AL TEMP CHE SE VEDEA I SPIRITI

‘Luci su Revine’ is an event curated by Filwood Filosophy, organised by Piattaforma Lago and Pro Loco di Revine Lago, and included in the programme of activities of Revine Lago 2024 - Capitale Europea Del Cinema Indipendente. The festival transforms the small and enchanting village of Revine into a luminous path, immersing visitors in a unique and magical atmosphere that sees Light as the protagonist and a means of rekindling interest in the perimontan community.
This is the context in which ‘Al temp che se vedea i spiriti’ was born, a luminous homage to popular legends, interweaving Veneto folklore with a visual and immersive experience.
The work recalls the mysterious figure of the Mazaròl, a legendary creature that embodies the power of nature. This woodland spirit, capricious and unpredictable, has the power to confuse those who venture into the mountains, transporting them to a world where the boundaries between reality and imagination become blurred.

“Al Mazaròl lo portò su par sentieri streti e tortuosi, par boschi fiti dove la luce del sol quasi no la rivea. Dopo‘n poc, al contadin se rende conto che la strada l’era sempre pì longa e che al paesaggio no l’era pì quel che’l conosséa. L’òn se ritrova in te’l bosc, sènsa saver pì dove che l’era, e al Mazaròl l’era svanìo come un fum tra i alberi. Ogni olta che’l provea a tornar indrio, la strada ghe cambiea sot ai pié”

Taken from the popular legends of the Tri-Veneto region.

The Installation
The installation is a site-specific intervention that, with the application of two sheets, transforms a pre-existing arch into a ‘magic portal’, a dimensional gateway to the world of legends.
The experience is divided into two moments. Outside the portal, luminous footsteps disorient the visitor by drawing a chaotic path: it is the Mazaròl playing with those who seek it. Once through the portal, one finds oneself in a small dimly-lit room with a rectangular monolith in the centre wrapped in natural elements such as branches and trunks. The structure is self-supporting in steel profiles, framing the projection of a walk in the forest that catapults the visitor into a natural, dreamlike and immersive dimension.
The projected video is realised with a first-person pov, played in a loop, without beginning or end, taking the spectator into an eternal wandering, losing the perception of time and space, ‘victim’ of the elf dressed in red, as the legend predicts.

Seeing Spirits
The installation welcomes the visitor into the dimension of a suspended time, an enchanted refuge that invites us to explore the boundaries of reality and to rediscover the pleasure of getting lost with the aim of recreating that magic that, as in the past, can blur the line between the known and the unknown. A legacy of legends and traditions, more precious than ever, that needs to be guarded and handed down to keep alive.
‘Al temp che se vedea i spiriti’ is therefore an invitation to recover that poetry of “seeing” beyond the visible, typical of the communities of the past, which sought in mysticism and legends a shield against the harshness of everyday life. It is also a bridge between generations and a tribute to the power of stories to shape the identity of a place.