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La Caracola (The Conch)

The Caracola is a six-minute short film genre video art / video poetry. Written, performed and realized by María Papi.
Conceptual Synopsis.
Videoart that explores the movement of intrinsic relations between two presences that give rise to life: Water and Vulva. Is restored the harmony of the feminine for inquiry about exposing what is hidden. Resonances, transformations, becomings, expansions, frames, junction, fusion. Diverse possibilities of dialogue between body and wáter that build a system of sense production.
The inflection point in this audiovisual, is in the perceptual aspect of the action presented in digital media. The performance art interacts with the aesthetic elements of the digital post-production, the rhythmic movement of the sounds design and the conditional limits of the poetic word.

  • María Papi
    Director
  • María Papi
    Writer
  • María Papi
    Producer
  • CaRaCoLStuDiO
    Producer
  • María Papi
    Key Cast
  • Carlos Páez
    Music and Sound
  • CaRaCoLStuDiO
    Postproduction
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    La Caracola
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Genres:
    Experimental, Videoart, Videopoetry, Videoperformance, Arte, Conceptual, Poetry, Art, Videoarte, videopoesía
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 4 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 10, 2014
  • Production Budget:
    100 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Argentina
  • Country of Filming:
    Argentina
  • Language:
    English, Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital, HD 720p
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Berlin Feminist Film Week
    Berlin, Germany
    March 6, 2015
    Germany Premiere
  • FESTIVAL BATACLÁN INTERNACIONAL: EDICIÓN 2015
    México, Cine Tonalá
    June 20, 2015
    México Premiere
  • Libercine . Sección "Miradas de Género"
    Buenos Aires, Espacios INCAA
  • Meta-fest
    Minsk, Bielorrusia
    September 6, 2015
  • Nit de l'Art, Curiosity Space, MARTE (Feria de Arte Contemporáneo)
    Castellón, España
    May 15, 2015
    Spain Premiere
  • 1º Festival de las Artes por la Diversidad
    Buenos Aires, Argentina
    October 26, 2014
    Argentinian Premiere
Director Biography - María Papi

(ESP)

María Papi es una artista multidisciplinaria argentina, trabaja principalmente como realizadora audiovisual y performer. Directora en CaRaCoLStuDiO Audiovisuales desde 2004. Dirigió los cortometrajes "AliciaS en la Madriguera I, II y III” (2007 - 2008), “La Caracola” (2014), "Una Mina” (2016), “Devenir” (2017). Directora del programa de televisión ADR TV sobre música emergente (UniTeVe, 2017). Directora de la serie web Informe Psicoactivo (2009). Realizadora de videoclips, Vj y videoartista para espectáculos teatrales de Buenos Aires y shows musicales consagrados de su país. Recibió el premio a “Mejor Directora” en el Festival Internacional de Arte y Cine Buenos Aires Non Stop 2016. Sus obras audiovisuales han sido seleccionadas en múltiples Festivales de Cine: Berlin Feminist Film Week de Alemania, Festival Internacional Dona i Cinema de Valencia, Festival de Cine Experimental de Bogotá CineAutopsia, Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, MICGénero México - Argentina, FESAALP, entre otros; y en espacios dedicados al videoarte como: Les Instants Vídeo Poétiques de Francia, Festival CÓDEC de México, Video Raymi de Perú, Festival Internacional de Videoarte Feminista Fem Tour Truck, MARTE Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Castellón, Festival internacional de Videopoesía “VideoBardo", FILE - Festival Internacional de Lenguaje Electrónico de São Paulo, entre muchos otros.

+INFO http://www.caracol.studio/p/maria-papi.html

(ENG)

María Papi is an argentine multidisciplinary artist, film director and performer. Short films directed: "AliceS on the burrow I, II and III” (2007 - 2008), “The Conch” (2014), "A Mina” (2016), “Becoming” (2017). Award Winning “Best Female Direction” at International Art & Film Festival Buenos Aires Non Stop 2016. Since 2004 manages “Caracol.Studio" Audiovisuals. Has created multiple audiovisual projects: videoart, videoclip, documentary record of performance art and urban interventions, webisodes, Vj and Media Art for theater and Events of Buenos Aires and for popular music shows. His films have participated in numerous international film festivals and art galleries: Berlin Feminist Film Week, Dona i Cinema, Mar del Plata Internacional Film Festival, Bogotá Experimental Film Festival CineAutopsia, Toronto Alternative Film Festival, CÓDEC México, Fem Tour Truck, Les Instants Video Poetiques, CinePlay New York, Back-Up Film Festival of Weimar University, Mumbai Short Film Festival, Libercine, VideoBardo, MARTE International Gallery of Contemporary Art, FILE Brazil, and others.

IMDb http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2700348

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http://www.caracol.studio

caracolstudio@yahoo.com.ar

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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Director Statement

Debido a que es una oda a la vulva, es una película que se sumerge en un tema de género, de identidad femenina. La mujer está presente, se expone y se expresa en un acto poético de liberación y entrega.