Corti 2008

Harry Partch Vol. 1
Guglielmo Manenti

Genre: animation - stop motion
Country: Italy
Year: 2007
Duration: 2'31''

Director: Guglielmo Manenti
Production: ExTempora Srl
Distribution: ExTempora Srl
Screenplay: Guglielmo Manenti
Photography: Carlo Natoli
Music: Harry Partch
Editing: Carlo Natoli
Special Effects: Guglielmo Manenti, Carlo Natoli
Cameraman: Carlo Natoli
Set designer: Guglielmo Manenti

A brief synopsis
A mechanical ballet takes life around a coffee machine, which in turn is transformed, becoming magic box, window on other worlds. The video draws upon the bizarre musical elaborations of American composer Harry Partch, its syncopated rhythms that are perfect music for a choreography created with shapes drawn in stop motion.

Jury Comment
With the successful and effective combination of the music of Harry Partch to animation of surreal figures, the author demonstrates with refined taste as this musical genre can be used to the cinema in addition to the theatre - dance that was born.

Biography of the director
Born in Scicli, Guglielmo Manenti lives and works in Modica. Artist and illustrator, has exhibited his paintings and graphic works, as well as in Scicli, Comiso, Catania, Milan and Bergamo. He makes sets for theatre and set design in Italy and abroad and is working steadily with several magazines and publishing houses.
Since 2006, he is the creator and author of " Video-Azioni Ex", performances that combine the impact of the installations of land art project to the power of modern language video.
The " Video-Azioni EX" are made by a collective of people who rotate at shooting and editing and using a spontaneous group of "co-shareholders" that support the attainment of performance. All “Video-Azioni EX “ are produced in collaboration with ExTempora

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Angelo Regolatore (2007, 3’)
Angelo (2007, 2’)
Bufala Elettorale (2007, 2’)
Mai Ali (2007, 3’)
Minotauro (2006, 7’)
Pena - Varia (2006, 2’)
Penne - Varie (2006, 4’)
Cavallo Di-Scarica (2006, 4’)
Aracne (2005, 2’)