CATARTIS – Preserving the Future» is a journey into the world of contemporary art that gathers not only the testimonies of artists and professionals, but also reveals an unprecedented backstage — one might say “stolen” — through the eye of a director who, by chance and later by necessity, was driven to passionately collect these precious fragments.
Hundreds of hours of footage have been distilled into 94 minutes, following a logic that emerged from the material itself: through resonances and dissonances, communicating vessels woven across more than two decades of encounters, both planned and accidental.
The great protagonists of art will unveil secrets and offer us new perspectives. Each artist carries a unique identity that no one else could have invented. From the complexities of conceptual art in the analyses of Joseph Kosuth to the Arte Povera of Michelangelo Pistoletto, Jannis Kounellis, and Giulio Paolini. From Carla Accardi and Getulio Alviani to the boundary-breaking works of Alighiero Boetti, Luigi Ontani, Jimmie Durham…
And further: Gülsün Karamustafa, Emilia Kabakov, Julio Le Parc, Fabrice Hyber, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Franz West, Alberto Biasi, Achille Perilli, Marco Tirelli, Domenico Bianchi, Marilù Eustachio, Daniele Puppi, Felice Levini, Renato Mambor, Donatella Spaziani, HH Lim, Ileana Florescu, Luca Patella… and many more.
