it’s too close to focus
14’- 2012
Documentary film
And other similar familiar histories
Book, 183 pag. 2013
In my reflection your movement
17’- 2013
Documentary film
NOTES ON DIAGONAL VIEW
Video loop 23’ - 2014
Touch without see, See without touching,
20’ - 2015
Video Loop, Book, 80 pag DREAMS
24’ - 2015
Documentary film
Awards: Stonefly Award
Walking with arts “Another Second Skin”
2014-15
Documentamy - Un posto nel mondo
First prize of the Jury 2012
Atelier:
Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation Venice - Atelier 2014/2015
it’s tooclosetofocus 14’- 2012; DoCumentary film
an autobiographiCal DoCumen -tary film narrateS Caterina
Shanta’S own hiStory, aS well aSthoSeofherfatheranDStep -father.
both enliSteD in the army, they uSeD to take a lot of photoS of her anD of their military miS -SionS.
this is a Microhistory (as de -fined by carlo GinzburG) about MyfaMily, connectedto a Greater history, froM the fall of the berlin Wall in 1989 to the second Gulf War.
all photoGraphs shoWed in the filM coMe froM caterina shan -ta’s faMilyprivatearchive.
Il documentario è visiile su http://vimeo.com/51849022 Password
andothersiMilar faMiliarhistories book, 183 pag. 2013
we ColleCt imageS that Can Shapeour way to reColleCt our memorieS. Some of theSe memo -rieSareSoConneCteDtoimageS thatperhapStheyCoulDn’texiSt withoutthem.
on thiS grounD, i SearCheD my entire photographiC family ar -Chive, lookingforimageS i DiDn’t reCognize.
theSe imageS are “orphanS”, be -CauSe theyDon’tbelong to any -one, holDing up to CategoriSa -tion, tobeComeafaileD arChive.
StartingfromthiSvarieD
material, - photoS realizeD in Different perioDS, formatS anD SubjeCtS - i DeCiDeD to Create DifferentlayerSofContent anD viSualizationSoftext.
So the book pageS alternate photoStotextfragmentS
without author, or written by me, poStCarDSanDpolaroiDS.
inMyreflectionyour MoveMent 17’- 2013
DoCumentaryfilm
a Double biographiC Story Cre -ateDfrom miSSero’Sfamily photoarChive.
two brotherS who liveD in tu -rinDuringthe politiCalriotSbe -tween ‘67 anD ’70. in the baCk -grounD, thewarin vietnam, the exploitation of fiat’S labourS, theStuDentS hippiemovement.
theseiMaGesareliketreasures.
they coMe froM an historical MoMentWhenthiskindofpicture WasnotconsideredsoiMportant tonarrate history. WhyWe need to see and discover theM aGain?
noteS on Diagonal view viDeoloop 23’ - 2014
i’ve Done a Complete photo-map -ping of the firSt floor of the
Ca’rezzoniCo muSeum in veniCe.
mainSubjeCtofthepiCtureSare frameS, beCauSe Ca’rezzoniCoiS a baroque muSeum. SpaCeS anD SurfaCeS are DeSigneD entirely, So paintureiSnotatallthe only thingframeD.
for thiS reaSon the piCtureS wereeDiteDinlongCroSSfaDeS, uSingthe alphaChannel
teChinque. they CollapSe into one another.
a ClearDiStinCtionbetweenSub -jeCtanDframeDoeSn’texiStany -more, juStaSthe DiStinCtionbe -tween arChiteCtural elementS, forniture, Ceiling anD floor, wallS anD mirrorS of the mu -Seum.
Stonefly awarD
walkingwithartS
“another SeConD Skin”
2014-15
touchWithout see, seeWithout touchinG
inSiDe the Stonefly ShoeS faC -tory i trieD to Shoot aS CloSer aS poSSible the geStureS of workerS. the outCome iS itSelf a geSture, therefore i aSkeD a photographer to take piCtureS ofme.
in the image we Can See the hu -manSkin anDtheimageitSelfbe -ComeSaSortofpixelateDSkin.
bevilaCqua la maSa founDation veniCe - atelier 2014/2015 Sogni / DreamS 24’ - 2015 DoCumentaryfilm 1943-45 veniCe the SeConD worlD warin
veniCe, betweentheinStitutional
republiC of Salò’S film proDuC -tion anD bunker for refugeeS.
