AA tutor Gili Merin contributes piece on multimedia story-telling to La Biennali Invisibli

Gili Merin has contributed a piece, titled 'Insegna', to the online exhibition Le Biennali Invisibili, a project by animali domestici (Alicia Lazzaroni and Antonio Bernacchi), Tijn van de Wijdeven, and Eduardo Cassina. It is curated by Alfons Hug, and commissioned by the Goethe-Zentrum Baku.

Gili's piece considers the origins of multi-media, image rich story-telling that defines modern culture in the devotional culture of medieval Christianity. Specifically, the piece examines the Stations of the Cross, a complex combination of spatial, material and visual culture that retells the story of Christ's life through a physical journey through space and time.

'The Station is a paradox: it marks a stop in order to perpetuate movement. And yet it is crucial: as a violent event full of tragedy and drama, a reenactment of the Passion must be controlled by choreographing the narrative through a serial progression of emotions. From original sin to personal salvation, the stations must be erected with a physical interval apart, and yet they must be available to follow a complete devotional sequence.'

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