Gianfranco Baruchello

"A partire dal Dolce brings together "portraits-interventions" of a dozen or so thinkers, artists, friends of Gianfranco Baruchello (including extremely rare footage of Jean-François Lyotard), who comment on the concept of the "dolce" (gentle/soft/sweet)" Claudine Eizykman, Les Rendez-vous du Cinéma Expérimental, February 2000

A remarkable walk through the life and work of the French artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968), one of the most important creators of the 20th century, revolutionary of arts, aesthetics and pop culture.

From Paolo Brunatto's series "Scheggie Di Utopia".

In one of the three films Gianfranco Baruchello made in 1968 in response to the war in Vietnam, the artist carefully washes hundreds of coins in a bathtub, and then proceeds to cook and serve them at table.

The film is the story of the crude destruction, meticulously done by the artist himself, of a frozen turkey produced in America. The meat is placed in a wooden box and buried in a grave in a field. Dedicated to the fundamental concepts of the ‘lay military priesthood’ (terminology typical of the generals): discipline, honour and other sacred duties, the film is part of a trilogy by Baruchello against the Vietnam War. —Tate Modern

A short film containing a collection of clips from various Hollywood movies.

Collective manifesto by the members of C.C.I. It is a collective film, the result of an operation devoid of any aesthetic purpose: to verify the existence of any harmony between a fairly large group (twelve people) of members of the independent Cooperative. Someone, who had the idea, turned 60 meters of Ektachrome according to the moods –or discontent – of the moment and gave them to others to see. The others reacted, each with their own piece. It was then thought to call the film “circular letter”. It was not so simple and so quick: the operation, which started in June of ’68, ended in March of ’69.

An allegory on man's inhumanity. Pink dolls are sandwiched into bread rolls in a long sequence then stuffed in a sack and thrown in the sea by two children. A naked, drowned negro is washed ashore and discovered by a naked white child. The soundtrack is of Vietnamese children's songs.

"A partire dal Dolce brings together "portraits-interventions" of a dozen or so thinkers, artists, friends of Gianfranco Baruchello (including extremely rare footage of Jean-François Lyotard), who comment on the concept of the "dolce" (gentle/soft/sweet)" Claudine Eizykman, Les Rendez-vous du Cinéma Expérimental, February 2000

As its title indicates it, Tic Tac is a series of rhythmic sounds produced by some objects, it's deprived of material meaning and endowed of a syntactical nature.

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A film by Gianfranco Baruchello

The almost impassive recording of a common jacket hanging on a balcony slowly slides into the analysis of the mechanisms of perception, where the lines between reality and illusion are revealed somewhat labile.

Short film by Gianfranco Baruchello.

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Short film by Gianfranco Baruchello.

Short film by Gianfranco Baruchello.

Short film by Gianfranco Baruchello.

The video takes its cue from the "Notizie in 2 minuti" column on the last page of the national daily, the Corriere della Sera, which gives the most important news of the day in a single column, in a very concise form. Baruchello transfers this concept from paper to video, with the camera reading the newspaper. The video, which lasts precisely two minutes, is a montage of still images taken from the entire newspaper, which is leafed through, showing both texts and images. The titles and articles are almost never taken in their entirety, but the fragments we see are enough to give an idea of what they are about: politics, entertainment, sport, shows, art, crime news, current affairs, the economy or science. The pictures are shown in their entirety, but since they have no captions, they are taken out of context. The last sequence of the video shows newspaper closed on the first page. The entire video is accompanied by a rap song in English.

In collaboration with Henry Martin, Agnese Naldoni, Berty Skuber and Rocco Palamara Technique: Fuji tape, black-and-white, sound

A film by Gianfranco Baruchello

In one of the three films Gianfranco Baruchello made in 1968 in response to the war in Vietnam, the artist carefully washes hundreds of coins in a bathtub, and then proceeds to cook and serve them at table.

Short movie by Gianfranco Baruchello.

Short film by Gianfranco Baruchello.

A reworking of materials concerning the relationship between the artist and nature, including the garden as a collateral agent of the imaginative and reflective mind. This work was created on the occasion of the Garden Marathon held at the Serpentine Gallery in London in 2011.

Short film by Gianfranco Baruchello.

Short film by Gianfranco Baruchello.

Short film by Gianfranco Baruchello.

A film by Gianfranco Baruchello