Diego Marcon – The Parents’ Room [2020-2021]

The Parents’ Room is a film by Diego Marcon.

The project, in 2020 and 2021, entailed the production of the film The Parents’ Room, a series of screenings across Europe, and the publication of Diego Marcon’s first monograph. Following the project’s completion, The Parents’ Room became part of Madre – museo d’arte contemporanea Donnaregina’s permanent collection. The film is part of Marcon’s research aimed at investigating the representation of reality through the destructuring of the cinematographic language and its most popular and codified genres.

The Parents’ Room was exhibited at 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled The Milk of Dreams and curated by Cecilia Alemani.

See 2021 screenings and exhibitions

The Parents’ Room
A film by Diego Marcon
Produced by: Jacqui Davies
Producer: Camilla Romeo
Original Score: Federico Chiari
Production & Prosthetics Design: Lorenzo Cianchi
Cinematography: Pierluigi Laffi
Animation & Compositing: Diego Zuelli

See synopsis and full film credits

Co-produced by INCURVA and Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee – Museo Madre (Naples), the project is supported by the Italian Council (7th Edition, 2019), a program by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture that promotes Italian contemporary art in the world.

The film is produced in partnership with Primitive Film and the support of FIDLab International co-production platform.

In partnership with Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam; FID International Film Festival, Marseille.

Special Thanks
ERMES ERMES, Rome-Vienna; Fondazione In Between Art Film, Rome; Fondazione Memmo, Rome; and Gasworks, London.

Press: Sam Talbot (www.sam-talbot.com)

The Parents’ Room

In a bedroom, perched on the edge of an unmade bed, a man looks out a window at the falling snow. A blackbird settles on the windowsill and strikes up a melody. The man begins to sing the murders of his wife and two little children as well as his own suicide. One by one, his son and daughter appear, and his wife turns, each singing a verse of their own.

A film by Diego Marcon
Produced by: Jacqui Davies
Producer: Camilla Romeo
Original Score: Federico Chiari
Production & Prosthetics Design: Lorenzo Cianchi
Cinematography: Pierluigi Laffi
Animation & Compositing: Diego Zuelli

Diego Marcon, The Parents’ Room, 2021. 35mm film transferred to digital, CGI animation, color, sound, loop of 6’ 23”. Courtesy the artist and Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee, Na- ples. Supported by Italian Council (2019).

Performers: Massimiliano Balduzzi; Beatrice Giavarini; Huey Lockwood; Chiara Serangeli

Camera Assistant: Gaia Ferme
Grip: Massimo Pozzoli
Gaffer: Paolo Pastaccini
Prosthetics: Jennifer Drew, FX Maximal
Wigs: Audello Teatro Srl
Makeup Effects: Carlo Diamantini
Makeup Effects Assistant: Mauro Fabriczky
Additional Special Effects: Fabrizio Lorenzelli
Costumes & Decor: Alma Libera Uggeri
Set Construction: Francesco Casamonti
Set Dresser: Valentina Bigaran
Artist Assistant: Giulia Guidi
Finance & Accounting: Emanuela Pigliacelli
Production Service: Giulia Fiore, Altamarea Film Srl
Location: Tenuta di Sticciano
Equipment: Movie People Spa
Transportation: Autonoleggio Biglioli Srl
Safety & Health: Sicurezza Lavoro Sala
Film Processing Laboratory: Kodak Film Lab London
Color Grading: Herbert Posch, Vidéo de Poche
Mixing Engineer: Lorenzo Dal Ri
Online Editing: Iggy Post Milano
Backstage Photography: Erola Arcalìs; Chiara Fossati; Ilaria Orsini; Lilia Stroject

SOUNDTRACK

The Parents’ Room Theme
Composed by Federico Chiari
Arranged by Luca Missiti
Lyrics: Diego Marcon
English Language Consultants: Ben Bazalgette; Johanna Bishop

Vocals
The father: Tom Rust
The mother: Claudia Tellini
The children: Trinity Boys Choir
The blackbird: Cleo Fariselli

Ensemble
Double Bass: Emiliano Amadori
Trombone: Andrea Andreoli
Flugelhorn: Alessandro Bottachiari
Bassoon: Caterina Carrier
Tuba: Matteo Magli
Flugelhorn: Daniele Moretto
Horn: Daniele Navone
Flute: Carlo Nicita
Bass Clarinet: Giancarlo Porro
Oboe: Alessandro Rauli
Harp: Elisa Sargenti
Clarinet: Gilberto Tarocco

