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Masbedo, IT
Photo © Manifesta 12 / Wolfgang Traeger.
Nicola Massazza and Jacopo Bedogni
MASBEDO, Protocol no. 90/60, 2018 © Manifesta 12 / Francesco Bellina, Courtesy MASBEDO and In Between Art Film Foundation
Multimedia installation exhibited at Archivio di Stato di Palermo
Protocol no. 90/6 by Italian artist duo MASBEDO was a site-specific video installation that explored the important relationship between Palermo and Italian cinema. The project was a tribute to and rehabilitation of director Vittorio De Seta. He was accused of being a “communist” and controlled by the Italian authorities who could not understand why a nobleman could be interested in the affairs of the humblest workers.The installation consisted of the historical letter accusing De Seta of being a “communist”, which was displayed together with a film of a Sicilian hand-cut puppet representing the filmmaker De Seta. The puppet was moved by the master puppeteer Mimmo Cuticchio.