The film that artist and filmmaker Eva Giolo presents at Ar/Ge Kunst is the upshot of a year and a half of research in the Ladin valleys. Filmed in 16mm, “Memory Is an Animal, It Barks with Many Mouths” is a project that was commissioned and produced by Ar/Ge Kunst with Biennale Gherdëina 9 and the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund.
Surrounding the Dolomite Mountains, children reimagine ancient Ladin legends while they examine holes, caves and bodies of water looking for something lost or forgotten. Through a poetic choreography the film becomes a fictional journey connecting past and present. Creating resonances between the landscape, myths, legends and Ladin—the protected old Rhaeto-Romanic language of the valleys—a puzzle unfolds as a timeless fable.
at Ar/Ge Kunst, Bolzano
until July 27, 2024
