Adrian Paci (Directing)

The work of Adrian Paci (born 1969 in Shkodra, Albania, lives and works in Milan) highlights one of the paradoxes of human intelligence, which consists in rendering reality through irreality. Often inspired by subjects close to him, by stories from his daily life, Adrian Paci makes them slide poetically towards a fiction, which, in turn, produces one or more broader realities. His work is also characterized by its ability to put in tension what is conflicting and what is wonderful. With a certain romanticism, he is aware of the stakes that exist between contemporary artistic creation and possible forms of resistance. In 1997, Adrian Paci fled the violent riots in Albania to take refuge with his family in Italy. Upon his arrival in this country, he temporarily abandoned painting and sculpture to adopt video, thus exploring new languages and cinematic means of expression. His experience of exile, the shock of separation and...Read More