Ama
(2005) 4 min.
First act of The World of Interiors, a video trilogy that focuses on the house as the incubator of human relations and desires.
Ama is a race that proceeds in space throughout the video, from nature to culture, between two generations. From the lawn outside, the camera races into the house, where the perpetual rite of procreation takes place between two women, mother and daughter, and a rag doll.
This work reveals the dichotomy between action and thought. The video made of a sequence of details stands for action; the photo instead freezes a moment in its totality, giving a chance for reflection.

Lovesong
(2001) 4 min.

A reflection on time and the effect of its manipulation.
Depending on its speed, the same gesture completely shifts meaning.

 

MARCELLA VANZO

www.marcellavanzo.com

Studies Anthropology at University College London
and Fine Arts at the Academy of Brera in Milan

Grants & Awards

2005 New York Award, art residency at Columbia University, New York, USA
2004 ACACIA Emerging Artist Prize, acquisition for the ACACIA (Friends of Contemporary Art) fund, Italy
1999 Movin’up: grant for an internship at the Acconci Studio, New York, USA

Solo Exhibitions

2006
Limbo, Studio Guenzani, Milan, Italy
2005
Ama, site-specific installation at Castello di Ama per l’arte contemporanea (Si), Italy
2003
Magma, curated by F. Pasini, Associazione Culturale Prometeo, Lucca, Italy

Selected Group Exhibitions

2007
Evolution de l'art, curated by C. Pietroiusti & Crazy Curators, SPACE, Bratislava

2006
videoREPORT Italia 2004_05, curated by A. Bruciati, Galleria Comunale d’Arte
Contemporanea, Monfalcone (TS), Italy
Frame, curated by C. Agnello, R.Tenconi, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
Collezionami, curated by G. de Palma, Bari, Ex Macelli Generali/Cittadella della Cultura; Castle of Bratislava, Slovakia
Disertare/Dissertare, Centro Internazionale per l’arte contemporanea, Castello Colonna, Gennazzano, Italy
Ecce Uomo, curated by S. Risaliti and G. Testa, Spazio Oberdan, Milan, Italy

2005
Aperto per lavori in corso, curated by L. Matino and F. Pasini, Pavilion of Contemporary Art, Milan, Italy
Senza confine, Galleria Continua, S. Gimignano, (Si), Italy
Non ci sei solo tu, curated by F. Naldi, Castel San Pietro Terme, Italy
Padiglione Italia, curated by F. Pasini, Trevi Flash Art Musem, Italy
Italian videos, curated by M. Farronato, Trafo, Budapest, Hungary

2004
Assab One, curated by R. Pinto, Ex GEA, Milan, Italy
On air: video in onda dall’Italia, curated by A. Crippa and A. Bruciati, Galleria Comunale d’Arte
Contemporanea, Monfalcone (TS), Italy
Opera Video, Galleria Continua, S. Gimignano, (Si), Italy

2003
Sieben, curated by L. Aiello, Galerie Rachel Haferkamp, Cologne, Germany
The Squared Circle, curated by O. Ilesanmi, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Private Architectures, curated by R. Pinto, Galleria Continua, S. Gimignano, (Si), Italy
Video Invitational, curated by M. Farronato, FA Projects, London, UK

2002
Exit, Nuove Geografie della Creativita' Italiana, curated by F. Bonami, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Italy
Ouverture, curated by G.Scardi, Care/Of, Milan, Italy

2000
Tracce, curated by G. di Pietrantonio and A. Vettese, Milan, Italy

1999
Mostra di fine corso, Fondazione Ratti, curated by G. di Pietrantonio and A. Vettese, Como, Italy

Academics
2007 Recent projects, Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti, Milano, Italy

Video Festivals
2006 Milano Film Festival, Milan, Italy
2005 Pandemic Contaminazioni, curated by A. Detheridge, Cantieri La Ginestra, Montevarchi, Italy
2004 Video.it, curated by M. Gorni, F.Poli, E. Volpato, Spazio Pirelli, Milan, Italy
2004 IFDUIF, Max Museo, Chiasso, Switzerland
2004 Video Marathon, Art in General, New York, USA
2003 Arcipelago Film Festival, Roma, Italy
2002 First experimental media festival, Università di Zagreb, Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia
2002 Videoex, International Experimental Film & Video Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
2001 Video.it, San Pietro in Vincoli, curated by M. Gorni – Care/Of, E. Volpato - GAM,Torino, Italy