Angela Ricci Lucchi

Angela Ricci Lucchi & Yervant Gianikian (Lugo di Romagna, Italy, 1942 / Merano, Italy, 1942) both live in Milan. Angela Ricci Lucchi, who trained as a painter, and Yervant Gianikian, who trained as an architect, have been working together as filmmakers since the 1970s. Their productions are the result of a special treatment of old nitrate film material. Following extensive archival research, the chosen film fragments are subjected to coloring, a re-editing of the sequences, and changes in velocity. After these changes, the films offer a clearer insight into the leading interests of the artists: technicalization, fascism, colonialism, war, and forced migration. —Witte de With