MARION

Ry Russo-Young, USA, 2004, 8', 35 mm

Una sfida visiva complessa, tre donne separate recitano Marion in tre scene basate sul film Psycho di Alfred Hitchcock. Le Marion sono proiettate simultaneamente su tre schermi con una consistente colonna sonora composta da Anthony Lowe. Questa opera originale interpreta nuovamente una pellicola classica con una sensibilità contemporanea. Ogni azione delle tre Marion determina il loro destino, può qualcuno sopravvivere?

A complex visual challenge, three separate women play Marion in three scenes based upon Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho. The Marions are simultaneously projected on three video screens with a textured sound scape composed by Anthony Lowe. This original piece reinterprets a classic film with contemporary insight. Each Marions actions determines her fate, can anyone survive?

Ry Russo-Young (1981) è una regista e video artista che vive a New York. Ha scritto, prodotto e diretto diversi cortometraggi e documentari, tra cui Kids On the Road (2000). Recentemente si è laureata presso l’Oberlin College, dove ha studiato arti visive e cinema. Nel 2002 ha scritto e prodotto un one woman show multimediale, A Middle Ground. Al momento sta lavorando ad un lungometraggio.
Di lei nel 2004 il Tekfestival ha proiettato Babes in toyland".

Ry Russo-Young is a performer, video artist and filmmaker. A recent graduate of Oberlin College, she studied visual art and film. In 2000, she directed and starred in "Kids On the Road," a documentary short that aired on NYC's Metro channel. While a participant in the Urban Youth Theater at Henry Street Settlement, Ry wrote and acted in “Hopscotch,” a one-act play that was performed in the Fringe Festival. Often combining video and performance, Ry has shown her work at Chashama, Dixon Place and at The Tank. Marion has been shown at PS122 in their Avant-Garde-Arama series. Marion was also described in an article about Ry in The New York Times Magazine on October 24, 2004. Ry is currently working on a feature length film about two sisters in a screwed up world. Tekfestival in 2004 screened her short film Babes in toyland

Tekfestival ed. 2005, Finestra panorami