Light on Bacci

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Trailer of documentary film about the venetian artist Edmondo Bacci discovered by Peggy Guggenheim. With Karole P.B.Vail, Chiara Bertola, Luca Massimo Barbero, Gregorio Bacci, Denise Bacci, Gabriella Cardazzo and Michele Sambin. Produced by Maco Film, directed by Costanza Madricardo.

Mary Weatherford, The Flaying of Marsyas

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We have interviewed Mary Weatherford in occasion of her exhibition” The Flaying of Marsyas” at Palazzo Grimani, Venice, coinciding with the 59th Venice Biennale 2022. The video has been published on Gagosian Quarterly on January 2024.   Mary Weatherford: The Flaying of Marsyas, Museo di Palazzo Grimani, Venice, April 20–November 27, 2022 Artwork © Mary… Read more »

Marguerite Humeau, meys

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We have realised the film documentation of Marguerite Humeau’s exhibition at White Cube Bermondsey, London, 5 April – 14 May 2023. On the occasion of Marguerite Humeau’s solo exhibition, ‘meys’ at White Cube Bermondsey, the artist shares the inspirations, ideas, materials and processes that form the body of work on show. Marguerite Humeau’s exhibition at… Read more »

Anish Kapoor’s Dark Venetian Visions

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Watch Kapoor reflect on his major dual-site presentation at the Gallerie dell’Accademia and Palazzo Manfrin, on view during the 59th Venice Biennale. He spoke with Frieze about Vantablack — the ‘blackest material in the world’ — the city’s rich history and ‘dark maternal waters’, as well as the visionary painting, sculpture and monumental installations on view through… Read more »

Edmondo Bacci, the energy of light

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Maco Film is producing all videos for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in occasion of the exhibition “Edmondo Bacci, the energy of light”. From April 1 through September 18, 2023, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection presents Edmondo Bacci: Energy and Light, organized by Chiara Bertola, Curator and Manager of Contemporary Art Projects, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice. The exhibition… Read more »

Bosco Sodi

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A new and original project by Mexican artist Bosco Sodi at Palazzo Vendramin Grimani, historic residence on the Grand Canal in Venice, from April 23 to November 27, 2022. Curated by Daniela Ferretti and Dakin Hart, the staff dedicated to the paintings and sculptures of Sodi, entitled Bosco Sodi in Palazzo Vendramin Grimani. What Goes… Read more »

Maelstrom Project

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In 2021 the MAELSTROM project received funding from the H2020 research program of the European Union to produce an innovative technology for marine litter removal.  MAELSTROM created a robotic seabed cleaning platform, the system consists of a movable floating platform, a cable robot, a set of sensors, a drudge and a gripper. Based on the… Read more »

Emma Talbot for Frieze

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From seeing Klimt’s work as a student, to drawing direct inspiration from his ‘Three Ages of Woman’, artist Emma Talbot discusses how Klimt influenced her practice in the first video of a new series ‘Gold in Motion: Contemporary Artists on Klimt’ produced in collaboration with ‘Hall des Lumières’, a permanent digital art center in New… Read more »

Duomondi Spero, dimension to music

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Duomondi explore ways in which we can bring music to life –creating stunning audio solutions.  The video is a journey created through music and colours generated by the speaker Duomondi Spero.   Directed by Costanza Madricardo DOP – Maria Lax Second camera operator – Johannes Menghi Music and sound design by Marian Alexander Mentrup.  … Read more »

Barberini Close Ups

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In our series “Close ups” the staff from the curatorial and education teams from the Museum Barberini discuss individual works from the Hasso Plattner Collection, shedding light on its creation, formal language, and reception.

Hypervenezia, Palazzo Grassi

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Video for Hypervenezia, Palazzo Grassi, an exhibition specifically dedicated to the city of Venice on the occasion of the 1600th anniversary of its foundation. It presents for the first time to the public the ambitious “Venice Urban Photo Project”, conceived and developed by Mario Peliti. Curated by Matthiew Humery. https://www.palazzograssi.it/en/exhibitions/current/hypervenezia    

Venezia 1600 – Palazzo Ducale

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In occasion of the 1600th anniversary of the Venice foundation, we have realised this video for the exhibition at Palazzo Ducale. Video by Maco Film, music by Marian A. Mentrup. From September 4th 2021 until 25th of March 2022 Venice, Palazzo Ducale. https://palazzoducale.visitmuve.it/it/mostre/mostre-in-corso/venetia-1600-nascite-e-rinascite/2021/03/21189/mostra/

Found in translation

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Found in Translation is an interactive, immersive installation for the exhibition Translations at 21_21 Design Sight in Tokyo. Using their own spoken sentences, visitors viscerally experience the process of machine translation. Visualizations show how the machine learning model clusters words from different languages by semantic similarity, and translations are presented typographically and auditorily across 24… Read more »

Shapes of Murano

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Shapes of Murano it’s a short documentaries series about glass production in Murano, Venice, in its different market declinations: glass for the table, fashion, interior design, art, sculpture and lighting. These documentaries have been produced in occasion of the Venice Glass Week 2020 for the Handcraft Chamber of Venice and promoted by the EBAV.

Palazzo Grassi / Punta Della Dogana

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We collaborate with Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana since 2018. We have produced trailer for cinema, short documentaries about exhibitions, interviews events at the Teatrino. We have co-produces the album “Venice Dust” by Robert Henke with artist residency at our studio, Corte Supernova and the world premiere at Palazzo Grassi in January 2019.  … Read more »

Micheluzzi

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Promotional video for the glass artist Massimo Micheluzzi and for Micheluzzi Glass with artistic direction, production and music by Maco Film.

d&b Audiotechnik – Soundscape / Robert Henke

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Documentary about Robert Henke, Berlin based artist, researcher and co-founder of Ableton during his residency at Corte Supernova, where he worked with d&b Soundscape for his world premiere album Dust at Palazzo Grassi in January 2019. The event has been produced by Maco Film and partners.

Commodore CBM 8032

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Trailer for the audiovisual performance by Robert Henke at the Barbican, London. Robert uses five Commodore CBM 8032 desktop computers from 1980 and explores their graphic with sound. We shoot his live performance at the Barbican on the 26th of January 2020.

Point of View

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Mini web serie “Point of View” for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, the masterpieces if the collection seen by the visitor’s eyes.

I Gabbiani Di Venezia

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Documentary about the work of ornothologist Francesca Coccon who is monitoring the recent explosion of the seagull population in Venice. Winner of the “Premio della Municipalita” of the Festival Francesco Pasinetti Venice 2018   directed & edited by Costanza Madricardo photography & sound design by Marian Mentrup assistant sound designer: Tommaso Zaffagnini  

Jakob Mierscheid, MdB

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Spuren – traces – documentary (17 min.) about the invisible member of the german parliament, Germany 2006, directed by Marian A. Mentrup. Awareded by the Festival Nonfiktionale, the documentary has been streamed several times on the TV channel ZDF.

The Third Column

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DOCUMENTARY, VENICE 2016, DIRECTED BY BEN STEVENSON A physicist and a pensioned engineer / hobby-historian on the search for legendary lost column of Saint-Mark’s square. A story about passion, destiny, rationalism and high-tech with iconic images by Finnish photographer Maria Lax. Film produced by Maco Film together with When Just Happened. Music and sound design… Read more »

Fuge no.1

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Architectural video of the project realised by Merle Stankowski Architects in Seitenbrick, Germany. Editing and music by Maco Film.