Dies
- Medium type
- AV work
- Year
- 2019
- Music
- dTHEd
- Runtime
- 00:05:20
- Tool
- Cinema 4D
The more we know about hyperobjects, the stranger they become
― Timothy Morton
An organism/planet floats on the screen constantly changing its shape in synch with sounds. Its surface is made of abstract textures, undefined reticular structures, architectural quotas, but it also contains a female face. The female sings unintelligible words, craving communication with the outside world. Everything is constantly moving, evolving. Nothing can be deciphered. What you see on the screen can be thought of as a neural network, an artificial intelligence (AI), but also as a neurodiverse, hyperkinetic world, where sensory experiences are extreme, deformed, unmanageable. The video thus represents a hyperobject.
Biography
Dies_ is the moniker tailored on the multimedia artist Fabio Volpi. Born in Milan in 1971, formed as graphic designer and architect, from 2001, he became member of Otolab collective, participating in the creation of events that will be performed live in Milan, Rome, Bologna, Brussels, Paris, Mexico City, Oslo, Berlin, Toulouse, Tunis and Montreal.
In 2009 conceived the live media performance “Les Champs Magnétiques”, winning the international competition “Celeste Prize” in Berlin. From 2010 start the “Dies_” solo project, working mostly on projection mapping projects and audiovisual live performances.
The artistic creations are integrated with teaching activities in Art Academies in Milan and Rome. In 2019, is awarded with a first prize of video mapping international contest in Kiev.