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MediaPatia by Giorgio Viali: Precarious Media Performance
MediaPatia is a unique work by Giorgio Viali that explores the complex relationship between media, society, and human desires. In a world where libido and libidocracy dominate daily interactions, Giorgio Viali guides us through an extreme and experimental exploration of the morphological biosynthesis of media and the social body.
In a context of increasing social, labor, and emotional precariousness, the figure of the sex worker and the sex performer emerges forcefully, often through platforms like OnlyFans and social media like Instagram and TikTok. Here, the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice imposes itself to deform narratives, in a sort of contemporary photo-novel that challenges public order and patriarchy.
The narrative of MediaPatia unfolds through a series of frames and mediagrams, giving life to a hybrid biofilm, where psychoanalysis, psychopathology, and pharmacopornography blend with philosophy and psychodrama. Viali's hybrid filmmaking, often on a zero budget, stands out for its experimental capacity and for the use of innovative techniques such as performative video art and urban fictions.
In this context, the figure of the author as a photographer and filmmaker intertwines with that of a screenwriter, creating a work that reflects the tensions between feminism, machismo, Marxism, and the new urban situationism. MediaPatia thus becomes a collective monologue, a hybridization of styles and languages that challenges the sociological mainstream.
Viali's photographs and videos are not merely works of art, but confessions of the social body, a laundry of emotions and relationships interwoven in a contemporary or dystopian drama. Through his approach, the author invites us to reflect on what it means to be part of a media metropolis, where even the smallest action can have a significant impact.
In this journey, Viali shows us the power of CounterMedia, inviting us to explore the hybridizations of identities and relationships in our time. With MediaPatia, he offers us a critical and profound look at the visual ontology of our era, casting an eye on Venice82 and the cinema exhibitions.
In conclusion, MediaPatia by Giorgio Viali is a manifesto for a new era of artistic and social exploration that, through its variety and revariety, pushes us to feel part of a world in continuous entropic mutation. It hopes for an Antistate and establishes a Black Market for bodies, emotions, and embedded pathologies.
