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E42

Cynthia Madansky

2015 00:34:09 ItalyItalianColorStereo4:316mm film
Tags:
City, Dance, History, Landscape, Politics

Description

E42 is a cinematic exploration of the area in Rome knows as the EUR, a modernist landscape that was originally designated by Mussolini as the the site of the World Fair of 1942 and as a celebration of the 20 year anniversary of Fascism. Originally designed as a monumental space for public performance and collective acts of solidarity to the Fascist regime, this landscape was in fact never inaugurated. After the war, the 420 acre area was recuperated and today projects a timeless aura of an unfinished and temporary, empty and silent, monumental and imposing as well as an ephemeral landscape.

Cinematography: Michele Paradisi
Music: Alvin Curran
With Katrin Tennenbaum
Dancer: Daniele Albanese
Performer: Olga Melasecchi

About Cynthia Madansky

Cynthia Madansky’s film projects engage with cultural and political themes, such as identity, nationalism, the transgression of borders, displacement, nuclear arms and war, foregrounding the consequences of politics on the daily lives of individuals.

Her award winning films have been shown as single-channel works and multi-channel installations at numerous international venues including, the MoMA, NYC, Istanbul Modern, Walker Art Museum, Berlin Film Festival, Rotterdam Film Festival, Cinéma du Réel, Tehran Film Festival, India 30 City Peace Festival, and Homeworks Beirut.

Her films have received awards from international film festivals including Cinéma du Réel, Images Festival, Huesca Film Festival, and the Documentary Film Festival Madrid.

Madansky has received numerous grants including the Fulbright Grant, Guggenheim Fellowship, Rome Prize, New York State Council on the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Art Matters, The Jerome Foundation, National Foundation for Jewish Culture, Paul Robeson Funding Exchange, North Dakota Historical Society and the Astraea Foundation. She was an artist in residence at MacDowell, The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Ucross Foundation and the Santa Fe Art Institute.