'A 22.86 x 11.43 x 11.43 Desire'
The Netherlands
Visual Artists MATTEO & SONIA
2023 Shortlist
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Matteo & Sonia are two young visual artists based in Rotterdam, born in Italy and Poland. Working in different fields, photography, film and graphic design, their vision is to craft a multidimensional visual experience.
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By creating moving images their aim is to show what can't be found anymore, grasp the geological time frame of an object disappeared and now existing only as a name on the map. A video piece to reconnect the fragmented stories behind a mysterious massive rock formation.
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What if the granite boulder could talk about how it has been misunderstood, mistreated and used in time? What would it say, which images would it create?
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'A 22.86 x 11.43 x 11.43 Desire'
The Netherlands
Visual Artists MATTEO & SONIA
2023 Shortlist
'I NO LONGER LOVE BLUE SKIES'
Switzerland
Photographer GAÉTAN ULDRY
2023 Shortlist