Corinne Mazzoli

Mostra 2024

Corinne Mazzoli • The Gossips' Chronicles

81st Venice International Film Festival - La Biennale di Venezia
Lazzaretto Vecchio

28.08.2024 - 07.09.2024

A Careof production, winner of the 8th Edition of Biennale College Cinema – Immersive

Careof presents "The Gossips' Chronicles," a project by Corinne Mazzoli produced by Marta Bianchi, premiering worldwide from August 28 to September 7, 2024, at the 81st Venice International Film Festival - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice Immersive section, the most significant annual event dedicated to immersive arts and media.

Winner of the 8th Edition of Biennale College Cinema – Immersive (BCC-I), "The Gossips' Chronicles" is a location-based multiplayer installation that combines an IRL guided tour in a torture museum with a VR experience to tell the story of the Gossips, a now-extinct population that lived around the 5th century AD.

In the early Middle Ages, women formed a strong community, orally passing down stories and popular cultures, and were skilled healers. They were called Gossips from god-sibb, which meant close kinship. The Gossips were the “friends” (Silvia Federici, 1998). With the advent of capitalism and the strengthening of patriarchal authority, the term took on the negative connotation of female gossip. Freedom diminished, and those who rebelled against these restrictions were burned at the stake as heretics. This is the inspiration for "The Gossips' Chronicles," a guided journey that narrates two different versions of the history of artifacts displayed in a torture museum. Here, the term Gossips refers to a community of living beings, in harmony with nature and the cosmos, who are robbed of their objects for capital possession and then exterminated to destroy their memory.

The narrative develops from the torture objects that have come down to us: historical fakes, whose stories collapse, leaving room for doubts and uncertainties about where the boundaries between true and false lie.

The project has received the grant offered by the Venice Biennale, within the Biennale College-Cinema Immersive program (8th edition) made possible by the support of the Ministry of Culture and the European Union's Creative Europe program; "The Gossips' Chronicles" is also made possible thanks to the support of ADVANT Nctm, Dedar, and Swampgod.

www.thegossipschronicles.it

Born in La Spezia in 1984, Corinne Mazzoli is a visual artist and researcher who lives between Venice and Milan. Her practice involves video, photography, installations, and performances, focusing on identity constructs and gender stereotypes in relation to the online representation of the body.
Her work has been presented in national and international institutions, including: Fondazione Prada Milano; Italian Pavilion and Korean Pavilion at the 17th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia; Palazzo Grassi, Venice; MA*GA Museum, Gallarate; Careof, Milan (IT); Piran Coastal Galleries, Piran (SLO); NITJA Center for Contemporary Art, Lillestrøm (NO).

Credits

The Gossips’ Chronicles

Immersive Project: Location-Based Experience & Live Interactive Performance
Running time (min): 30’
Language: English
User Experience: Onsite Multiplayer
Compatible devices: metaQuest Standalone
Custom Roomscale

CREDITS
Directed by
Corinne Mazzoli

Written by
Anja Boato

Produced by
Marta Bianchi / Careof

VR CREW
Emanuele Kabu
Design & Animation

Saverio Trapasso
Technical Director & Technical Artist / Artheria

Marco Montini
Developer / Artheria

Mauro Sommavilla
Composer

Massimiliano Borghesi
Sound Designer

Benedetta Borciani
Voice Over

IRL CREW
Est Coulon
Performer

Tulls Primultini
Performer

altre500persone
Performer

Arturo Boem
Costume Design / Swampgod

Marcello Batelli
Sound Designer

Alessio Sacchetto
Technical Sound Support / Musicalbox

Alessandro Mason & Pietro Lora
Set Up Design / Studio Gisto

Gabriele Guarisco
3D Concept Designer

Simone Fontana
3D Print / Holit

Jacopo David
Props

Chiara de Rota
Props / NANA.LAB Scenografie

Luca Coppola
Communication Design / AUT Design Collective

Luca Pili
Behind the Scenes

Valentino Pascolo
Set Up Dressing

Ilaria Doardo & Stefano Locci
Plushy Velvet, Fabric / Dedar

Alessandra Donati & Luca Guidobaldi
Legal Support / ADVANT Nctm

Lara Facco
Press and Communication / Lara Facco P&C

The project has received the grant offered by the Venice Biennale, within the Biennale College-Cinema Immersive program (8th edition), made possible by the support of the Ministry of Culture and the European Union's Creative Europe program; "The Gossips' Chronicles" is also made possible thanks to the support of Dedar and Swampgod.

The Venice International Film Festival - La Biennale di Venezia

The Venice International Film Festival - La Biennale di Venezia was one of the first film festivals in the world to show interest in Virtual Reality. The creation of a VR Theater in 2016 generated enormous interest among participants of the Venice Production Bridge. Starting in 2017, the Venice Biennale launched the first competition for Virtual Reality works among the major festivals, held for three editions, until 2019, on the location of the Lazzaretto Vecchio island in the Lido, with an international jury. The online accessibility of Venice VR Expanded in the 2020 and 2021 editions represented a commitment and a challenge to ensure the presence of this new art form within the Venice Film Festival even in years of necessary distancing. With the 2022 edition, the section, renamed Venice Immersive, returned to the island, renewed and expanded. From the very first editions, the section has established itself on the scene as a unique event, the most significant annual event dedicated to immersive arts and media.

All accredited participants of the Festival have access to all the titles in the program. Additionally, a special Venice Immersive accreditation is available for interested individuals over 18, allowing them to view the selected projects and is available in three formats:

2-DAYS Venice Immersive Accreditation (40 euros): valid for 2 days
5-DAYS Venice Immersive Accreditation (60 euros): valid for 5 days
FULL Venice Immersive Accreditation (100 euros): valid from August 28 to September 7

Venice Immersive accreditations are available on the official website.