From May 29 to June 2 New entry > Archivio Video — a recurring appointment that presents to the public works preserved in the Archivio Video of Careof — features Folder by Cosimo Terlizzi.

Cosimo Terlizzi began his artistic research in the mid-1990s, investigating the reality around him through memory and personal and collective experiences. He conveys micro-stories that transcend individual events to describe the incongruities and unusual aspects of everyday life, within the folds of which he seeks the beauty of common situations. His preferred subjects are people, captured in relation to their environment, transformed into icons of generational relevance. In this direction, he has made the portrait his preferred investigative tool.

The medium-length documentary Folder (2010) encapsulates the artist’s poetics. The title refers to a folder of personal documents, where Terlizzi digitally archived memories from one year of life: notes in the form of videos, photographs, chat conversations. These autobiographical elements and clues outline the dramatic story of a friend connected to a gender transition journey.

The film is structured like a hypertext, where individual pieces of information are linked to each other in a non-linear narrative. It offers a glimpse into the mental process the artist underwent to process this painful experience. The identity search, painstakingly constructed and then denied, transcends the individual dimension to become a metaphor for a generational crisis in an era devoid of certainties. The precariousness is also emphasized by the technical choice to build the video from fragments derived from everyday communication recorded with cell phones, video cameras, and webcams.

Alongside Folder, Careof presents a selection of Cosimo Terlizzi’s works created from 1996 to the present, including a preview of his upcoming video, still in progress:
Aiuto! Orde barbare al Pratello, 47', 1996
Nadia Luca & Roberto, 7', 1997
Ritratto di famiglia, 5', 2001
S.N., 25', 2008
Fratelli Fava, 5', 2007
Murgia (three episodes), 60' total, 20' per episode, 2008
Regina Irena, 1', 2008