THE WINNER OF ARTEVISIONE 2023

The artist Beatrice Marchi is the winner of ArteVisione 2023 with “La Compagnia”, the annual project by Careof launched in 2011 with the aim of supporting, producing, and promoting the most innovative research in the field of moving images, developed through a training program and the production of new film works.

Set in the Lombardy countryside, the film “La Compagnia” explores the theme of belonging, creating a parallel between a character’s attempts to identify with a community and the collective rituals of a group of young people. The latter are inspired by real events that took place in the early 2000s in the woods of the province of Varese, where some adolescents were killed by friend_ from the same group. The story is told by the voice of a fly, which interacts with an original soundtrack and accompanies the images, created by combining 2D animation and live action footage.

The jury of ArteVisione 2023 decided to award the project “La Compagnia” by Beatrice Marchi for the visionary quality of a work that manages to be simultaneously unsettling and coherent. In Beatrice Marchi’s practice, which stems from an autobiographical urgency, the experimental drive is evident, both formally and linguistically: the artist prompts, also through a blending of different registers and modes, a reflection on the medium and its potential for subversion and revolution.

As with previous editions of ArteVisione – which has produced works by Yuri Ancarani, Francesco Bertocco, Fatima Bianchi (in progress), Giuseppe Fanizza, Riccardo Giacconi, Martina Melilli, Rebecca Moccia, Caterina Erica Shanta, Giulio Squillacciotti, The Cool Couple, Luca Trevisani, and ZimmerFrei – Beatrice Marchi’s film “La Compagnia” will also be produced by Careof, reaffirming its commitment to supporting Italian artist_ by concretely sustaining their work and research in the field of moving images. 

Special thanks to Claudio Beorchia, Martin Errichiello, Eleonora Luccarini, and Federico Pozuelo, artist_ who participated in ArteVisione 2023. 

With the support of Comune di Milano.

Recognized as a regional initiative with the contribution of Regione Lombardia.