the paSt faSCiSt regime ShowS hiS falling power through the imageS that we ColleCt toDay: olD arChive photographS, memo -rieS, arChiteCturalruinS.
a Storyabout veniCe beComeSa ConSiDeration on beauty anD it’S powerofmanipulation.
it’Sa very niCe Day.
veniCeSeenbytheartiStSofthe
bevilaCqua la maSa atelierS.
moleSkine, milan anD fonDazi -one bevilaCqua la maSa, veniCe,
2015 pp. 140-149
1943-45 veniCe
DrawingS anD annotationS from interview realizeD for the DoC -umentary film Sogni / DreamS, about veniCeDuringthe SeConD
Caterina eriCa Shanta,
born onthe 23rDapril 1986 in lanDStuhl (germany) email [email protected]
http://www.bevilacqualamasa.it/shanta https://vimeo.com/user10325098 writeron
EDUCATION AND RESIDENCIES
2014/2015 Atelier Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation - Venice (VE)
2014 Visual Arts Master degree IUAV, Venice (VE) with honors; mentor Marco Bertozzi 2013 XI MAGIS Gorizia International Film Studies Spring School, Gorizia (GO)
2012 Video Editing WorkShop with Paolo Cottignola, Venice (VE)
Workshop Maybe the Sky is Really green, and we’re just coloblind hold by Johan Grimonprez, Palazzo Grassi (VE). RAVE residency, workshop with Ivan Moudov, Trivignano Udinese, (UD)
Visual knowledge, painture workshop IUAV, hold by Maria Morganti (VE) 2010 Design and Visual Arts Bachelor Degree IUAV
2005/2006 Media Without Borders / TRSKA-GORA documentary workshop con Zelimir Zilnik, Krsko (SLO) ExhIbITIONS
2015 Another Second Skin, solo show for “Walking with art” Stonefly Award, curated by Stefano Coletto and Marco Tagliafierro, Viafarini (Docva) Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan
Atelier 2014. Mostra di fine residenza, group show curated by Rachele D’Osualdo, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice
FLUXBOOKS. From the Sixties to the Future. Artist’s books from the Luigi Bonotto’s Collection, group Show curated by Stefano Coletto and Angela Vettese, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Palazzetto Tito, Venice
2014 Another Second Skin, group show of the projects presented for “Walking with art” Stonefly Award, curated by Stefano Coletto and Marco Tagliafierro, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Galleria di Piazza San Marco, Venice
Winner of the prize
ArtNight, group show in collaboration with Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa and Fondazione Musei Civici Veneziani, Museo Ca’Rezzonico, Venice
2013 Academy Awards Arti Visive all’Università IUAV di Venezia, end course exhibition, autumn 2012, group show curated by Antoni Muntadas and Alessandra Messali, Viafarini (Docva) Fabbrica del Vapore, Milan
2012 End Course Exhibition IUAV, group show curated by Antoni Muntadas and Alessandra Messali, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Palazzetto Tito, Venice
The Responsive Act, end course exhibition IUAV, group show curated by Rene Gabri and Filipa Ramos, Galleria Metrcubi, Venezia
2011 Open3, group show curated by Camilla Pin and Valeria Mancinelli, Magazzini del SALE, Venice 2008 End Course Exhibition IUAV, group show curated by Nicholas Bourriaud, Magazzini del SALE, Venice
PUblICATION
Vv. Aa., It’s a very nice day. Venice seen by the artists of the Bevilacqua La Masa Atelier; Moleskine, Milan and Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, 2015
pp. 140-149 FIlm FESTIvAl
In my ReflectIon youR movement; 17’- 2013 DoCumentaryfilm
2014 Circolo di San Salvario, Torino (TO) 2013 Documentamy, Varese (VA)
Parma video film festival, Parma (PR) Affinità libertarie, Udine (UD) Euganea film festival, Este (PD)
It’s too close to focus; 14’- 2012 DoCumentaryfilm
2014 École des medias dell’università del Québec a Montréal (UQAM) Stillframe Bevilacqua la Masa, film from the foundation’s Archive (VE) 2013 Cafoscari international Short film festival, Venezia (VE)
2012 First Jury Prize, Documentamy “Un posto nel mondo”, Varese (VA). Venight 2012, Tolentini, Venezia (VE)
Euganea film festival, Villa vescovi, Torreglia (PD)
