Private Project

TERRA COTTA

A film by Ron Kenley with Agostino Bossi shot on location in Naples, Aversa, Caserta.

A discovery of raw terracotta sculptures and pots in a closed down kiln in Naples, was the starting point of a quest by Agostino Bossi to save the memory of the craft of terracotta-making for two centuries in the Stingo family. This led to the production of a set of extraordinary measured drawings at full-size and to succeed to bake 40 pieces which make up the bulk of Agostino's terracotta collection.

FILM CHAPTERS :
00:00 Naples
01:19 Agostino
05:16 Ceramic creations by Agostino Bossi and Filippo Alison
08:22 Vitrified tiles production by Stingo kilns
10:29 The measure
15:16 The collection in the studio
17:19 The drawings
24:04 The memory
26:50 Credits
27:25 Post-scriptum

English subtitles are available (cc button) in the screener

  • Ron Kenley
    Director
    What can we say?, Without here and there, Les Danseuses
  • Ron Kenley, Agostino Bossi
    Writer
  • Essay Street
    Producer
    What can we say?, Le monument des droits de l'homme
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    28 minutes 21 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 6, 2019
  • Production Budget:
    5,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    France
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    Italian
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Le terracotte nella tradizione napoletana - exhibition
    Bucharest
    Romania
    October 8, 2019
Director Biography - Ron Kenley

Trained as an architect with a long career in teaching, he has been making multi-media works and videos since 1998. A collaboration with the philosopher Jean Attali for Le Fresnoy, Studio d'Art Contemporain resulted in a number of visual works as film analysis (2001-2003). Over the years, he developed the capacity for handling all the aspects of filmmaking more or less single-handed. This resulted in a diverse and independent work of various lengths and subjects.

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