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From a very young age, we are educated to receive audio and visual material in a particular way. The links between sound and image is unconscious, but clear in a narrative way. When these links are broken or simply modified, our perception of the reality keeps us aware of an alteration of the “live” narrative. My artistic practise is focused on how the relation between the observer and the material that is being observed can be modified. In technical aspects, I’m very interested in playing with Live Cinema as a way of constructing new narratives. Cinema is a medium in which most of us have received a great visual education. We understand the codes, and that leads us to respond to them appropriately. Live Cinema provides a context in which to play with narrative links between sound and image, playing with movie cuts, soundtrack, manipulating the videos and the audios. This allows me to build a new narrative through the new relationship between what we see, what we hear and the codes that we already know.
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¨…supose we are walking alone. ¿Would it be said that, during this walk, I am able to hold memories as an individual, memories that are mine alone? (…) when a man is returning home, accompanied by no-one, without a doubt we would say that ´he was alone´. Yet he was alone soley in appearence, as included in that interval, are thoughts and actions that are explained by his social nature. And because there is no moment in which he is not part of society…”
Maurice Halbwachs.
The arrival of man on the moon is the point of departure for Gennao. Through the medium of live cinema, Gennao plays with the division between the individual and the collective. The manipulated scenes drive the main character from society to the loneliness of his thoughts. The collective memory of the audience completes the piece, serving as a reference to give the journey form. The barrier between the audience and the screen simulates the barrier between society and the individual, playing with the duality of absence-presence.