The video was created in the first half of April 2020, while the world was rapidly overwhelmed by coronavirus, also known as Covid-19, and most countries were in lockdown. Physical contact was identified as the main cause of infection and to be absolutely avoided. Social distancing of at least 1,5mt was mandatory, and masks strongly recommended if not prescribed, to protect ourself and others.
In this video I visualize the tensions of this situation: the sorrow for those who fell ill and those who died, the fear to become infected and the frustration to keep friends and loved ones at safe distance. In the end I imagine the liberation and the beauty of the time when we can hug each other again: it will feel like the magic of your first romantic kiss ever.
“The First After-Corona Kiss” heeft de prijs Premio Borgo 2022 van de galerie La scala d’oro, Rome gewonnen.
Op 23 februari 2023 zal er een vertoning van geselecteerde video’s plaatsvinden in de Sala della Chiesa Valdese, Rome – zie Vertoning van 12 video’s van Maria Korporal
Screenings en presentaties:
• 8-24 maart 2024: Corporeazione. La sacralità di una lotta moderna, Palazzo Caccia Canali, Sant’Oreste RM, Italië.
• 23 juni 2023: Cuerpo Transparente 2e editie, Universidad Nacional de Artes, Área Transdepartamental de Crítica de Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentinië. Zie ook linktr.ee en instagram voor updates en links.
• 23 februari 2023: Vertoning van 12 video’s van Maria Korporal in het kader van de Premio Borgo Video, samengesteld door galerie La scala d’oro, Sala Dionigi (Chiesa Valdese), Rome, Italië.
• 17 december 2022: Cuerpo Transparente, facade of Audiovisual Producción Center Leonardo Favio, Buenos Aires, Argentinië.
• 3-18 november 2022: IMAGE PLAY ► International Video Art Festival 2022 (PT), samengesteld door Hernando Urrutia.
• 1 november 2021 – 27 maart 2022: Transborda III, Q-TV, curator Alberto Guerreiro, in het Festival Books & Movies, Alcobaça, Portugal.
• 8-11 november 2021: Festival Internacional de Videoarte SPMAV, Pelotas (BR) en online.
• vanaf 30 oktober 2021: Miami New Media Festival (RAW selection), verschillende locaties in de hele wereld.
• 12 november – 13 december 2020: 33rd Festival Les Instants Vidéo 2020, Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille.
• 19 juni – 26 juli 2020: UPDATE 20 “ART IS NOT CANCELLED”, Galerie VBK, Berlijn.
• 9 juni 2020: Connect 2020 – International Video Arts Festival, The Firehouse Cultural Center, Ruskin (Florida).
• vanaf 25 mei 2020: The Crown of the Corona, online exhibition curated by Boris Kostadinov, Artqol.
• 23 april – 31 mei 2020: Maria Korporal Monografie. Geselecteerde werken 2008-2020, op VisualcontainerTV
title: The First After-Corona Kiss
technique: Experimental video and animation
length: 4’05”
year: 2020
photos of the artist: Astrid Astra Indricane
music in the first scene: Live Set for My Castle of Quiet (excerpt) by Thomas Carnacki with Jesse Quattro
music in the last scene: Breathing by Spectacular Sound Productions
concept, images, animation, effects and montage: Maria Korporal
© Maria Korporal 2020
