INSTANT SCAPES – Scenari Instantanei

Instant Scapes is almost an anthropological observation of our daily lives, our social rituals, the environments in which we move, through a series of short 30-second videos, excluding titles, cut in 4:5, which is the size of a mobile phone screen and the maximum duration that the human-social  can (perhaps) bear today.
The project, launched on 3 January 2022, has run for a year, until 30 December, with three publications a week on Instagram (4:5), Facebook and once a month on YouTube (16:9) as the collection of the month. Conceived as paintings or tableaux vivants Instant Scapes also represents a study of possible music for possible situations; electronic pieces alternate with acoustic actions and instrumental miniatures crossing genres and artistic disciplines.

In some cases the rhythm of the video automatically suggests musical development, through the use of mickey-mousing techniques; in others the soundtrack sssumes more descriptive traits; in still others the sound becomes metaphor and combines or contrasts with the video content with irony, detachment, abstraction.

Given the modular nature of the project, the work is also available in shorter versions.

January 2022
#001 – Sunflower  #002 – Roundabout  #003 – Bicycle  #004 – Pomarola  #005 – Shadow On The Road  #006 – Father With Black Cat  #007 – Railcrossing  #008 – Staircase  #009 – Man And Woman On The Beach –  #010 – Shaving  #011 – Beppe’s Greetings  #012 – Horses  #013 – Steps In The City

February 2022
#014 – Wall Clock  #015 – The Black Cat  #016 – Dusty Earth  #017 – Brook  #018 – Lady’s Feet  #019 – Football  #020 – Blackberries  #021 – Pesto  #022 – Old Dog  #023 – Crosswords  #024 – Watering A Rose  #025 – Ice Cream

March 2022
#026 – Man At The Antiques Market  #027 – Night With A Full Moon  #028 – Carousel  #029 – Gianni Cuts Cane  #030 – Hot Pizza  #031 – Rainstorm  #032 – Repairing The Window  #033 – Opening The Window  #034 – Portrait Of The Musician As A Young Man  #035 – Toy Carousel  #036 – Tempelhof Skating  #037 – Birth Album  #038 – Highway In The Morning

April 2022
#039 – Sparkling Stream  #040 – Picking Tomatoes   #041 – Objects At The Antiques Market  #042 – A Portrait Of The Musician  As A Young Lady   #043 – The Goat  #044 – Father On The Road   #046 – Puddle  #047 – Seams  #048 – Young Dog   #049 – Acrobat   #050 – The Hairdresser  #051-Family Reunion

May 2022
#052 – On Train   #053 – Daylight Moon   #054 – More Shadows On The Road   #055 – The Baker   #056 – Wedding Album  #057 – Misty Highway  #058 – The Translator   #059 – Rain On orange Flowers   #060 – Knocking Down A Wall   #061 – Industrial Landscape   #062 – Birgit   #063 – Misty Windmill  #064-Bavarian

June 2022
#065 – Passersby  #066 – In The Corn  #067 – Poultry-Yard  #068 – Ascending  #069 – Fish Soup  #070 – Christmas Tree  #071 – Sky With Airplanes  #072 – Metal Mushroom  #073 – Sea With Kayakers  #074 – Removing Contact Lenses  #075 – Painting A Wall  #076 – U-Bahn  #077 – Flocks

July 2022
#078 – Playing Uno  #079 – Pidgeons  080 – Young Man Reading  #081 – Don Quixote in Viareggio  #082 – Man Trying To Remember  #083 – Young Lady Playing Flute  #084 – Tree Crown  #085 – Cleaning A Tube  #086 – Beach Parasol  #087 – Man With Mobile Phone  #088 – Washing Hands  #089 – Sky With Clouds  #090 – Ladies On The Riverbank

August 2022
#091 – A Portrait Of The Musician As A Child  #092 – At The Dentist  #093 – Into The Woods  #094 – Misty Bridge  #095 – Service Station  #096 – Lady Peeling An Orange  #097 – The Car Mechanic  #098 – Blooming Forest  #099 – Youngster’s Portrait  #100 – Falling Tree  #101 – Before Shopping  #102 – Man Singing On The Hill  #103 – Christmas Dinner  #104 – Birds On The Wire

September 2022
#105 – Maquillage  #106 – Black Cat Drinking  #107 – Landing  #108 – The Worm  #109 – After The Shopping  #110 – Plastic Warp  #111 – Descending  #112 – Sparks  #113 – The Fisherman  #114 – Greengrass  #115 – Lawnmower  #116 – Canterbury Skating  #117 – On Air

October 2022
#118 – On Bus  #119 – The Draughtsman  #120 – The Actor  #121 – People In The Park  #122 – The Combine Harvester  #123 – Eyerings  #124 – The Snale  #125 – The Eternal City  #126 – Balance  #127 – The Lost Pidgeon  #128 – The Jury  #129 – Hoover  #130 – Working Ants

November 2022
#131 – Corpus Christi (In Bucharest)  #132 – Fountain In Rome  #133 – Man With Fan  134 – Dancing Ants  #135 – Breakfast On Board  #136 – Chairlift  #137 – Underworld  #138 – At The Station  #139 – Dry Fields   #140 – Boy Swimming  #141 – Planting Tomatoes  #142 – Trapdoor  #143 – Burning Forest

December 2022
#144 – Conference  #145 – Glittering Street  #146 – Wife’s Heart  #147 – Per Elia  #148 – The Pianist  #149 – Tourists  #150 – The Grasshopper  #151 – At The Grocery Store  #152 – Brushing Teeth  #153 – The Songwriter  #154 – Horror Tunnel  #155 – The Secretary  #156 – Poppies With Hornet