Recorded at Ishtar, Milano
Vocals recorded at Trinity School of Music, London
Sound Mix: Marti Jane Robertson

Blackie’s Song (screening version)
Composed by Federico Chiari
Lyrics: Federico Chiari; Diego Marcon
English Language Consultant: Ben Bazalgette

Performed by Freddie Jemison

Recorded at Trinity School of Music, London

PRODUCTION

Produced by INCURVA; Museo MADRE – Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee, Primitive Film. With the support of FIDLab – International Coproduction Platform

Supported by the Italian Council (7th Edition, 2019), a program by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture that promotes Italian contemporary art in the world.

SPECIAL THANKS
ERMES ERMES, Rome-Vienna; Fondazione In Between Art Film, Rome; Fondazione Memmo, Rome; and Gasworks, London.

Diego Marcon, The Parents’ Room, 2021. Installation view, “The Parents’ Room”, Museo MADRE, Naples, IT. Courtesy the artist and Fondazione Donnaregina per l’arte contemporanea. Photo: Roberto Apa

Diego Marcon, The Parents’ Room, 2021.Cinema King, Trapani, IT – Installation view. Photo Agnese Bedini, DSL Studio. Courtesy the artist and Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee, Naples

Diego Marcon, The Parents’ Room, 2021.Cinema King, Trapani, IT – Installation view (detail). Photo Agnese Bedini, DSL Studio. Courtesy the artist and Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee, Naples

Diego Marcon, The Parents’ Room, 2021.Cinema Ariston, Trapani, IT – Installation view (detail). Photo Agnese Bedini, DSL Studio. Courtesy the artist and Fondazione Donnaregina per le arti contemporanee, Naples

Events and screenings (selection)
April 23 – November 27 2022: 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, The Milk of Dreams curated by Cecilia Alemani.

January 22, 2022 at 9.50PM London Short Film Festival, BFI Southbank, London, UK (Screening)

November 20, 2021 at 7.30PM Filmmaker Festival, Cinema Beltrade, Milan, Italy (Screening and Q&A with Diego Marcon)

November 18 2021 at 9.30PM: Márgenes Festival, Sala Equis, Madrid, Spain (Screening)

November 12, 13, 14 2021: Depot Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands

October 28, 2021 Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival, Vienna, Austria More info here (Screening)

October 21, 2021 Courtisane Festival, Sphinx Cinema, Ghent, Belgium More info here (Screening)

October 10, 2021 Festival du nouveau cinéma de Montréal, Cinémathèque québécoise, Salle Principale, Montréal, Canada More info here (Screening)

October 9, 2021: Cinema King, Trapani, Italy (Site-specific installation and talk with Diego Marcon and Andrea Viliani)

September 16 – November 8 2021: Madre Musem, Naples, Italy (Solo Exhibition) Curated by Eva Fabbris and Andrea Viliani. More info

July 19-25, 2021: FIDMarseille, Marseille, France (Screening)

July 7-17, 2021: Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes, France (Premiere)

For the complete list of screenings please visit diegomarcon.net

Three Works
Three Works, the artist’s first monograph published by Lenz Press in 2021, comprising of a complete index of Marcon’s works alongside texts by Andréa Picard, Yann Chateigné-Tytelman and Eva Fabbris, and an interview with Federico Chiari, sound designer and composer of Marcon’s film scores. The artist’s working process is illustrated with the use of film frames, video stills, installation views and images. The book is edited by curator and art historian Eva Fabbris, currently Exhibition Curator at Fondazione Prada.

Get your copy of the book on Lenz Press

Overall Project
Press Release (english)
Download Film Poster
Download Three Works monograph overview (english)

Museo Madre, Naples, Italy 16 Sep – 8 Nov 2021
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Cinema King, Trapani, Italy 9 Oct 2021
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Screenings at Film Festivals
List of film festivals that screened The Parents’ Room

Press Contacts

Museum and Exhibitions
Sam Talbot, sam@sam-talbot.com
Isabel Davies, isabel@sam-talbot.com

Cinema and Festivals
Gloria Zerbinati, gloria.zerbinati@gmail.com

Please contact info@incurva.org for further information

Diego Marcon at 59th Venice Biennale

The Parents’ Room, a film by Diego Marcon, co-produced by INCURVA, is part of 59th International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, titled The Milk of Dreams and curated by Cecilia Alemani. More info

David Horvitz’s donations

We are pleased to share the donation of two works of art by David Horvitz to the “Agostino Pepoli” Regional Museum in Trapani and to the Ex-Stabilimento Florio in Favignana. These works, now part of the collection, will therefore be the heritage of the community and available for exhibitions, under the supervision and management of the “Agostino Pepoli” Regional Museum, which disposes of them and coordinates their use.

