Stefano Canapa
Stefano CANAPA (1977, Italy) graduated in 2001 in Film History and Aesthetics from DAMS University in Turin. After moving to France, he combined his training with his experience from the Paris-based lab L’abominable, and contributed to setting up similar kinds of organisations (experimental, artisanal, self-managed) in Turin. Since 1998, he has been part of the French artist collective Group ZUR and from 2002 onward, he has been increasingly involved in projects with live components: installations, performance art, multidisciplinary improvisations and theatre plays. His work has been presented at many international festivals and exhibitions such as Locarno, Rotterdam, Berlin, Marseille, Paris, Seoul, New York, Toronto and Montreal.
Filmography
Promenaux (2001, short), Les champs brûlants (2011, doc, co-dir), Split Second (2012, short), Des provinces lointaines (2015, doc, co-dir), Wavelength (2016, short), Kairos (2016, short), A Radical Film (2017, short), Jerôme Noetinger (2018, short), The Sound Drifts (2019, short), Wavelength (2019, performance, co-dir), Further Radical (2020, short)
Stefano Canapa at IFFR
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De un vastisimo mar
De un vastisimo mar could be considered as a film in the making, a real-time film performance, about exile as a relationship.
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The Sound Drifts
Hypnotising audio tracks dance to the soundtrack of Canapa’s previous film about Jérôme Noetinger, Metamkine’s sound artist.
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Further Radical
Slices of black radish on unexposed film lead to effective explosions of light right through the dark, photochemical emulsion.
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Wavelength
Dialogue between cathode-ray tubes, electrical signals and photochemical particles. Sound and light waves vibrate in overwhelming unity.
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Kairos
Shot in enchanting black-and-white 35mm, Elisa Ribes’ choreography invites the Mediterranean sea to dance with her. The forms and rhythms of lan