https://francescabertin.com fbertin Sat, 27 Dec 2025 09:47:59 +0000 https://francescabertin.com en https://francescabertin.com/Index Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:47:42 +0000 fbertin https://francescabertin.com/Index https://francescabertin.com/I-WISH-YOUR-BREATH Sat, 27 Dec 2025 09:47:59 +0000 fbertin https://francescabertin.com/I-WISH-YOUR-BREATH I WISH - YOUR BREATH <img width="2166" height="1510" width_o="2166" height_o="1510" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/86aa5e7c472e766de4be15d5dd35c7f09f34879eae0a499482ee06d82f98fbed/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.01.55.png" data-mid="242206799" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/86aa5e7c472e766de4be15d5dd35c7f09f34879eae0a499482ee06d82f98fbed/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.01.55.png" /> Mixed-media installation 6’ loop, Germany, 2025 &nbsp; A mixed-media installation featuring a looping 16 mm projection with asynchronous sound. Inspired by toxoplasmosis—often linked to the so-called “cat lady syndrome”—the work explores infection, attraction, and altered perception. Through hand-edited and scratched film, image and sound interact in a continuous loop, shifting sensory experience without relying on words. Show: Future Continous 2025, Kunsthaus Hamburg (05.12.2025-25.01-26) Concept, Direction, Camera, Sound and Sounddesign, Editing: Francesca Bertin Camera: Max SängerAdditional Sound design: Max GausepohlTechnical Advisor: Christopher Gorski Dramaturgical support: Elena Friedrich, Max SängerEquipment and Editing Lab: Analogfilmwerke e.V.Developing and Printing: Color by DeJonghe NVScreening device: Filmprojektion MondtPerformers: Anna de Courcy- Ireland, Eythar Gubara, Laura Kahler, Sanna Leone, Barbara Niklas, Elena Pastor, Zoha Special thanks to: Nina Divitschek, Nicola Hardy, Corrina Goutos, Jaana Heine. Supported by BKM and Kunsthaus Hamburg. <img width="2132" height="1494" width_o="2132" height_o="1494" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f5491b3ecb6846b8f0c3d2d773220101b7d4df04292e681ad001778aa9bd7b04/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.02.36.png" data-mid="242206806" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f5491b3ecb6846b8f0c3d2d773220101b7d4df04292e681ad001778aa9bd7b04/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.02.36.png" /> <img width="2142" height="1496" width_o="2142" height_o="1496" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a408fb4f1f7af1786125612e9a1f43e476c3fc75574c323b5c88b58dcd70e8b/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.03.07.png" data-mid="242206798" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a408fb4f1f7af1786125612e9a1f43e476c3fc75574c323b5c88b58dcd70e8b/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.03.07.png" /> <img width="4000" height="2667" width_o="4000" height_o="2667" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b1aeeaa67eed5c4fb0b2dce466d55608bd28627ced8c11ace1746d3fbcf97cb0/251208_033_KH_FutureContiniuouscASauer.jpg" data-mid="242206825" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b1aeeaa67eed5c4fb0b2dce466d55608bd28627ced8c11ace1746d3fbcf97cb0/251208_033_KH_FutureContiniuouscASauer.jpg" /> <img width="1132" height="1406" width_o="1132" height_o="1406" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c10e1a18fc888dfdf6c23dd9db7dd478e7dcf239ed702dab7d6a69bcb271d265/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.46.02.png" data-mid="242206822" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c10e1a18fc888dfdf6c23dd9db7dd478e7dcf239ed702dab7d6a69bcb271d265/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.46.02.png" /> <img width="944" height="626" width_o="944" height_o="626" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/77a2425f1f560e35845230b5a5e68a1591db262a7de4d9a2d5055a10416d76fa/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.46.42.png" data-mid="242206823" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/944/i/77a2425f1f560e35845230b5a5e68a1591db262a7de4d9a2d5055a10416d76fa/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.46.42.png" /> <img