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Claudio Zulian (Campodarsego, Italy) is a filmmaker, video-artist, musician and writer. He has a PhD in Aesthetics, Science and Technology of the Arts by the University of Paris VIII and he directs the production company Acteon while working in Spain and France.

Work

Claudio Zulian’s career has developed mainly in cinema, video installations and theatre. In 1993 he founds Acteon, the production company based in Barcelona through which he produces his works. In 1998 the Contemporary Art Centre of Barcelona (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona) hosts his exhibition Scenes from Raval (Escenas del Raval, 1998).[1][2] where he seeks to give visibility to the spaces and people of this Barcelona neighborhood. At the same time he directs a documentary on the same subject that is also part of the installation.[3]

In 2002 he publishes the book Horas de la ciudad (2002),[4] a compilation of 24 short stories about the urban fabric and its inhabitants. His interest in showing new forms of relationship between society and Media is present in his later works such as the photography installation Visions Of Carmel (Visions del Carmel, 2003) or the video installation The Future (L’avenir, 2004)[5] – which documentary version was awarded worldwide - where he reflects about life and hopes of a deindustrialised mining village in Northern France. In The Shifting City (A través del Carmel, 2006),[6] planned both as a documentary and as a video installation, he receives the Barcelona City Council Award[7] and the Cinema National Award of Catalonia.[8][9] Zulian’s interest in those people excluded from audiovisual image in Media is again clear in his portrait of a Romanian community in Just Like Paradise (A lo mejor, 2007).[10] The same happens in his return to the Carmel district, working with its teenagers in After Violence (Después de la violencia, 2009)[11] as well as in It Won’t Be The Same (No será lo mismo, 2010).[12] Moreover, this interest is reflected in his evocation of a better future in Enthusiasm (Entusiasmo, 2012),[13] prepared in collaboration with some groups of inhabitants and immigrants of Salt (neighborhood in Girona, Spain).

In 2011, Zulian’s documentary Fortuny & The Magic Lantern (Fortuny y la lámpara maravillosa, 2010)[14] is selected at the AlJazeera International Documentary Film Festival[15] and nominated for Best Art Documentary at the PriMED.[16] It explores the relationships between East and West through Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo’s designs and sceneries. In 2013 the Jeu de Paume in Paris hosts a retrospective of his works and presents his new creation: Power no power (2013)[17] In 2014 the fiction film Born (2014)[18] is released, which is a drama set in the XVIII century. Through the stories of three historical characters, the film explores the beginning of intimate and social interactions that are as true today as they were at the time.

Filmography & Video installations

  • 1998 - Escenas del Raval (Scenes From Raval) – installation
  • 2002 - Miradas extrañas (Strange Looks) – short film
  • 2004 - Beatriz / Barcelona – feature film
  • 2004 - L’avenir (The Future) – video installation and documentary
  • 2006 - A través del Carmel (The Shifting City) – video installation and feature-length documentary
  • 2007 - A lo mejor (Just Like Paradise) – video installation and documentary
  • 2009 - Después de la violencia (After Violence) – video installation
  • 2010 - Fortuny y la lámpara maravillosa (Fortuny & The Magic Lantern) – documentary
  • 2010 - No será lo mismo (It Won’t Be The Same) – video installation
  • 2011 - 2031/2111 – video installation and documentary
  • 2012 - Entusiasmo (Enthusiasm) – video installation
  • 2013 - Power No Power – art film
  • 2014 – Born – feature film

References

  1. ^ "Escenes del Raval / Escenas del Raval". CCCB.
  2. ^ "Escenas del Raval - IDENSITAT". IDENSITAT.
  3. ^ "ACTEON · Cine · TV - ESCENAS DEL RAVAL". acteon.es.
  4. ^ ISBN 9788489972605
  5. ^ http://www.mcu.es/comun/bases/cine/Anuarios/2005/P10805.pdf
  6. ^ "A través del Carmel". catalanfilmsdb.cat.
  7. ^ ""A través del Carmel", Premio Ciutat de Barcelona". Fotogramas.
  8. ^ "Claudio Zulin, Premi Nacional de Cinema de la Generalitat - culturacat.com". culturacat.com.
  9. ^ http://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/programa/Claudio-Zulian-cinema/video/3003930/
  10. ^ Eli Wenceslao. "Claudio Zulian. A lo mejor i Entusiasme II - ACVIC Centre d'Arts Contemporànies". ACVIC Centre d'Arts Contemporànies.
  11. ^ Ediciones El País. "Claudio Zulian refleja la Barcelona de los más débiles". EL PAÍS.
  12. ^ "El curt 'No será lo mismo' explora la imaginació social i política amb els joves". terrassadigital.cat.
  13. ^ Jordi Camps i Linnell. "El Punt Avui - Notícia: Claudio Zulian convida a pensar la 'ciutat somiada'". El Punt Avui.
  14. ^ "Imprescindibles - Fortuny y la lámpara maravillosa". RTVE.es.
  15. ^ "Notícia - TV3 & Co. - Televisió de Catalunya". tv3.cat.
  16. ^ "FORTUNY ET LA LAMPE MERVEILLEUSE". primed.tv.
  17. ^ "Histoires d'avenir". Le Jeu de Paume.
  18. ^ http://bornfilm.org/imgup/Born_reviews-150114131019.pdf
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