Photographic print RIVUS ALTUS video installation

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The video installation THE VENICE CRONORAMA - RIVUS ALTUS IN 10 YEARS was created and publicly exhibited for the first time at the Fondaco dei Tedeschi in Venice, from February 7 to April 7, 2024, on the occasion of the exhibition celebrating the 10th anniversary of the RIVUS ALTUS photographic project by Max Farina. The installation originally consisted of 78 monitors (almost 6 meters wide), combining to form a multiplicity of images where the view is entrusted to variable and almost infinitely modifiable editing of the various separate pieces that compose a perfect and unstable, fascinating, and changing landscape: simultaneously night and day, dawn and sunset... Over 10.000 shots, similar to puzzles, the images no longer capture a specific moment but become a perspective traced by the passing of the time. The location allows for a unique dialogue between the main subject (the panorama), the black and white shots of people observing it, and the panoramic terrace that offers an extraordinary view of the lagoon city and the same panorama. On the occasion of the 2024 Art Biennale, the installation is being presented again in a reduced but equally evocative version with 30 monitors, retaining the essence of the vision, transforming the exhibition space into a kaleidoscope of images of Venice.