La Buca
di San Vincenzo
Percorso
by Nally Bellati
Video-Art
“Percorso
is a series of video “photographs”, that defines my restlessness for a place
that is not convivial to my nature, a journey that takes me to different
places, that I love, where I get off, and back on again, each time in search
for stimulation, for human contact, and for the perfect photograph
… the endless parallel lines focus on the horizon, for a utopia, to fulfill
the destiny of home, which I may never find…”
Nally
Bellati
Photographer
Having seen my short, very short, videos on
Instagram, art dealer Pasquale Leccese,
owner of Le Case D’Arte and artistic
director of La Buca di San Vincenzo
in Milan commissioned me to create my
first long video-art to be shown in the cult, underground Jazz Club where Pas has collaborated, for the past year, with la
Buca’s owner Fabrizio Farinello, creating
a unique environment where art and music merge by curating monthly screenings of
video-art.
My Early
Morning Travels
The Rialto Bridge – Venice
The Rialto Bridge – Venice
“Man's real home is not a house, but the Road, and
that life itself is a journey to be walked on foot.”
Bruce
Chatwin
What Am I doing Here?
It was quite a challenge to create my first
video-art. Though I have been experimenting on Instagram with short clips it is
quite a different story to extend the filming time. As a reportage photographer,
where the instant image is vital, however, it is usually well framed and balanced,
whereas in video one needs a different eye - 360 degrees - an art unto itself. Thank
you Pas, I am now hooked - so - keep watching.
Percorso by
Nally Bellati
Public Hotel – New York
“What's your road, man? - holyboy road, madman road, rainbow
road, guppy road, any road. It's an anywhere road for anybody anyhow. Where
body how?”
Jack
Kerouac
On the Road
La Buca di San Vincenzo
Lorenzo Blardone Trio
La Buca di San Vincenzo first opened at the beginning of the Twentieth Century
as a tavern, for a time it was owned by singer and actor Fred Buscaglione,
popular in the 1950s, who gave it to his mistress. In those years it was a gangster
hangout, yet, at the same time, a meeting point for artists. Today, La Buca is
known above all for its music: where every Monday and Thursday evening
Italian and international artists perform live to video-art, chosen and curated
by Pasquale Leccese, past artists include: Fischli and Weiss, Alice
Bachmann / TraslochiEmotivi and Jacopo Benassi.
Lorenzo Blardone – piano - Marco Rottoli – double bass
Pasquale Fiore – drums
“If you move
something happens.”
Pas Leccese
Giulia Curra’, Valentina Santi, Pas Leccese, Laura Pessina and Alice Bachmann
“…the
endless parallel lines focus on the horizon, for a utopia, to fulfill the
destiny of home, which I may never find…”
Nally Bellati