The Pig “Carosello Italiano” (1967)

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People:

Gianni Pettena (archive creator)
Gianni Pettena (filmmaker)

Title:

The Pig “Carosello Italiano” (1967)

Date:

circa 1967-2015

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

4 digital files (2 GB)
1 moving image

Scope and content:
This project series documents The Pig "Carosello Italiano", a film made in the winter of 1967-1968 by Gianni Pettena with archivale footage and shots by Pettena himself. The film is "a comment on the violence of power and consumerism". [1] It consists of a montage of violent scenes, like the Vietnam war, protest demonstrations, the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, intersected with images of "mass society's rituals: traffic, shopping and parades in costume"[2].

The project series contains a video recording on VHS of the film, project descriptions in English and in Italian, and a digital version of the film.

Source:
[1] [2] Marco Scotini, editor. Non-conscious architecture: Gianni Pettena, Sternberg Press, 2018, 235 pages. p. 100.

Reference number:

AP207.S1.1967.PR02

Arrangement:
Material in this project series was kept in its original order when it was first processed upon its arrival at CCA.

Location:

Italy

Language of material:

English
Italian

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