width="1072" height="1430" width_o="1072" height_o="1430" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/31901beacce3267349beb3d866aa5348c34637be17f4d58f954abfb8f43b332c/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.46.59.png" data-mid="242206824" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/31901beacce3267349beb3d866aa5348c34637be17f4d58f954abfb8f43b332c/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.46.59.png" /> https://francescabertin.com/Birdtower Tue, 25 Jun 2024 11:22:25 +0000 fbertin https://francescabertin.com/Birdtower BIRDTOWER <img width="1654" height="1654" width_o="1654" height_o="1654" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c330de85d07d8fde04475463485e3fd045d412267cd8d8f3d8fd38500e3d7b4c/Birdtower-Sticker.jpg" data-mid="213573137" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c330de85d07d8fde04475463485e3fd045d412267cd8d8f3d8fd38500e3d7b4c/Birdtower-Sticker.jpg" />Videoinstallation, Performance with Karaoke, Augmented Reality-Installation and Performance with Selfie-Point and Merchandising Germany, 2023-25, different actions “It is the dawn of a new era.” The 245-metre-high Elbtower was intended to be a new landmark for Hamburg; a landmark that would set new standards. The stop in construction has already changed everything, but also offers the opportunity for a unique new beginning. The Birdtower with its iconic flocks of birds will become a self-confident statement for a growing and future-oriented Hamburg: a local recreation area and tourist magnet, but also a unique landmark for a flourishing more-than-human city and new forms of urban coexistence. In order to make this imagination “real”, visitors can stand on a selfie station to take a picture of themselves and the bird tower using augmented reality animation. Ideally with a “Birdtower” cap or T-shirt on, of course. Or sing a pigeon song! Concept and production: Sultan Alawar, Francesca Bertin, Elena Friedrich, Floriane Grosset, Barbara Niklas, Max Sänger Supported by Akademie der Künste, Berlin. Show in Mikropol and Billhafen- Löschplatz (2023), Zollo (2024), Studio at Wendenstrasse (2025), Hamburg <img width="1280" height="1280" width_o="1280" height_o="1280" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b4cec9d5597f163d219d26001e4f3909673d7a1880f6aa71f80fc16311ce9d9/photo_2025-10-12_17-04-58.jpg" data-mid="242206847" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b4cec9d5597f163d219d26001e4f3909673d7a1880f6aa71f80fc16311ce9d9/photo_2025-10-12_17-04-58.jpg" /> <img width="2878" height="1622" width_o="2878" height_o="1622" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bb0e6824d302ba95256fda6a55cc18f54010bda5416456b8220e475111fb3693/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.07.35.png" data-mid="242206934" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bb0e6824d302ba95256fda6a55cc18f54010bda5416456b8220e475111fb3693/Screenshot-2025-12-18-at-01.07.35.png" /> <img width="1010" height="1426" width_o="1010" height_o="1426" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b60909edac2b0cb7cb40f90b79597e0b71ed05667e5045259f5765cdfefe148/qrcode.png" data-mid="213573146" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b60909edac2b0cb7cb40f90b79597e0b71ed05667e5045259f5765cdfefe148/qrcode.png" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f20a9716fda0274622bd7bee7ad7dca1a3ba5e8bdfd80aa7882bac9997ed433a/Mikropolitiken_0352_20230826_DSC6688.JPG" data-mid="213573082" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f20a9716fda0274622bd7bee7ad7dca1a3ba5e8bdfd80aa7882bac9997ed433a/Mikropolitiken_0352_20230826_DSC6688.JPG" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7f35a355f943bf4a0087b7bb3f1ea05fb3eafc466c8e26708fc24c3a8e086725/Mikropolitiken_0364_20230826_DSC6785.JPG" data-mid="213573070" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7f35a355f943bf4a0087b7bb3f1ea05fb3eafc466c8e26708fc24c3a8e086725/Mikropolitiken_0364_20230826_DSC6785.JPG" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f91815f8fd9062c93d9507db40a60ccd8a1bc23daf967efa1519508d52607efc/Mikropolitiken_0357_20230826_DSF4941.JPG" data-mid="213573072" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f91815f8fd9062c93d9507db40a60ccd8a1bc23daf967efa1519508d52607efc/Mikropolitiken_0357_20230826_DSF4941.JPG" /> <img