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> The Undercover Man

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, archival photograph with notations by Pistone

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, archival photograph with notations by Pistone
Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, recent reproduction of archival FBI-photograph with notations by Pistone, framed 30 x 35 cm, unique, untitled (Gangstercrew), 2008

‘The Undercover Man’ is a short film about the FBI agent Joseph Pistone also known as Donnie Brasco. The story of his undercover operations in the New York mafia was already legendary through the movie Donnie Brasco, with Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. Last year Rossella Biscotti tracked-down Pistone and made a shivering yet strikingly beautiful portrait of a man, who presents a character built on fictitious identities and cinematographic representations, as in the film-noir genre

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, archival photograph with notations by Pistone

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, archival photograph with notations by Pistone
Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, recent reproduction of archival FBI-photograph with notations by Pistone, framed 30 x 35 cm, unique, untitled (Jospeh Pistone and Sonny Black), 2008

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, filmstill

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, filmstill
Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, 30' , filmstill(Pistone), 2008

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, archival photograph with notations by Pistone

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, archival photograph with notations by Pistone
Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, recent reproduction of archival photograph with notations by Pistone, framed 30 x 35 cm, unique, untitled(Chico and Jospeh Pistone), 2008

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, filmstill

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, filmstill
Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, filmstill (Pistone), 2008

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, archival photograph with notations by Pistone

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, archival photograph with notations by Pistone
Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, recent reproduction of archival FBI-photograph with notations by Pistone, framed 30 x 35 cm, unique, untitled (Santo Trafficante and Sonny Black), 2008

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, filmstill

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, filmstill
The Undercover Man, filmstill(Pistone), 2008

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, archival photograph with notations by Pistone

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, archival photograph with notations by Pistone
Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, recent reproduction of archival photograph with notations by Pistone, framed 30 x 35 cm, unique, untitled(FBI Agents), 2008

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, filmstill

Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, filmstill
Rossella Biscotti , The Undercover Man, filmstill, 2007

> The Sun Shines in Kiev

Rossella Biscotti, The Sun Shines in Kiev

Rossella Biscotti, The Sun Shines in Kiev
The Sun Shines in Kiev, still of film on DVD ,18’ ,edition of 5 + 2A/P, signed with certificate of authenticity, 2006

The Sun Shines in Kiev develops the biography of Vladimir Shevchenko, an Ukrainian filmmaker, starting from the moment he decided to film the nuclear power plant’s accident in Chernobyl in 1986. Part of the information, collected through interviews, on the life of Vladimir Shevchenko, contradicts each other. Since the Chernobyl disaster the official information has been modified in relation to the interests of the various governments. The artist uses these contradictions in the reconstruction of the biography to show how history shaped the individual memories. In The Sun Shines in Kiev most of the footage in question is missing. The music has been specially made by the artist together with the electronic musician FRAME from sounds recorded by V. Shevchenko at the nuclear power plant in 1986.

Rossella Biscotti, The Sun Shines in Kiev

Rossella Biscotti, The Sun Shines in Kiev
The Sun Shines in Kiev, slideinstallation, 240 slides, 3 projectors, looped, edition of 3 + A/P, signed with certificate of authentticity, 2006 The slides have been cut from 16mm film footage. Filmed by a reporter during the first day of the incident at the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, these images captured the invisible radiation, visible in the white spots that appear on some of the slides. While they are creating a visible proof of the radiation present, these de-contextualized images question the idea of the document.

rossella Biscotti, The Sun Shines in Kiev

rossella Biscotti, The Sun Shines in Kiev
The Sun Shines in Kiev, slideinstallation, 240 slides, 3 projectors, looped, edition of 3 + A/P, signed with certificate of authetnticity, 2006

rossella Biscotti, The Sun Shines in Kiev

rossella Biscotti, The Sun Shines in Kiev
The Sun Shines in Kiev, detail of the poster, 2006. The poster reveals the process of the project The sun shines in Kiev. The front part develops a visual connection between different images related with the research. The backside shows a series of emails between different organizations and the artist that is trying to gather disappeared historical footage material.

> Dai tempo al tempo

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Rossella Biscotti , Dai tempo al tempo, still of film on DVD, 10’, edition of 5, signed with certificate of authenticity, 2008

This video is made from a series of photographic images of mountains taken in the 20th century, by engineer Pietro Pensa as a tool to study landscape and its transformation. For this work sound artist Jacob Kirkegaard recorded the internal sound of the rocks. The sound, an unrecognizable close up of this place refers to the transformation at the present time.

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Rossella Biscotti , Dai tempo al tempo, still of film on DVD, 10’, edition of 5, signed with certificate of authenticity, 2008

> La cinematografia e' l'arma piu forte

Rossella Biscotti, La cinematografia e' l'arma piu forte, 2007

Rossella Biscotti, La cinematografia e' l'arma piu forte, 2007
Rossella Biscotti, Site-specific intervention in the cinema of the Cultuurcentrum Strombeek, Strombeek (BE), 2007

Rossella Biscotti, La cinematografia e' l'arma piu forte, developed as sitespecific piece in different versions at different sites, 2007

At Cultuurcentrum Stroombeek, Mechelen (BE) the text La cinematografia e' l'arma piu' forte (the cimeatography is the strongest weapon) has been projected in the cinema shortly before the beginning of each movie.

The slogan is taken by a banner that Mussolini used to inaugurate the Italian film industry Cinecittà in 1937. It was a prelude to the possibility of using cinematographic media for Mussolini’s propaganda. This installation reflects on the risk of the political and economical investment into the cultural field.

> Cities of Continous Lines

Rossella Biscotti and Kevin van Braak,no title (Staircase), dyptich, photography, 120 x 210 cm, unique piece, signed, 2006

Cities of Continous Lines (with Kevin van Braak),
Cities of continuous lines is a project that develops many different aspects concerning fascist architecture. In particular: the relation between the ideology, the powerful functional shape of the buildings and their recent renovation and new use.

The project consists of two large photographs and one dyptich, all unique, signed. Serie of 6 small photographs, edition of 6, signed. Doorhandle, original and reproduction. Film on DVD, edition of 3, signed on certificate, 2006

Rossella Biscotti , Cities of Continuous Lines

Rossella Biscotti , Cities of Continuous Lines
Rossella Biscotti , Cities of Continuous Lines, untitled(Busti), photograph, 17 x 24 cm, framed, edition of 6, signed, 2006

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no title (Tower)
Rossella Biscotti and Kevin van Braak, no title (Tower), photograph 155 x 100 cm, unique, signed, 2006

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