The music composed by Federico Chiari for various film and video works by the artist Diego Marcon.
Starting with the film Monelle (2017), music has been a fundamental part of almost every work by the artist Diego Marcon. Federico Chiari's compositions emerge from his ongoing dialogue with the artist.
The music and the imagery take shape together, riffing off one another as they are interwoven to define both the structure and the emotional temperature of the pieces. The collaboration between Marcon and Chiari revolves around the deconstruction of codified genres, such as the aria, popular jazz, and children's singalong song. The intention underpinning their work is to pervert the musical language by using its own codes, along with those of cinema.
This album brings together the music composed by Federico Chiari for various recent film and video works by the artist, including Monelle (2017), Ludwig (2018), The Parents' Room (2021), and Dolle (2023). It comes with a booklet containing lyrics and images that provide a deeper insight into this unique, profoundly intertwined collaboration between Chiari and Marcon.
Produced by Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Prato on the occasion of the exhibition Glassa by Diego Marcon, October 30, 2023 - February 4, 2024.
Diego Marcon (born 1985 in Busto Arsizio, Italy, lives and works in Paris) is a visual artist working mostly with
film and
video. His work is exhibited internationally (MADRE Museum, Naples, Bozar Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels; Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; FID Marseille, Marseille; Fondazione Prada, Milan; Institute of Contemporary Arts Singapore; La Triennale di Milano, Milan, MAXXI Museum, Rome; Centre international d'art et du paysage, Vassivière; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Fondation d'entreprise Ricard, Paris...). In 2018, Marcon won the Foundation Hernaux Sculpture Award and the MAXXI Bulgari Prize 2018. His films have been screened in film festival including the International Rotterdam Film Festival, Cinéma du Réel, Paris, Courtisane, Gent, BFI, London, and doclisboa, Lisbon.
Federico Chiari (born 1985) is a musician and sound designer. He provided sound for many visual artists' films, videos, and installations. Some of these works have been screened in film festivals such as Festival de Cannes, B3 Biennial, IFFR, Locarno Film Festival, Cinéma du réel, as well as museums and art institutions such as Venice Biennale, Kunsthalle Basel, Fondazione Nicola Trussardi, Fondazione Prada, MAXXI, Centro per l'arte contemporanea Luigi Pecci, Palazzo delle Esposizioni.
