Federica di Pietrantonio, Vacation Spot in Gent (back to Rome), Rufa Space, Pastificio Cerere, Rome (Italy), 2019 photo by Eleonora Cerri Pecorella
Today is the last day to watch Federica Di Pietrantonio’s but I wanna keep my head above water. As a finissage, we revisit her groundbreaking project Vacation Spot (2019)
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As in the case of Letta Shtohryn's practice, this Sims-based machinima is part of a larger, multimedia project as Di Pietrantonio’s work ranges freely over painting, video, installations, and performances.
The heterogeneity of Di Pietrantonio’s approach and her ability to use different media to create an evolving universe in which the digital and the material converse with each other without any abrupt interruption is especially manifest in her project Vacation Spot, which she developed at Rufa Space, Pastificio Cerere in Rome as well as Gouvernement in Ghent, Belgium in 2019.
Di Pietrantonio's universe mixes avatars like the ubiquitous Foxy and classic icons of art, creating striking juxtapositions. Vacation Spot is closely related to Voyeurism, the short machinima we discussed a few days ago. But there are also objects - tangible objects - in the gallery space: her playground is all encompassing…
Matteo Bittanti
Federica Di Pietrantonio, Vacation Spot in Gent, 2019, installation view, Gouvernement (Ghent, Belgium), photo by Andrea Frosolini
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