Tulipomania
5-channel video
06’02”
HD | 16:9
Edition 3 + AP
2015
Tulipomania is a video-installation which refers to a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for bulb of tulips skyrockted and then suddenly collapsed. It consists of 5 videos (06’02’’ each) which run simultaneously on 5 monitors. The soundtrack, made by Massimiliano Viel and performed by Icarus Ensemble, is a remake of “Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs“ by J. B. Lully. Each video shows a tulip undergoing a process of transformation which modifies its initial condition. This alteration evokes the conceit of impermancence (mujo in japanese), conveying the feeling that everything is changeable and ephemeral. This way the tulip, from a symbol of economical speculation, becomes an allegory of every value attribution and of illusion as a form of survival.
06’02”
HD | 16:9
Edition 3 + AP
2015
Tulipomania is a video-installation which refers to a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for bulb of tulips skyrockted and then suddenly collapsed. It consists of 5 videos (06’02’’ each) which run simultaneously on 5 monitors. The soundtrack, made by Massimiliano Viel and performed by Icarus Ensemble, is a remake of “Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs“ by J. B. Lully. Each video shows a tulip undergoing a process of transformation which modifies its initial condition. This alteration evokes the conceit of impermancence (mujo in japanese), conveying the feeling that everything is changeable and ephemeral. This way the tulip, from a symbol of economical speculation, becomes an allegory of every value attribution and of illusion as a form of survival.
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