Flag Semaphores
Una Boccata d'Arte performance, video installation, sound, 30 minute loop Created by Jesse Bonnell and Gabriella Rhodeen Written and Directed by Jesse Bonnell
Flag Semaphores is a large public art work which forms an ecosystem of interconnected mediums, mixing performance, film, sculpture, and works on paper. Each element plays off the other, creating a choreography of images, language, and sound. Conceived to be an evening length oratorio that mimics a planetarium-like guided tour, this ever expanding performance project contains multiple chapters based in memoir.
The first chapter of Flag Semaphores was inspired by the literary work, Christ Stopped at Eboli, a memoir written by Carlo Levi in 1945. In the book, Levi recounts the experience of his own exile in Basilicata, the region of Southern Italy.
A political activist and vocal anti-fascist, Levi was arrested in Northern Italy and exiled to the far southern-region for one year. Examining and reframing the text, we found profound resonance between the author’s own time and the extraordinary moment in which we find ourselves.
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