New Italians by Karl Larson
New Media Installation, 2009
The "NewItalians" project deals with the massive immigration phenomenon from Africa towards Italy. To do this project Lemeh42 has taken part to a voluntary project in a CPT (Center for Temporary Staying).
This project consists in a 50 digital drawings limited series and 5 digital animations. This is the first animation they have realized.
Karl Larson
Lemeh42 are two italian artists who realize videos, video installations and video performances. The duo was founded in 2007 even if they have started working together since 2005. Their works have been selected by the major international video and videoart festivals: BitFilm Festival (Hamburg), OFF III Mediafest (Colonia), Athens Videoart Festival, The 809 International New Image Art Festival, Yichang City, (China),FILE 08 Electronic Language International Festival, Sao Paulo (Brasil), Danca em foco, Festival Internacional de Video Danca, Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), MIAB Madeira International Art Biennale (Portugal), Xontakt Videodance Festival, Split(Croatia), Circuito OFF Venice (Italy),
Animabasauri (Bilbao), Torino Flash Festival, Pantheon Xperimental 6.0 (Cyprus), INPORT Festival (Tallinn), Optica Festival (Gijon), Szemlétek Video Festival (Pecs), Spokane Film Festival, Bigscreen Festival (Kunming), Urban Research on Film, Directors Lounge 2008 (Berlin), Traverse Video (Toulouse), Kinolevchyk International Videoart Festival, Lviv Institute for Contemporary Art (Ukraine), REC08 Festival de Cinema de Tarragona, Naoussa Film Festival, Shnit 08, Berne, (Switzerland), Kargart Video Festival (Istanbul) and Cyprus Short Film Festival 2008, where they have received the first prize for the best experimental editing for their work "Flor de la Alhambra".
