Video stills
The family project
Das Projekt Familie
2000, video, 5:20, DV-pal
Concept and direction: Christian Niccoli
Camera: Christian Niccoli
Make up and styling: Priska Wojnar
Best boys: Marco Martignone, Tanja Cassitti
Realized with the support of Amt für Audiovisuelle Medien, Bolzano,
Italy
Description
In this video a young family is sitting on a triangular piece of fabric suspended
above the ground in a central street of Bolzano. During the video first the
father, than the mother, and finally the child, who gets initiated in this
practice by the mother, are threading a string around the triangular structure,
in order to confer stability to it.
In this work learning to shoulder each other and to take on collective responsibility
– all at the same time – are shown metaphorically. Through the
pulling of the strings one takes care of stability, but at the same time defines
self- referentiality.
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