Manifestarsi
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| Manifestarsi | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Gianmarco Donaggio |
| Cinematography | Gianmarco Donaggio |
| Edited by | Gianmarco Donaggio |
Release date | 2021 |
Running time | 12 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Silent |
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Manifestarsi[1] is a short Italian experimental film created by filmmaker and artist Gianmarco Donaggio in the autumn of 2020 during his stay at the artist-in-residency program VIR in Milan (Italy).[2][3][4] The film premiered at the 57th edition of the Pesaro film festival which was Donaggio's official debut as a director in a notable and historical Italian festival.[5][6] In September 2021 Manifestarsi won a prize at the contemporary art fair for emerging artists in Milan, becoming the first film to be among the winners of this art event.[7][8]
Description[edit]
In short, the film is a journey within the microscopic dimension the material component of billboards from the streets in Milan.[1][4] The whole work develops within this unfamiliar and strange dimension, a perspective belonging to the microscopic universe, although it is impossible to give a specific magnification to what is on the screen. As a matter of fact, without the filmmaker's description of the work, or the title "Manifestarsi" - which in Italian translates as appearing but plays with the word manifesto which refers to a paper carrying a sign or a word; a billboard - the audience would not be able to understand what is on the screen. Yet, this deliberate uncertainty on the subject depicted is one of the reasons making this short film such a notable work.[4]
Reception[edit]
The director during a press conference referred to the film approach (or style) as informal (not formal) rather than abstract.[9] A claim which caused confusion and concerns in the audience, but Donaggio dealt with the concerns by taking the Italian arte informale as an example.[9] According to Donaggio, who quoted Italian photography historian Claudio Marra, those informal artists differently from the abstract painters took part in the life process by engaging with the materiality of reality. From this engagement, free unexpected forms might appear, but the process is the real subject.[9]
Cultural Influence[edit]
New Materialism in Cinema[edit]
According to interviews where Donaggio spoke about the film, the filming and screening of Manifestarsi were his first acknowledging of the philosophical current of new materialism.[9] A recent philosophy for which the process precedes the essence, and most notably everything emerges (including culture) from nature or material processes.[10] Although a current of materialist and structuralist film exists, nothing such as a new materialist cinema has been theorised or published so far.
To be precise, Donaggio claimed to take a different and opposing stand to materialist and structuralist film in particular with the theories of Peter Gidal, and neither mentioned the possible position of Manifestarsi as the first of a future new materialist cinema, yet these are elements film critics might take into account in the future.[9] As an example, the Italian film magazine Taxi Driver made a connection between the film and the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze (an author quoted extensively by Donaggio).[11]
Politics[edit]
Manifestarsi is a work that by nature destabilised film critics, and its reception amongst both experts and regular viewers varies. However, the film was acquired, screened, and utilised by a university research group from the Università degli Studi di Milano (University of Milan) called Contra/dizioni.[12] The latter is an informal study group created in 2019 within the University with the aim of starting an autonomous study and research seminar on feminist thought and queer theory. Apparently, Donaggio acknowledge with surprise the employment of the film by the group, yet from a long post on his Facebook page can read:
Manifestarsi, in line with Contra/dizioni, wishes to propose an encounter rather than a recognition within the immersion into a different perspective.[13]
Once more, the film seems to affiliate from a formal point to the current of new materialism, a vision of fundamental importance to queer theories.
See Also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MYmovies.it. "Manifestarsi". MYmovies.it (in italiano). Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ↑ "Manifestarsi (2021), di Gianmarco Donaggio - CinemaItaliano.info". su CinemaItaliano.info (in italiano). Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ↑ officinebit.ch. "None". www.viafarini.org. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 SemiColonWeb. "Pesaro, corto e italiano". news.cinecitta.com. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ↑ "MANIFESTARSI - Mostra Internazionale del Nuovo Cinema - Pesaro Film Festival". www.pesarofilmfest.it. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ↑ Matteucci, Cristina. "Pesaro 57, visioni e Q&A". www.cinematografo.it (in italiano). Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ↑ Redazione (2022-05-06). ""Alias" la mostra dei 9 artisti vincitori del ReA! Art Prize 2021". Balloon Project (in italiano). Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ↑ "Alias | i 9 artisti vincitori del rea! art prize in mostra collettiva". MilanoToday (in italiano). Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 Q&A con i registi del Concorso Pesaro Nuovo Cinema + Presentazione Bookciak Magazine - Mercoledì 23, retrieved 2022-10-15
- ↑ "New Materialism". obo. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ↑ Colaiocco, Davide (2021-06-22). "'Manifestarsi' il corto sperimentale di Donaggio a Pesaro". Taxidrivers.it (in italiano). Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ↑ "start". contraddizioni.hotglue.me. Retrieved 2022-10-15.
- ↑ Donaggio, Gianmarco. "Facebook post" 17 December 2021.
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