[EN] in her book atmospheres of projection, researcher giuliana bruno describes projected images as places of transmutation, sites of multiple inhabitations. the book opens with the story of a corinthian maid who, to keep the memory of a departing lover, traces the outline of his shadow on a wall, an early act of projection. 

(studio) lessons from diffractions is an itinerant study that, for now, has taken the shape of a lecture performance, a living experiment of body dysmorphia. an actor stands in front of a projector, while 16mm film loops, 35mm slides, spoken word, and distorted sounds pour out. the body becomes a screen. 

thinking diffractively means paying attention to how things blur, how interference patterns leave a trace. through film, movement, and light, the work opens a space where the body records and rewrites itself. projections stretch and crack, moving with an old, slow temporality, life seen through life, standing slightly sideways, folding back into and re-reading previous postures. 

an uncanny gap emerges between speaking and gesture, where the allure of the projection creates an atmosphere of invention.it is in the residue of the projection that a hand, tracing a lost figure, inhabits the distance between memory and presence. 

concept: esth fantuzzi
dramaturgy: gaia ginevra giorgi
camera: rodrigo mella
sound: pietro ercolino & carlo sampaolesi
design support: johanna gratzer 

the project was made possible thanks to Kunsten debuutsubsidies (VGC). 

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[NL] (studio) lessons from diffractions is een nomadisch onderzoek dat zich op dit moment als lecture performance vormt, een levend experiment van lichaamsdimorfie. een acteur staat voor een projector, terwijl 16mm filmloops, 35mm dia’s, spoken word en vervormde geluiden naar buiten stromen. het lichaam wordt een scherm.

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[FR] (studio) lessons from diffractions est une recherche itinérante qui prend actuellement la forme d’une lecture performance, une expérience vivante de dimorphisme corporel. un acteur se tient devant un projecteur, tandis que des boucles de films 16 mm, des diapositives 35 mm, spoken word et des sons déformés en sortent. le corps devient un écran.