width="3600" height="2400" width_o="3600" height_o="2400" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6b7991016603d583e73c997e84379244a1f3fcdc1f2aac66cdeb9ee9ddafdce6/Elbtower_AG-Ost_06.04.24__DSC3420.JPG" data-mid="213573208" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6b7991016603d583e73c997e84379244a1f3fcdc1f2aac66cdeb9ee9ddafdce6/Elbtower_AG-Ost_06.04.24__DSC3420.JPG" /> https://francescabertin.com/Papillon Wed, 30 Oct 2024 16:26:11 +0000 fbertin https://francescabertin.com/Papillon PAPILLONHybrid / 2024 / DCP / 5.1 / 18’ A bear is hunted and caged. But he escapes again and again. He is loved as much as he is feared. A hybrid of wilderness and projection. The film PAPILLON follows his trail. And also becomes a hybrid. Of documentary and myth. With Ilaria Di Carlo, Vincenzo Tosetto, Stefano Marchel and many others. Direction &amp; Montage: Francesca Bertin Script: Max Sänger Camera &amp; Color correction: Leonhard KaufmannSound recording:&nbsp;Jakob SpengemannSound Design &amp; Mix: Mario Schöning Scenography:&nbsp;Ilaria Di Carlo Costume design: Nina Divitschek Dramaturgy:&nbsp;Birgit GlombitzaLine Producer:&nbsp;Luca InsingaDriver:&nbsp;Malte Rollbüher Producers:&nbsp;Karsten Krause, Frank Scheuffele, Julia Cöllen Production:&nbsp;Fünferfilm Co-production:&nbsp;Francesca Bertin Funded by MOIN Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein, BKM The M49/Papillon became a symbol of the dichotomies between the periphery and the big cities, between the institutions and the local population, and between the need to protect wild animals and the hunters' fear of losing their role. The search for the bear in the scarred Vaia forest thus reflects the relationship between human and non-human species, a question of possible coexistence in a confined space."Papillon" is a projection, a wishful thinking. It is the omnipresent ghost in the forest, whose existence is only visible through night vision cameras. Its impermanence is what makes M49 so "cinematic". He defies death to be free. He embodies the image of the villain and that of the romantic hero. The film invites viewers to leave the anthropocentric perspective and to look at our surroundings with different eyes. The exploration of the landscape through the surveillance camera reflects the lack of space and the omnipresence of humans. It is a call for change: in the century of biodiversity loss this is more necessary than ever. (Birgit Glombitza)- In an observational documentary, director Francesca Bertin investigates the hunting of the “Papillon” bear. In the Alps of Trentino and South Tyrol anthropological elements of obsession with wilderness emerge. The search for the animal becomes an expedient to question man's reaction to the unknown and nature, expressing the attempt to understand it, perhaps dominate it, through myths and hunting searches. The introvability of the bear becomes a metaphor for the human condition trapped in a constant search. “Aren't we the bear?” (Francesco Montagner) <img width="4096" height="1742" width_o="4096" height_o="1742" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa89cbb4a59e129c8abb04e9efbd0d6c73d3a6033689fd9f9f45b9b92678b0b9/Papillon_8.jpg" data-mid="220701245" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa89cbb4a59e129c8abb04e9efbd0d6c73d3a6033689fd9f9f45b9b92678b0b9/Papillon_8.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="1742" width_o="4096" height_o="1742" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36f650f961de23b79f891c16030579e0f7132925cd4e8d423018f19bf74464f6/Papillon__2.jpg" data-mid="220701261" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36f650f961de23b79f891c16030579e0f7132925cd4e8d423018f19bf74464f6/Papillon__2.jpg" /><img width="4096" height="1742" width_o="4096" height_o="1742" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6c5db30ad772f646889a0c70ddeb661cc215f54339a61ebd3df6543459b6cf6c/Papillon__4.jpg" data-mid="220701264" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6c5db30ad772f646889a0c70ddeb661cc215f54339a61ebd3df6543459b6cf6c/Papillon__4.jpg" /> <img