Wood
There is a medieval church in Andria called Santacroce. This magical place is surrounded by awful concrete buildings and asphalted roads.
Nowadays, nobody uses to enter in this portal to another dimension, except for 3 guys who decided to give dignity to Santacroce, realizing a short film/documentary in which they reinterpret the stories painted on the wall of the church, about the sacred crucifix.
Abbiamo avuto accesso a Santacroce in Andria, antica chiesa rupestre di origine medievale, perla abbandonata e imperfetta, circondata da asfalto e cemento, dalle disgustose architetture degli anni ’70, da passanti che non hanno occhi per guardarla. Un cancello arrugginito la separa dal presente, preservandola da ogni attenzione indesiderata.
Varcando la soglia, si accede a tre navate profondissime, costellate da graffiti antichi che raccontano la storia della Croce su cui fu crocifisso Gesù.
All’interno di questo portale verso l’eternità, Francesco Piro e Giorgio Cuscito hanno reinterpretato le vicende affrescate sulle pareti, dando vita ad una performance che non vuole essere né moderna né nostalgica, quanto piuttosto la reazione alla magia di un luogo che, quando ci sei dentro, se lo guardi con gli occhi del cuore ti trascina in una dimensione trasversale a metà tra il reale ed il divino.
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ToleDirector
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ToleWriter
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Giorgio CuscitoKey Cast"Himself"
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Francesco PiroKey Cast"Himself"
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Project Title (Original Language):Legno
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Genres:Experimental, Documentary, Live performance
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Completion Date:March 15, 2020
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Country of Origin:Italy
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Country of Filming:Italy
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Language:Italian, Latin
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Shooting Format:Sony
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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Folklore Elettrico - Futuro ArcaicoBari
Italy
It was 1995, 1st of April, a mocking day, when I came to light in the blood, thank's to an obstetrician who was my grandmother. My skin was violet, I barely survived the delivery.
I am disgusted by the belly button and - due to color blindness- I cannot distinguish violet from other colors, ever since I was birth.
I spent my childhood in a huge house, in the south of Italy, according to my whims.
For as long as I can remember I have been writing: I started with fantasy tales until an enthusiastic teacher wanted me to become an author of children's books. I took it as an insult, then I changed my way, exploring new genres and taking the long way in search of the connection between words and things.
Incidentally, I graduated in Law and I attended a Cinema Academy, but I met the most intense energies elsewhere: among the branches of the tropical forest, where I lived for some months, in the dry Andalucia, In the timeless space of meditation, in tennis courts and among the pages of some special books, the strokes of Rembrandt paintings, the frames of rare films.
I think that having contact with energy is not enough, I always needed to be energy: that's why I interact with matter, mostly painting and filming, in general leaving an unavoidable trace of this adventure on Earth.