JOHN DI STEFANO
SENZA PAROLE [2002/2015]
Mixed media: Single-channel digital video projection - 00:04:26 - colour - silent - 4:3| Other materials: typewriter, table, chair, embossed paper
INSTALLATION VIEW : https://vimeo.com/108887737
SENZA PAROLE appropriates a homoerotic image of two men dancing the ‘twist’ together, embedded in the title-sequence of Pasolini’s film La Ricotta [1963]. This transgressive image, excavated from the title-sequence, is now isolated and projected onto a long sheet of embossed paper strung through an Olivetti typewriter, identical to one that Pasolini owned and used.
Companion work to VOLGAR ELOQUIO
SHOWN
Pasolini: Durations, Casa Italiana - Zerilli-Marimò, New York University, New York, US (2025)
Articule (Montréal)
A-Space (Toronto)
Moving Image Centre (Auckland)
New Zealand Film Archive (Wellington)
SCA Galleries (Sydney)
WRITING
Frederico Camera, 'John Di Stefano’s Bandiera Nera'. Australasia Journal of Popular Culture, 2015
Gary Sangster, 'In Theory', Bandiera Nera. SCA Galleries, Sydney, 2015
Aleksandr A. Wansbrough, “Archaeological Journeys: John Di Stefano’s Bandiera Nera”. Alphaville - Journal of Film & Screen Media, 2016
Laurence Simmons, 'Passion for Pasolini', Illusions - Journal of Moving Image & Performance Criticism, 2004
Kate Griffin, Texts & Subtexts. Moving Image Centre, Auckland, 2003
Sherry Simon, Deviant Translations. Articule, Montréal, 2002
Will Kwan, Another Version: John Di Stefano’s Redeeming Translations. A Space Gallery, Toronto, 2002
SENZA PAROLE is part of the PASOLINI PROJECT - a project inspired by Italian filmmaker and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini
INSTALLATION VIEW: SCA Galleries (Sydney) : VOLGAR ELOQUIO and SENZA PAROLE