width="4096" height="1742" width_o="4096" height_o="1742" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01ca53c1e78818e83c25d923fe67c1fe98a62fa83ef29f9f147d617ed903221f/Papillon__3.jpg" data-mid="220701239" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01ca53c1e78818e83c25d923fe67c1fe98a62fa83ef29f9f147d617ed903221f/Papillon__3.jpg" /> <img width="1250" height="1776" width_o="1250" height_o="1776" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ae1c7114feef9a92530e4ed2bc724494af9f14e38c87f765619934ed8b531e3a/PAPILLON_Poster.png" data-mid="220701229" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ae1c7114feef9a92530e4ed2bc724494af9f14e38c87f765619934ed8b531e3a/PAPILLON_Poster.png" /> Premiere: Nordische Kurzfilmtage Lübeck <img width="2694" height="1018" width_o="2694" height_o="1018" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f8af5dc0f874d629549c4b717bed9e8e28a20b48fa7a8933f4e46ead06633e88/Screenshot-2024-10-31-at-12.01.26.png" data-mid="220703125" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f8af5dc0f874d629549c4b717bed9e8e28a20b48fa7a8933f4e46ead06633e88/Screenshot-2024-10-31-at-12.01.26.png" /><img width="1080" height="1080" width_o="1080" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c4dfd4f7824422cc18ab92cc7375a17e4f53b5c1e45619d98ca49dc8933b5e0e/OfficialSelection_BW.png" data-mid="220703127" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c4dfd4f7824422cc18ab92cc7375a17e4f53b5c1e45619d98ca49dc8933b5e0e/OfficialSelection_BW.png" /> https://francescabertin.com/Tara Sun, 29 May 2022 17:09:28 +0000 fbertin https://francescabertin.com/Tara TARA Hybrid / 2022 / DCP / 5.1 / 86’The Tara is a river on the outskirts of Taranto whose waters are believed to have healing properties; bathing there is a tradition for the inhabitants of the city. Starting from this bucolic place, Volker Sattel and Francesca Bertin take us on a journey through a territory where myths clash with reality and where so-called progress has taken a heavy toll on nature and society.with Jasmine Pisapia, Adriana Sellani, Cataldo Ranieri, Marco Tomasicchio, Vincenzo Romito a. o.Director, Cinematography, Script: Volker SattelCo-Director: Francesca BertinEditor: Bettina BlickwedeProduction: FuFi Film Volker SattelWorld premiere Visions du Reél 2022Language: Italian Subtitles: English / German tara-film.comThe river Tara is situated at the outskirts of the Italian port city of Taranto. “River of Good Fortune” is what people call this place ridden with legends, whose&nbsp;waters are said to have healing and magical powers&nbsp;despite its being toxic. Today, Taranto is considered&nbsp;one of the most polluted cities in Europe due to highlevels of dioxin emissions and masses of dust emitted by a colossal steel factory, ILVA.Through poetic and precise images, TARA explores the parallel between economic and ecological exploitation, while following people living at the margins and trying to survive in the ruins of post-capitalism. Throughout this complex landscape, we follow a youngresearcher on her forays through the city.TARA develops a polyphony of narratives and a cinematic topology of a region where Pasolini had found the setting for his film Gospel According to St. Matthew in the 1960s. The film unveils the river as a&nbsp;model for a never-ending precarious condition: a resistant place where faith, class-consciousness and &nbsp;new relationship with nature might flourish. (Körner/Sattel) <img width="4096" height="1716" width_o="4096" height_o="1716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9fb8399eb7e02960a893b0b99afaa72d1d9f9db33af2ed2f625d1a6132177e85/TaraStill-03.jpeg" data-mid="143981280" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9fb8399eb7e02960a893b0b99afaa72d1d9f9db33af2ed2f625d1a6132177e85/TaraStill-03.jpeg" /> <img width="4096" height="1716" width_o="4096" height_o="1716" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4f7b7b48650e3b88d1e8fa4288f6706fe6abd24c2868d094a6d60fc640a18954/TaraStill-01.jpeg" data-mid="143981283" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4f7b7b48650e3b88d1e8fa4288f6706fe6abd24c2868d094a6d60fc640a18954/TaraStill-01.jpeg" /> <img