EVA GIOLO. MEMORY IS AN ANIMAL, IT BARKS WITH MANY MOUTHS.

The film that artist and filmmaker Eva Giolo presents at Ar/Ge Kunst is the upshot of a year and a half of research in the Ladin valleys. Filmed in 16mm, Memory Is an Animal, It Barks with Many Mouths is a project that was commissioned and produced by Ar/Ge Kunst with Biennale Gherdëina 9 and the support of the Flanders Audiovisual Fund. Surrounding the Dolomite Mountains, children reimagine ancient Ladin legends while they examine holes, caves and bodies of water looking for something lost or forgotten. Through a poetic choreography the film becomes a fictional journey connecting past and present. Creating resonances between the landscape, myths, legends and Ladin - the protected old Rhaeto-Romanic language of the valleys - a puzzle unfolds as a timeless fable. Eva Giolo (1991, Belgium) is an artist working on analogue film. Her work places particular focus on the female experience, employing experimental and documentary strategies to explore themes of intimacy, permanence and memory, along with the analysis of language and semiotics. Her work has been widely exhibited at festivals, museums and galleries internationally, including Sadie Coles HQ, Harlan Levey Projects, WIELS, MAXXI–National Museum of 21st Century Art, Kunsthalle Wien, International Film Festival Rotterdam, Kunstmuseum Den Haag, Viennale, FIDMarseille, Vision du Réel and New York Film Festival, among others. She is co-founder of the production and distribution platform elephy.