[microsound-announce] Alessio Ballerini - Blanc

[alessio ballerini]

Dear all, 

I am happy to present my latest work. Is a concept album called "Blanc"  - free download + info:

http://www.zymogen.net/releases/zym026/

http://www.alessioballerini.com/ballerini-blanc.html

“Blanc” is a concept album that does not represent opposing views, but dissimilar ones. Downloadable from Zymogen the release is also accompanied by 2 videos and 15 drawings. The two videos were created via animation of the
drawings. They describe two possible perspectives that do not bode well for the future of our planet. Between 2000 and 2008, the ice sheet of Greenland lost 1.5 trillion tons of ice, causing a yearly average rise of 0.46 mm in the ocean
levels. Science Magazine states that the ocean's current growth rate is 0.75 mm per year. The complete dissolution of the ice sheet will result in a rise of 7 metres in the ocean levels. Despite the varying perspectives regarding this
issue, there is a common thread of hope among global citizens, without which such loss would be inconceivable.


“Blanc & Noir” is also an installation that shows the process of the work's formation, as well as that of the drawings and the videos derived from it. The installation is designed to be expanded beyond the context of the gallery and the limitations imposed by it. Rather, it is hoped that the work will come to life in the homes and dwellings of those who take the drawings. Furthermore, the installation is a site-specific work that changes significance in situ, since the drawings constitute the work yet remain  unfinished. The exhibition space is filled by a screen where the two videos are played in loop. The drawings, which each visitor can take, are placed below it. The work, as it
is presented in the installation format has been selected by the Quattrocentometriquadri gallery, and is among the six finalists for the Metrocubo contest. The exhibition has been presented on Sunday 21st November 2010 at 11 am  at the gallery in Via Magenta 15, Ancona, Italy.


> Alessio Ballerini 
+39 347 10 76 528
http://www.alessioballerini.com






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