width="1250" height="1750" width_o="1250" height_o="1750" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a635360ee14f31b1f1687895fdbb00086995481fe71a69f68a830b949d156846/Screenshot-2024-10-31-at-11.42.57.png" data-mid="220702446" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a635360ee14f31b1f1687895fdbb00086995481fe71a69f68a830b949d156846/Screenshot-2024-10-31-at-11.42.57.png" /> https://francescabertin.com/GHM-bleibt-offen Thu, 12 Aug 2021 15:02:49 +0000 fbertin https://francescabertin.com/GHM-bleibt-offen &nbsp;GHM bleibt offen&nbsp; <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/38b3842a226a97487dd39138a1eb414481fca8a1c3cd698e29cf72d2ec8913aa/360grad3.jpg" data-mid="120551299" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/38b3842a226a97487dd39138a1eb414481fca8a1c3cd698e29cf72d2ec8913aa/360grad3.jpg" /> Roomscale Virtual Reality / 2021&nbsp; Using the example of a conflict over the use of the semi-public garden of the Künstler:innenhaus Vorwerkstift, "GHM bleibt offen" deals with the fragile boundaries between public and private space and the fragility of commons.An ongoing conflict over the use of the garden, applicable rules, and the willingness to negotiate came to a head during the pandemic period and led to the garden being temporarily closed to the public by the residents of Vorwerkstift in September 2020. Based on this conflict, "GHM bleibt offen" examines the garden in its multi-layeredness and fundamentally addresses the relationality of space, current and past processes of appropriating space in the Karolinenviertel, and conflicts over commons. Texts based on conversations/interview material with: Sören Havemester, Anna-Karoline Pongs-Laute, Jessica Stockburger, Eva Zulauf, Björn Gailus, residents of the Vorwerkstift, neighbors and young people of the Karolinenviertel. As well as conversations with Olaf Dreyer and Claudia Kuhlenkamp, quoted from Nils Knott's audio contribution for the "Soundedition Vorwerkstift 2019". The contribution "Garden" is written and spoken by Elisa Juri. In addition to the VR installation in Gallery 21, the works "Hüdde reloaded" by Sultan Alawar, "Bambulerossa" by Björn Gailus and "Eistee" by Laura Kahler are exhibited in the garden as part of "GHM bleibt offen". Concept, research, sound recording, editing and VR-realisation: Francesca Bertin, Elena Friedrich, Barbara Niklas VR 3D technical support: David Huss and Tim Huys Posters and flags: Jul Gordon Speakers and performers: Eiko Weishaupt with Louie, Elena Victoria Pastor, Tim Huys, Nader Hamzeh, Tilo Kremer, Julia Maiquez Esterlich, Andreas Werle, Laila Shahin, Nour Alkhatib, Albert Alvarez, Anastasia Lola, Sultan Alawar, Markus Hoffmann with Pense and Spilla, Marc Pujolar , Núria Frías, Jan C. Ròttger, Juan So, Aler Klar, Pedro Torres, Lucie Höffner, Nils Knott, Barbara Niklas, Laura Kahler, Stefanie Schröder, Marlene Schröder, Lucie Schroeder, Giulia Perlotto, Elisa Juri.Supported by Fonds Soziokultur, the "Kultur hält zusammen" of the Dorit &amp; Alexander Otto-Stiftung and the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung. Language: German, English, Spanish, Arabic, Italian <img width="4961" height="7016" width_o="4961" height_o="7016" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2d69e3799e63efc9fc106165475b2bedacca8f7f0dc81ea6fdb06972bbe1fa71/Poster_GHM-1.jpg" data-mid="120549443" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2d69e3799e63efc9fc106165475b2bedacca8f7f0dc81ea6fdb06972bbe1fa71/Poster_GHM-1.jpg" /> https://francescabertin.com/L-Artificio Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:45:04 +0000 fbertin https://francescabertin.com/L-Artificio L’ARTIFICIO / The artifice Documentary / 2020 / HD / 23’ The 20th century - age of the planned cities. “L’artificio” shows the vision of a utopian urban landscape from the 1960s interwoven with today’s inhabitants who play themselves, thus giving the planned city Zingonia in Bergamo a voice. Story fragments of a dreamed city. withMaria Ferrarese, Said &amp; Said, Anna Ferrarese, Guillelmo Dominguez, Macta N’Doye, Anonymous, Cheikh Diop, Delia Amelia Dominguez. Direction: Francesca Bertin Camera: Max SängerSound: Malte Rollbühler &amp; Elena Friedrich Editing: Max Sänger,&nbsp;Francesca