Video

Videos by Eugenio Carmi

L’uomo il fuoco il ferro (Man, Fire, Iron), 1960

By Kurt Blum and Eugenio Carmi.
For Italsider.
The film won first prize in the documentary section of the Venice Film Festival of 1960.

C’era una volta un re (Once Upon a Time There Was a King), 1973 – part one

In 1973 Eugenio Carmi created an abstract work for the experimental programmes service of the RAI. One television camera was pointed at another, allowing unexpected images to appear, which the artist — working with the RAI engineers — modified to obtain abstract forms in motion.
Original electronic music by Angelo Paccagnini.

C’era una volta un re (Once Upon a Time There Was a King), 1973 – part two

In 1973 Eugenio Carmi created an abstract work for the experimental programmes service of the RAI. One television camera was pointed at another, allowing unexpected images to appear, which the artist — working with the RAI engineers — modified to obtain abstract forms in motion.
Original electronic music by Angelo Paccagnini.

Documentaries on Eugenio Carmi

Eugenio Carmi. Il tempo tra parentesi (The Time Between Parentheses)

In celebration of the centenary of his birth, this video by Roberta Cordisco explores various periods of the artist's life. English subtitles (CC) can be switched on in the player.

Le mani! La testa! Gli occhi! Eugenio Carmi, an Artist in the Factory, 2006

Genoa, 1956–65: Eugenio Carmi was artistic consultant to the Italsider steelworks. This documentary was commissioned in 2006 by the municipality of Genoa on the occasion of a series of cultural events linked to the factory. English version.

Stripsody

Performance by Cathy Berberian.

Interviews with Eugenio Carmi

Interview with Eugenio Carmi for the production of Grethe Holby’s opera The Three Astronauts

Interview with Eugenio Carmi for the production of Grethe Holby’s opera The Three Astronauts: a New Wave Opera, New York, which brought Eugenio Carmi and Umberto Eco’s fairy tale to the stage.

A New Wave Opera
Ardea Arts/Family Opera Initiative
New York

Conversation with Eugenio Carmi, 2015

Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome
28 April 2015

For the series "Le mostre raccontate"
curated by Nicoletta Cardano and Francesco Moschini
introduced and chaired by Francesco Moschini

The video shows Eugenio Carmi's talk. In Italian.

50 Years of the Galleria del Deposito, 1963–2013

Genoa, Boccadasse, 11-19 May 2013
Event with talks and exhibitions celebrating the Boccadasse cooperative and the Galleria del Deposito:

L'esperienza della Galleria del Deposito (The Galleria del Deposito experience) - talk

I Multipli del Deposito (The Deposito multiples) - exhibition

Il Deposito: immagini fotografiche (The Deposito: photographs) - exhibition

In Italian.