Costanza Savarese & Lara Genovese
- Medium Type
- A/V work
- Year
- 2019
- Starred and performed by
- Costanza Savarese
- Directed by
- Lara Genovese
- Based on a concept by
- Costanza Savarese
- Production manager
- Lara Genovese
- Music arrangement and production
- Furio Valitutti
- Lyrics
- Costanza Savarese
- Director of photography
- Giorgio Amendola for Imago Casting
- Choreographer
- Valentina Valenti
- Vocal training
- Eleonora Bruni
- First assistant cameraman/focus puller
- Matteo Bolzan
- Editing and effects
- Niccolò Notario
- Visual effects
- Jazmin Coe
- Costumes
- Viviana Crosato, Federica Carone & Antonietta Rendina for Reformo
- Masks designer
- Gianluca Esposito Hats & Crafts Millinery Couture
- Sound recording
- Danilo Silvestri
- Make-up designer
- Costanza Savarese
- Stunts
- Costanza Savarese
- Athletic training
- Raffaella Cordelli & Rael Mackay
- Storyboard artist
- Giulia Iddas
- Location
- Imago Casting Studio
- Special thanks
- Studio Korper & Better Gym
The Cat in one place, and its grin in another.
― S. Popescu, Y. Aharonov et al.
The Cat is a photon, while the grin is its circular polarization.
Cheshire Cat was left alone in a now dark and desolate Wonderland: people have lost the ability to dream and, therefore, to project themselves into Wonderland as Alice would have done. The Cheshire Cat then sinks into a state of psychosis, experiences chirality applied to his many selves reflected in the shattered mirror and faces his alter ego in a battle in search of himself. He “vocally” and visually relives distorted projections of other Wonderland characters (the Red Queen, the Mad Hatter, the Cards) which are nothing more than particles of his personality adhering to the “Quantum Cheshire Cat”, a term adopted several times by teams of researchers grappling with the properties of subatomic particles, which appeared in 2010 in a research on neutrons at the Vienna University of Technology and later in 2012 from Cornell University on photons. In a quantum mechanical allegorical game a Hanged arcane plays guitar solos that act as the glue for the entire pièce wearing a mask made entirely of fragmented mirrors reflecting the multiple personalities of the Cheshire Cat. It represents the ability to look at reality “from below” (exactly as indicated in the Tarot), in a lucid way, regardless of any prejudicial attitude.
Biography
Costanza Savarese is an internationally renowned concert soloist and a vocal performer with an astonishing vocal range (more than 5 octaves). Los Angeles Global Music Award winner. First classical guitarist featured on Classic Rock. Extreme/experimental vocals expert. “Federico Fellini 2018 Prize” winner for innovation within the performing arts field. Designs her costumes and make-up, considering them an integral part of her performance concepts. Founder of REFORMO together with her brother Guglielmo. She’ll debut Pierrot Lunaire by A. Schönberg conducted by Tonino Battista (PMCE).
Lara Genovese is an Italian Director/ Designer, Photographer and Founder of Naiad Productions Ltd. Originally an Architect, after 5 years in Hong Kong as a show productions designer for Walt Disney Imagineering she returned to London to pursue the entertainment industry fully.
You can find her working in Set Decorating teams for feature films, Producing and Directing new theatre projects and shooting Dress rehearsals, Concept shoots and portrait photography.
Their video-art works have been presented at the Modern Panic Exhibition 2018 in London and the FILE – Electronic Language International Festival 2019 in Sao Paulo.