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“Il faut faire les petites choses comme si elles étaient grandes”
L'Histoire d' Adele H. Francois Truffaut

Dido's Lament.: Victorian Rituals of Death & Mourning
18:03

Dido's Lament.: Victorian Rituals of Death & Mourning

An eerie experimental short documentary on Victorian rituals & superstions related to death and mourning.
Liminality
14:29

Liminality

14', colour, France, 2014 Liminality is a threshold, between the dead and the living. An experimental shortfilm in collaboration with Prof Laurence Talairach-Vielmas and the anatomy department of the faculty of medicine Toulouse-Rangueil, France.
And My Heart Took The Shape Of A Raven Teaser
03:18

And My Heart Took The Shape Of A Raven Teaser

Trailer of an upcoming film, shot entirely in super8mm. About identity, love and poetry.
In Loving Memory
09:35

In Loving Memory

super8, 16mm, photographs, UK 2005 vlari©2005 A ghostly celebration of death and poetry inspired by the art of epitaph and funeral oration. Created for the eponymous solo exhibition at The Old Operating Theatre in 2005 it has been consequentially secreened and exhibited in various international shows- The latest being"In Paradisum", Rich Mix Galleries, London 2012 that complimented the London Requiem on The Space, a brand new classical composition, by Benjamin Till.
The Deformity of Beauty. A Last Dance with the Mütter Maiden
20:47

The Deformity of Beauty. A Last Dance with the Mütter Maiden

Inspired by an essay by philosopher David Hume this is an experimental short film focused on real female specimens currently hosted by the Mütter Museum, a Victorian anatomical collection located in Philadelphia, USA. Like in a twisted version of "Alice in Wonderland" a beautiful young girl discovers the secrets of a dark medical museum through the memories of its ghosts. And slowly liberates herself from fear and inhibitions. All copyrights reserved vlari©2011.
Post Mortem Souvenir- aka The Drowned Giant J.G.Ballard
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Post Mortem Souvenir- aka The Drowned Giant J.G.Ballard

Experimental film by Valentina Lari exhibited in London as part of the group exhibition '12 Steps Down' inspired by JG BALLARD's THE DROWNED GIANT. Music by glynne Cicada. Playing with the original language and the idea of a visual anatomical/biological grammar the captions are extracts from the original short story. Decontextualized or random words are sometimes inserted to toy with the idea of copyrighting. The correct and original missing words were printed and scattered on the floor as part of the installation.
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