Experimental visual artist Federica Foglia intertwines fragments from the work of pioneer of Italian cinema Elvira Notari with orphan films, home movies, and images from her own filmography, creating a cinematic collage that traverses times and geographies.
In dialogue with these images, musician Silvia Cignoli performs live a score for electric guitar, electronics, and voice, evoking and transforming the emotional universe of Notari’s cinema.
Between historical memory and critical fabulation, the performance restores a sensitive and contemporary presence to the figure of the Neapolitan filmmaker, questioning the relationship between archive, loss, and the survival of images over time.
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LIVE ALCAZAR in Rome – 29 may at 10:00
free admission
Elvira (runtime - 55 min.)
Federica Foglia (directing) - Silvia Cignoli (live soundtrack)
Produced by AAMOD – Archivio Audiovisivo del Movimento Operatio in collaboration with CSC – Cineteca Nazionale, with the support of the National Committee for the celebrations of the 150th anniversary of the birth of Elvira Coda Notari.