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APOTROPÍA

Entelechia Obscura

 

ABSTRACT 

Entelechy is the Aristotelian term used to indicate the inner purpose inherent in every being or reality, a kind of state of perfection of something that has achieved the purpose for which it was predisposed.

An eternal and ideal principle, entelechy is in a constant dialectical relationship with the material conditions, bodies and worlds, that confront it.

Will the achievement of entelechy be possible for a being deprived of freedom of action? "Entelechia Obscura" arises from this and other questions, though it leaves any possible answer suspended. The protagonist of the video is a man-mouse, a sort of guinea pig for scientific experiments, a projection of an existential condition in which a greater force takes over.

KEYWORDS

Video Art, Experiments, Isolation, Existential

MODALITY

VIDEO CREATION

 

SECTION

SPACES - DEVICES

BIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCE

Artist duo formed by Antonella Mignone and Cristiano Panepuccia. They work across video, dance, performance, sound and installation and explore the philosophical, anthropological and scientific elements of human culture. APOTROPIA’s works have been exhibited at Japan Media Arts Festival, Ars Electronica, BLOOOM Award, among many others.