David Horvitz worked in Favignana in 2017 as part of Curva Blu, the artist residency program which from 2016 to 2019 took place every year in Favignana in the premises of the former Florio factory and promoted by INCURVA.

Click the above images to see the works

Beatrice Marchi at Casa Masaccio, Italy

Shot in Favignana in 2017, Friends in a promo through which Loredana, the female clown with claws, recruits dancers for one of her upcoming shows. Beatrice Marchi has given life to many hybrid and double, comical and dissolute, vulnerable and noble characters which have been brought together and reactivated in her show at Casa Masaccio in 2019.

Beatrice Marchi, Friends, 2017 shown at “Le Amiche”, Beatrice solo show at Casa Masaccio (IT).

Francesco Pedraglio at OGR, Torino, Italia

Francesco Pedraglio, +39 091 842 0027, 2019, part of group show “Artissima Telephone” at Officine Grandi Riparazioni (IT)

+390918420027 is a 1: 100 scale calcarenite maquette of a specific point of the Bue Marino calcarenite quarry.The public can activate the work by calling the carved number and listening to a story by Francesco Pedraglio. Artissima Telephone encouraged reflection on the point of passage between landlines and mobile phones, exploring the way social practices have changed since the introduction of factors of mobility (space) and simultaneity (time).

Dominque White at Kevin Space, Vienna

Dominique White, Ruttier for the Absent , Kevin Space 2019, Photo: Maximilian Anelli-Monti

Conceived in July 2019 on the Italian island of Favignana for Curva Blu 2019, Ruttier for the Absent hung precariously as a beacon on the cusp of the Mediterranean Sea at Punta Marsala in the shadow of an abandoned lighthouse where the found materials—a sail, rope and dried palm fronds—had first been heavily mutilated by the artist, then destroyed by the force of the Mediterranean Sea. Translated into the white gallery space, the sculpture has now been manipulated by the artist with kaolin clay, a naturally occurring white clay often found on sculptures from Central and Western Africa as an act of cleansing and protecting the work from the exhibition space. Text Kevin Space

Lupo Borgonovo at Museo Civico di Castelbuono

Lupo Borgonovo, Babi 1 (2016), Babi 2 (2016), Babi 3 (2016). Co-produced by INCURVA for Curva Blu 2016. Courtesy the artist. Photo: Marco Madonia

Babi 1 (2016), Babi 2 (2016) and Babi (2016) are the very first artworks produced at Curva Blu since the programme began. The three sculptures were produced by Lupo Borgonovo in Favignana and are now showed at ZEESTER, Lupo Borgonovo’s solo exhibition at Museo Civico Castelbuono (Palermo) on view 8th August 2019 through 29th September 2019. More info

Margherita Raso at Sgomento

Margherita Raso, Kore, 2019. Co-produced with INCURVA for Curva Blu 2019. Courtesy the artist.

Kore (2019), produced by Margherita Raso during Curva Blu 2019 , is part of the group show “Le Monde Ou Rien” organized by Sgomento in Naples (More info). During her residency in Favignana, Margherita Raso learned limestone sculpting with local sculptor Benito Alessandra at his “Giardino Incantato”.

Unknown Friend shortlisted for Mario Merz Prize 2019

Congratulations Stephen G. Rhodes and Barry Johnston for being shortlisted for the 3rd Mario Merz Prize with Sivilization’s Wake, co-produced by INCURVA. Learn more and cast your vote on mariomerzprize.org

Trisha Baga at Greene Naftali, New York, USA

Trisha Baga, Installation view, Mollusca & The Pelvic Floor, 2018. Courtesy Greene Naftali and Trisha Baga.

Congratulations Trisha Baga for her solo show at Greene Naftali (NYC), also featuring the cave footage shot during Curva Blu 2017. More info

INCURVA at Supercondominio, Castello di Rivoli, Italy

INCURVA has been invited at Supercondominio, a gathering of new contemporary art spaces in Italy promoted by Castello di Rivoli and its research department, the CRRI. More info about the event

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