Ama, 2005
Castello di Ama, Italy
Site-specific installation: video projection (4:23). Light box (100 x 70 cm)
First act of The World of Interiors, a video trilogy that focuses on the house as the incubator of human relations and desires.
Ama is a race that proceeds in space throughout the video, from nature to culture, between two generations. From the lawn outside, the camera races into the house, where the perpetual rite of procreation takes place between two women, mother and daughter, and a rag doll.
This work reveals the dichotomy between action and thought. The video made of a sequence of details stands for action; the photo instead freezes a moment in its totality, giving a chance for reflection.
>Text by Francesca Pasini