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suoni di scanner (aka robin rimbaud)

: https://vimeo.com/945571579

“An environmental documentary film entitled Transmission, made by the artist at the Ceralep factory, in Saint-Vallier, France, takes the viewers on a fascinating and abstract journey, up close and personal with the machines used to manufacture electrical insulators.

Salvatore Arancio’s video was inspired by his fascination by the cold, robotic production method used to work porcelain. Through the artist’s prism, the experience of documenting the factory’s mode of production takes on a more visionary aspect, verging on science fiction and abstraction.

The film explores the daily steps involved in transforming raw materials in the workshops into electrical insulators. Accompanying the rhythm of the film, a specially commissioned electronic soundtrack by English musician Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner, combined with the sounds of the factory, creates an interesting juxtaposition that testifies the Arancio’s taste for artistic cross-fertilisation.”