Korporal Zoo

Desert Tree

The video is part of the project Korporal Zoo, a series of short movies which deal with the relationship between animals and human beings studied from several perspectives: cultural, social, environmental.
Desert Tree, is based on a Mongolian legend about camels, and refers to the environmental problem.
The Mongolian legend goes like this:
Many years ago, God gave antlers to the camel, as a reward for the goodness of its heart. But one day a rogue deer came and asked the camel to lend him his antlers. He wanted to adorn himself with them for a celebration in the west of the country. The camel trusted the deer and gave him his antlers. But the deer never brought them back. Since then, the camels keep gazing at the horizon and still await the deer’s return.

titolo: Desert Tree
tecnica: Video e animazione sperimentale
durata:  1’38”
anno: 2010
video: Maria Korporal

Sacrificio

The video is part of the project Korporal Zoo, a series of short movies which deal with the relationship between animals and human beings studied from several prospectives: cultural, social, environmental.
Sacrificio is based on the musical piece “Sacrificio”, composed by Angelo Gilardino and executed by guitarist Luigi Giffi. In the video we see alternate scenes of a big stone rolling down a hill, of the artist who is building an altar with smaller stones and of a herd of pasturing goats in a peaceful environment. In the final scene the several elements come together in a synthesis of color and light.

titolo: Sacrificio
tecnica: Video e animazione sperimentale
durata:  4’50”
anno: 2010
video: Maria Korporal
musica: composta da Angelo Gilardino, interpretata da Luigi Giffi