IL PAVONE

Tribute To A Dying Drone

20195 channels video istallation soundformat : 16.9 length: 1’.43”site specific dimensions

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Cassata DronePalermo 10/01/2019 Désolé - Cassata Drone Expanded ArchiveOlmo Stuppiawith an intervention by Alterazioni Video

curated by Izabela Anna Moren and Giuseppina Vara

under the patronage of under the patronage of Goethe-Institut Palermo

A drone fulfils its role of recognizing and encoding target images and then destroying them. But the longing of a conscience creeps in, instilling the desire to establish a personal relationship with the images.The dialectical tension between imposition and autonomy of vision, between human, mechanical and superhuman, of vision, between human, mechanical and superhuman, unfolds in the scenario of a new ice age marked by the countdown of a time emancipated from the algorithmic and mathematical rhythm, dictated by natural codes. The secular time of nature is flanked by the mathematical time of the algorithm that imposes on the drone the codes of deciphering and translating the landscape. The gap between time and consciousness is a game of The gap between time and consciousness is a game of coding that moves towards self-destruction.

DEEP SELFIE

2018streaming/ video projection on the water/lighting installationformat 16:9soundsite specific dimensions

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Manifesta 12 CollateralOltreOreto FestivalPalermo 13 > 16/09/2018

DEEP SELFIE is an installation designed for one room and available for just one visitor at the time, featuring low frequencies as soundscape.Once entered the room, the visitor is immediately dazzled Once entered the room, the visitor is immediately dazzled by two spotlights standing out in the overall dark room, and located at human average height. While moving forward in the room, attracted by the low frequencies and the dazzling lights, the visitor makeits way to the bottom of the room where a filled water tank is placed; drawn near the tank, the visitor can see the own projected altered reflection on the watethe own projected altered reflection on the water, as result of the tank water vibrations and the different camera frame perspective. The experience of DEEP SELFIE delivers an unsatisfied sense of vanity in the majority of visitors. Two main archetypal entities cross their paths through the installation, such as the myth of Narcissus and the Freudian Thanatos, intentionally combined the Freudian Thanatos, intentionally combined in the installation to dialogue with oneself’s Ego.

POLITICHE NATURALI

20187 channels video loop istallationformat: 16.9 / 4:3 sound in three rooms: 18000Hz/1000Hz/20Hzby the composer Gaetano Dragottasite specific dimensions

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DOM art-SpacePalermo 26 > 30/06/2018

Politiche Naturali is an AV exhibition conceived for three adjoining rooms.The first room is permeated by high frequencies (18000 hz), usually produced by wireless devices, meant as soundscape and combined with visuals of natural and human images, and combined with visuals of natural and human images, altered by the high frequencies present in the room.In the second room utilizes medium frequencies (1000 hz), mediating between the first and the third room.The third room finally features subsonic frequencies (20 hz): the same produced by our planet Earth, suitable for humans and all the others living species; the frequencies are combined with a visuals of a volcanic eruption on screen projection.with a visuals of a volcanic eruption on screen projection.Il Pavone artists tackle often psychological and environmental topics in their practice, displaying in Politiche Naturali how the concept of body and the frequencies as natural elements, assume political value. By exaggerating these aspects and placing three different kinds of frequencies, two of them literally harmful for human health, Il Pavone artists invite to reflect on the ongoing global electromagnetic pollution to reflect on the ongoing global electromagnetic pollution and the course of its effects on the human nervous system, and on the environment.

Il Tempo del Pavone

20172 channels video in split screenformat 16:9soundlength 15’.28”site specific dimensions

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Levanzo Community FestLevanzo Island 20/072017

July 2016: The small community of Levanzo Island is mourning for the tragic death of some people. During our 14 days of art residency in concurrence with this tragic event, we filmed many performances realized by Iby IL PAVONE to create a video installation, which has been projected on the main entrance of the island's cemetery. During this experience, we decided to enquire about those aspects of human existence beyond daily routine, deeply entangled with symbolism and imagination through rituality.

STAIRWAY

20165 channels video istallationformat : 16.9 soundvariable lengthsite specific dimensions

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Inumani FestivalCastell’Umberto 18 > 20/08/2016

A steep staircase is the only way to see the five different videos situated amidst the ruins of Castania, a sicilian village turned into a ghost town after been evacuated in the 50’s due to a tragic Earthquake.due to a tragic Earthquake.The bounds are broken, the village comes back to life thanks to a sequence of images flowing through space and time.

LUX

Seatails HuntersThe Holy BearMarvellous Winter

2013 - 20151 video channelformat : 16.9length 59’.45”sound

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Marvelous Marvelous WinterFuture LandscapesVenice 6/10/2016 > 27/11/2016

Visioni Notturne FestivalGibellina 26 > 27/08/2016 The Holy BearEasy ReaderEasy ReaderPalermo 8/10/2014

Seatail HutntersLisboa 12/09/2013

Lux is a visual poem blending sci-fi and abstraction, and stands for Il Pavone’s vision of the human quest for the sublime, urging the viewer to surrender to a landscape made of Beautmade of Beauty.Lux is foremost an homage to this quest and there is much more to those images than meets theeye. For Lux, Il Pavone artists aimed to create from their own inner worlds, new extraordinary future landscapes, resonating with the immensity of the earthly sceneries.

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