Díthyrambos

My goal with this film was to push my personal boundaries of what I am able to create. I wanted to bring into reality a particular style, and after much trial and error, I am now satisfied with the final result.
Our History, experiences, and culture shape who we are and the art we make. Realizing how strong of an influence the world around you has on you is essential especially if we decide to become one of those people that also want to influence the world with the art we make. Realizing what impacts us will help us understand what impact we have in the world. Humans use art to communicate: with other people, with ourselves, with history, with our world… Poetry, music, and art have been used since ancient times to tell stories, pass down knowledge, and remember. In fact, the theater was born in ancient Greek with tragedy and comedy originating from a religious communal environment. Athens believed that in order to be a good citizen you must go to the theater. The general concept is that it would allow for a safe release of strong emotions: with comedy you can make fun of the powerful and your unfair situation in a safe way, which is also how holidays like the carnival were born. With tragedy, you could experience great sorrow, terror, and violence, processing them as a viewer and therefore not enacting those feelings in your everyday life.
I am a poet, I am a dancer, I am a musician, I am an artist, and I wanted to bring these elements into my film. Dance can be the poetry of animation, and that sensation and ideology are what I bring to my senior film. In my poetry, I use very evocative descriptions meant to connect to an emotional state, use of sound and onomatopoeia, and specific words, and these pieces are directly connected to these poems, so even if you might not understand the language, you can still understand the poem!
When I was working on my graduation thesis for the state exams in Italy, I specifically discussed the relationship between art and catharsis. I started researching its very early origin. I found this interesting analysis regarding the ancient cult of Dionysus, and how people were associating their subconscious as a bridge to the divine.
With my film, I want to appeal to a part of ourselves buried deep inside, that part we carry within us for millenniums, out humanity and its meaning.
I want my film to feel like the audience is walking in a painting, like they are part of the painting, a dreamlike sensation.