The video below is not about the design itself but about the power of a raw marble - the beautiful material born for art and architecture. In his short movie Yuri Ancarani extracts a striking portrait of marble. “Marble quarries are places so unbelievable and striking, they almost feel like they are big theaters or sets,” says Yuri Ancarani, the filmmaker behind today’s excerpt from the documentary, Il Capo (The Chief), which follows a quarry boss as he guides his men through the extraction process, using a silent language of gesture and sign

Italian artist and filmmaker Yuri Ancarani captures the otherworldly landscape of a marble quarry in the Apuan Alps, Northwest Italy, as Il Capo (The Chief) guides his men through the extraction process. Read the full feature on NOWNESS: http://bit.ly/ZXTGO9

Interview

Vidéaste et photographe, Yuri Ancarani souligne dans ses films des actes de beauté et de courage. Dans les trois films qui composent la trilogie de l'artiste présentée pour Nuit Blanche, les protagonistes sont des personnes normales qui effectuent un travail physiquement difficile, dangereux, inimaginable qui les place dans une posture héroïque.