Bertin, Malte Rollbühler Grading: Stephan KnaussSound Design &amp; Sound Mixing: Mario SchöningCredits and Poster: Steffen Goldkamp Production: Francesca BertinFunded by Filmförderung Hamburg Schleswig-Holstein Language: Italian, Spanish, Wolof, Arabic Subtitles: English / German ZINGONIA. A MODEL CITY OF THE MODERN AGE A text by Birgit Glombitza. Zingonia. A model city of the modern age. Built in 1964 by the private investor Renzo Zingone to compete with Milan for the status of industrial location. As a symbol of economic euphoria for the future and architectural incorporation of the workers employed in the adjacent industrial buildings. Or should be. For only some of the buildings were completed, not all the factories were built. Resistance from five affected communities prevented the fulfilment of Zingone's complete vision. What emerged nevertheless is a structural assertion of shared prosperity, spacious, stately places and the general good of useful efficiency. And what became increasingly orphaned over the years of the oil crisis and the ups and downs of inflation created a socio-cultural wasteland that was used by drug trafficking and prostitution as opaque niches. Zingonia's ideological semantics lived in concrete until its demolition (2019). An urban design structured by iconic brands such as fountains, sky-high monuments in roundabouts and the piled up existences of the working people. Nothing should slow down the worker on the way to the factory. Following the example of Oscar Niemeyer's communist Fantasialand Brasilia, it was built in 1964. But unlike Niemeyer's interest in social, discursive, collectively reconciling architecture and his rejection of the orthogonal, here the working people are stratified in monolithic verticals. And unlike the Brazilian, with Zingonia, investors, the private sector, and the local Italian governing parties have, in addition to political representation, a system of exploitation in mind that proposes an agreement between capital and labour to the working people in post-Fordism. Modern apartments with luxurious sanitary facilities at the time, a supposedly social architecture to lull the working people into the capitalist dream of sharing in economic prosperity. Even if Zingonia Zingones never came true. It was inhabited, populated and animated. By migrants and people who wanted to escape the poverty and unemployment. They came, stayed and made Zingonia their place in a variety of ways, giving it their own meaning, writing their own life on its walls. And they do not see why none of this should have any meaning. They are the protagonists in Francesca Bertin's L'ARTIFICIO. In melancholy vignettes, the director traces the factual and dreamed biographies of the inhabitants. She observes their reinterpretation and conversion of public and private spaces, their handling of the impending demolition. What emerges is a cinematic questioning of the architectural will and political notion of modularly malleable identity. And many stories of individual resistance, stubborn use and dreams of the creation of value from one's own in the foreign. <img width="2245" height="3179" width_o="2245" height_o="3179" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/35175a33db40a16c8e878d3d6bcbdb5831e4c053aa1875419196162013b668a4/ARTIFICO.jpg" data-mid="106587178" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/35175a33db40a16c8e878d3d6bcbdb5831e4c053aa1875419196162013b668a4/ARTIFICO.jpg" /> <img width="11016" height="3017" width_o="11016" height_o="3017" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4842359fa9c93ee40e2bc29ae9f2116d2998b6e44ff7191405f4c9a509df76d5/KFO_Signet_GC-OS.jpg" data-mid="106586802" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4842359fa9c93ee40e2bc29ae9f2116d2998b6e44ff7191405f4c9a509df76d5/KFO_Signet_GC-OS.jpg" /> <img width="1656" height="1161" width_o="1656" height_o="1161" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/27525dddad2cd9c0157e7e241b68d28d59c9dbb0c7e3e4673aa971fbaded9586/kffh2020-lauren-black.png" data-mid="106586905" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/27525dddad2cd9c0157e7e241b68d28d59c9dbb0c7e3e4673aa971fbaded9586/kffh2020-lauren-black.png" /> <img