Marco Raparelli (IT) | Abandoned Dog

SYNOPSIS

Narration is the principal characteristic of Marco Raparelli's animations. Nevertheless it is not the point of departure, but rather the consequence of a deviation of themes which are evoked by the sensations transmitted by other images or drawings. The animations make concrete what the image hides within itself, it is a free and extemporaneous deviation of an image that carries others with itself and connects one to the other to create infinite micro-worlds. The newest animation tells the history of an abandoned dog which, while walking toward the sea, meets different adventure's friends and enemies and faces manifold abstract situations. The work interrupts brusquely and senseless the dog's adventure. The end is a metaphor of life where the dog is the protagonist. He is an outcast that must handle to survive a day that will come. The music of Cosme McMoon accompanies the animation. He played together with American Soprano Florence Foster Jenkins, rich heiress who, even not having great melodious qualities, could perform as she was very rich; both were two anthropological phenomena and their grotesque songs serve as sonorous column to the approximation of the sketches.

ARTIST’S BIOGRAPHY

Marco Raparelli was born in Rome in 1975. He studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Rome, at the Accademie de Beux Art in Brussels and at the Loughbourough College of Art in London. His last solo show As a drop of water on a K-way was shown in 2007 at Uqbar Berlin and at Care/of in Milan. His work is present in many solo and group exhibitions in 2008, among others at Gallery Ugo Ferranti in Rome, at Haunch of Venison in London, at Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice and at the American Academy in Rome.

FILMOGRAPHY

• Ristorante Italia, 2007, 4'35", animation
• Pass me by, 2006, 4'35", animation
• Elephant and Man, 2006, 00'50", animation
• Restroom, 2005/2006, 3'51", animation