atmosphere of the narrative defines the passage of time as in a mnemonic video tape that then rewinds, in experiencing a readjustment of the self through the observation of the new. It is the product of a time suspended between expectations, anxieties, and losses, of loved ones, of lost landscapes and other discoveries, of entertaining, objects and variations. The video editing is by Giacomo Manzotti, the transitions associated with the shots follow the numbers of the Fibonacci sequence up to the number 89. The images are in 16:9 to look for a recurrence in the numbers and emphasize the dichotomous aspect of the definition of the same.
Created and presented on the occasion of the invitation to participate in the 54th Vasto Award - ZERO | IDENTITY, curated by Piernicola Maria Di Iorio.

"Simona Materi invites us to immerse ourselves in the strong transition process that has accompanied her recently, forced detachments and phatos are central elements of a passage not yet completed". P. M. Di Iorio
Lost

Lost is a copper bas-relief that represents a landscape lost to everyday sight. It is the representation of the profile of Monte Santa Croce that stands behind the Molise town of Venafro (IS). The bas-relief is just mentioned and is proposed on a very thin copper plate. It contains no emphasis is neutral, even in the characteristic coloration of the material. It does not have finishes aimed at stabilizing its color, over time it will oxidize autonomously, it will change state as it happens to memories.

Found

Found is a copper bas-relief that represents a landscape acquired to the daily view. It is the representation of the profile of the Bismantova Stone, a rocky massif of the Reggiano Apennines. The bas-relief is just mentioned, and is proposed on a very thin copper plate. It contains no emphasis is neutral, even in the characteristic coloration of the material. It does not have finishes aimed at stabilizing its color, over time it will oxidize autonomously, it will change state as it happens to memories.