Experiencing Interruptions?

Stoned Monky

Monky retraces Terence McKenna's theory that highlights the casual (but perhaps also causal) contribution of nature towards the human species to make them ingested food that expands the mind and directing it towards brilliant intuitions at the base of human evolution. Evolution that has allowed a path of organizational and social development. But Monky's warning is that a wrong use of food (or ironically the lack of respect towards the culture of food) could also have other effects.

  • Renzo Nucara
    Director
  • Renzo Nucara
    Writer
  • Renzo Nucara
    Producer
  • Renzo Nucara
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 53 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    July 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    10 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Mp4
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
Distribution Information
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Director Biography - Renzo Nucara

Renzo Nucara (Crema, 1955) In 1993, along with five other artists, he founded the Cracking Art group. Plastic became the group's chosen medium and took on a significant role as a vehicle for ecological and social commitment. They participated in the 49th Venice Biennale with the installation "Sos World." Together with the group, he has created over 500 installations worldwide.

Individually, his personal artistic research, always aligned with the philosophy of Cracking Art, led him in 2018 into the world of Cryptoart on the SuperRare platform. Here, he created NFTs based on the character Monky (his avatar), a monkey allergic to human contradictions.

The character Monky was born in 2015 from a shared art project called "Time Machine Infinite Monkey," with which he organized various events in both private companies and schools. In 2023, he launched the NFT project Monky Contamination, a digital and collaborative artwork curated by critic Chiara Canali, involving over 20 artists from the contemporary Italian scene. This project is hosted in one of the Metaverse galleries of The Nemesis.io, viewable at https://thenemesis.io/@monkycontamination.

The NFT project Monky Contamination was included in the thesis "Metaverse and NFTs: the Digitization of the Art Market," curated by Dr. Federica Vignati and presented at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

At the same time, he began to expand the brief narratives used in the NFTs into longer animations, creating more meaningful stories. He lives in Bergamo.

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Director Statement

Monky has now become my alter ego. Through his actions, Monky and I want to highlight the critical issues surrounding human actions towards society, the planet, and the desire to improve living conditions. Aware that sometimes people are forced or strongly influenced in making their "choices," we cannot refrain from trying to expose the contradictions that arise. We don’t have answers to the questions, but what we are allergic to is the mainstream, which flattens human senses and thought.