The Column

The Column (2013)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2013-01-01
  • Runtime: 0h 26min
  • Language: 普通话
  • Production Country: Italy
  • Director:

Summary

A block of marble quarried in China crosses the sea on a cargo ship. On this apparently destination-free journey, the block is transformed into an elegant classical column; the craftsmen are several Chinese artisans, who work decisively and masterfully, excluding any possibility of error; the marble-dust powders their faces, and whitens the ship’s bridge. The story of this event, which Paci “allowed to happen” on board a factory-ship, becomes an eloquent visual metaphor, which, through art, touches themes such as work and cultural identity and, in the economic context, social and global dynamics. This is the Albanian artist’s most involved work, as far as production’s concerned, and also his most stratified, and most loaded with symbolic references. In his video, “everything flows”, in fact, around the column as architectural element, which, taking form, represents the dialogue between East and West.

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Directing Adrian Paci Director
Camera Erfort Kuke Director of Photography
Camera Arenc Kasharaj Assistant Camera
Production Beatrice Girelli Executive Producer
Editing Leo Cui Project Manager
Production David Niu Assistant Unit Manager
Editing An Shaoying Project Manager
Editing Zhang Fenghuai Project Manager