I am Carla Geronimi (b.1998, Switzerland), an Artist-Filmmaker based in London. I create moving image works that showcase imaginary places, fictional stories and creature-like characters. I seek to explore dreams, memory and identity with the use of non-coherent story-lines and absurd narratives.
Through my practice, I explore ideas of uncanniness, anthropomorphism and sensory experience. Drawing my inspiration from symbols and myths found in Folklore, Literature and Cinema, I am interested in documenting reality and then fictionalising it through my works. Fascinated by inanimate objects, I often explores their sonic qualities. Intrigued by animals, I observe and create stories around them; as an investigation on different types of consciousness and identities. I explore these themes through the use of experimental story-telling and media-based techniques, with a desire to evoke, to suggest and to stimulate the viewer’s imagination.
My works have been showcased in various places around the world, such as at the Festival del Cinema di Cefalù (Italy), Millepiani Gallery (Italy), Festival International du Film de Nancy (France), Marienbad Film Festival (Czech Republic), Gallery 46 and Iklectik Arts Lab (London). My sound pieces were broadcast for three consecutive years on Resonance Extra Radio in 2018, 2019 and 2020. After a BA (Hons) in Sound Arts & Design at University of the Arts London, I am currently undertaking a MA in Fine Art Media at the Slade School of Fine Art, also in London.
Projects
- Ladon | Short FilmAs we drift through a mythical forest, a sense of fantasy arises when an intriguing apple starts to attract a body of lizard. Loosely revisiting the Greek myth of Ladon and the Garden of the Hesperides, observational sequences of Dragon Trees and creature-like reptiles evoke the mystical stories and symbols associated to them. With its tale-like narration, ‘Ladon’ is a reflection on physical existence in relation to the beliefs constructed behind it.
- The Incantatory Magic of the Symbolic Gesture | VideoIn “Le merveilleux et le théâtre du silence” (1965), Marie-Françoise Christout states that “the ideal mime recreates the world through the incantatory magic of the symbolic gesture”. This work depicts a direct interpretation of the concept of imprisonment, in response to the current pandemic situation, through a mime performing in a never ending tunnel. Questioning claustrophobia in a broader spectrum (from our over-use of technology, to the typical image of the mime stuck inside the box), repet
- Escondida | Price Winning Short FilmEscondida follows three children playing hide and seek in UNESCO’s world heritage site of Ilha de Moçambique. Wandering through the vast, beautiful and often surreal landscapes, discovering the many abandoned buildings and ruins forgotten by the colonial Portuguese, Escondida questions notions of past, absence, memory and identity
- La promenadeShort film, 2019. Screened at Marienbad Film Festival 2019. La Promenade is a short film recounting different chapters of a woman's life. The video questions notions of femininity, beauty, identity and the relations between bodies and their surroundings. Schemes of colours, movements and symbols evoke the possible emotional conflicts and confusions experienced by women through social pressure such as gender stereotypes or ideals of beauty.
- Motores y ArbolesVideo, 2019. Motores y Arboles (Motors and Trees) explores the various colours, textures and sounds of diverse parts of Argentina, from the Iguazu falls and its surroundings to everyday like objects of provincial houses of Buenos Aires. This video merges natural elements with human made ones, this process aims to raise awareness on the current environmental issues that we are facing. It also interrogates a sense of identity in regards to the industrial and the natural, how are each of these ar
+ View all
Skills
- Sound Art
- Sound Editing
- Sound Recording
- Experimental Sound
- Video Art
- Logic Pro
- Collage Art
- Music Composition
- Filmmaking
- Video Director
Education
S
S
MA in Fine ArtSlade School of Fine Art
London, United Kingdom
Bachelor of Arts (BA) University of The Arts London (UAL)
- London, United Kingdom
Sound Arts and Design
+ Show more
Awards
F
F
Prix sélection LABO au Palmarès 2020 du FIFNFestival International du Film de Nancy
"Par sa talentueuse évocation d'un jeu de cache cache, Carla Geronimi restitue avec sobriété et sensibilité la mémoire d'un lieu témoin de l'histoire coloniale et de ses habitants. " -Le jury
/
"By her talented evocation of a game of hide and seek, Carla Geronimi restores with sobriety and sensitivity the memory of a place that bears witness to colonial history and its inhabitants." -The jury