width="2481" height="2482" width_o="2481" height_o="2482" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2756d6ff0511c4cfc4cfe6e9d183d71e41df169501bd35181bdb40974ab14502/37dokfest_Laurels_GoldenKey_Comp.jpg" data-mid="106587514" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2756d6ff0511c4cfc4cfe6e9d183d71e41df169501bd35181bdb40974ab14502/37dokfest_Laurels_GoldenKey_Comp.jpg" /> <img width="829" height="721" width_o="829" height_o="721" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6f2339d952d8d4755ce674d44827bee432347f0547f503153451fd07c351206b/LAUREL-ROOD.png" data-mid="106587636" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/829/i/6f2339d952d8d4755ce674d44827bee432347f0547f503153451fd07c351206b/LAUREL-ROOD.png" /> https://francescabertin.com/Orbit1 Thu, 25 Feb 2021 12:58:47 +0000 fbertin https://francescabertin.com/Orbit1 ORBIT 1 <img width="1920" height="1019" width_o="1920" height_o="1019" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f2ff7b522ede8be2791bcbc6af919a39660ca5c91bc4dc990d69db0b5ae9cac3/Verschwinden_v2.00_01_50_21.Immagine005.jpg" data-mid="100267251" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f2ff7b522ede8be2791bcbc6af919a39660ca5c91bc4dc990d69db0b5ae9cac3/Verschwinden_v2.00_01_50_21.Immagine005.jpg" /> Videoinstallation /&nbsp;2020 / 4K / 4’ Loop The Passerelle under the Messedamm in Berlin-Westend is an urban crossing point. People go about their daily business and cross the image while the camera continually remains in motion and circles around them. Initially well visible in the picture, the individuals are overlaid by the architecture as if by chance. A possible glimpse into our future? ORBIT1 is the prelude to a video cycle that combines sequences of disappearance at different locations Concept, Direction: Simone Kessler, Francesca Bertin Choreographie: Marc Carrera Camera: Jeppe Rohde Grading: Tim D. HuysSound Design &amp; Sound Mixing: Mario SchöningPerformers:&nbsp;Yue Li,&nbsp;Carlota Bantulà, Núria Frías Corrius, Abelardo Da Hora,&nbsp;Simon Alexej, Desmond Alugnoa, Roya Aßbiehler, Tanguy Bernier, Thomas Börner,&nbsp;Peer Cox,&nbsp;Yelyzavetz Davidenko, Megan Dieudonné, Jeremy Hunter,&nbsp;Emilie Ketteniss, Sophie Ketteniss, Felix Kraus,Dennis Lange,&nbsp;Irma Mehlhorn,&nbsp;Nadja Mereien, Olivia Nava, Joyce Newrezella, Patrick Pohl, Sylke Pohl,&nbsp;Katrini Reuchardt, Franziska Ritter, Jessica Rodewald, Catarina Trigo, Jacob Vann, Christina Weise, Britta Zupancic, James Zupancic, Jeff Zupancic. Production: Simone Kessler Funded by Bezirkamt Charlottenburg - Wilmensdorf and Steiner-Stiftung München.&nbsp; https://francescabertin.com/Il-giardino Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:45:04 +0000 fbertin https://francescabertin.com/Il-giardino IL GIARDINO / The garden&nbsp; Documentary / 2018 / HD / 20’ A container village in the scorching heat of the Italian summer. Here reside the men who are constructing a new traffic artery. The rhythmic repetition of their daily lives goes silently accepted. A nearby garden offers refuge from a man made landscape. with Calogero Caltanissetta and Fabrizio Bertin Script, Direction: Francesca BertinCinematography: Leonhard KaufmannSound: Julius KaufmannMontage: Francesca Bertin, Moritz Poth, Leonhard Kaufmann Production: Francesca Bertin Grading &amp; Mastering: Leonhard KaufmannSound Design &amp; Sound Mix: Tim ElzerTranslation: Angie Kretschmann and Henrieke Markert Credits: Felix Walser (Book Book, Berlin) Language: ItalianSubtitles: English https://francescabertin.com/Cadono-Pietre Mon, 22 Feb 2021 17:45:04 +0000 fbertin https://francescabertin.com/Cadono-Pietre CADONO PIETRE /&nbsp; Stones are falling Documentary /&nbsp;2014 / HD / 15’ The midday sun in a southern Italian village: recording an annual ritual, the film questions how much of the place’s past remains. Direction, Editing: Francesca Bertin &amp; Karsten Krause
Camera: Karsten Krause &amp; Willy HansColor grading: Tim LiebeMontage: Bernd SchochSound design, mixing: Roman VehlkenProduction: Works cited
Funded by FFA Filmförderung / German Federal Film Board with the support of Comune di Craco &amp; Craco Production