This page collects some of the videoprojects and texts I’ve been working on in recent years and some news about coming events. For any request don’t hesitate to contact me through the form under “Contacts” or directly per email gabrielenugara@hotmail.com
VIDEOPORTFOLIO
Documentaries, shorts, video-experiments, school-videos and events.
nach Pasárgada – Videopoem based on Odile Kennel’s text (Official selection ZEBRA POETRY FILM FESTIVAL 2021). “Looking out of the window, reassuring yourself / that you exist, because the world / outside exists.”“WALL STREET GALLERY – A message to friends and supporters” is a video-message from the artist Peter Unsicker to those who helped him and his partner Claudia Croon to deal with the fire that destroyed the WALL STREET GALLERY in April 2020. After a successful crowdfunding Unsicker wanted to thank everybody and give a sign of hope for a future reopening of the gallery.
“ESG – Eine Saubere Geschichte” is the project I’m working on since 2021. It deals with the EAST SIDE GALLERY in Berlin and the new restoration of the whole graffitis, portraying artists like Fulvio Pinna and professionals who are connected to the renewal.
This is the flyer of the exhibition organized by Art Up Berlin and Stiftung Berliner Mauer for the 60th anniversary of the Wall building. There are three video-installations I did together with Fulvio Pinna, Ignasi Blanch and Sabine Kunz. They are all graffiti painters who worked at the East Side Gallery 1990-1991 and renewed their works from time to time.
“PETER UNSICKER – Galleria Infinita“ (PETER UNSICKER – Infinite Gallery) The sculptor Peter Unsicker is a very representative figure of the artistic scene in Berlin. He opened in 1986 his W-All Street Gallery directly in front of the Wall close to Checkpoint Charlie and since then he works and lives in one of the most historically and creatively significant places in the world.
“REWINGS OF DESIRE”is a shortfilm dedicated to the masterpiece “Wings of Desire” and a tribute to Wim Wenders in the occasion of a video-contest launched in 2015 by ARTE where this film won the audience award.
“TAXIDERMIE BERLINOISE“ Shortfilm dedicated to the masterpiece “Taxi Driver” and a tribute to Martin Scorsese in the occasion of a video-contest launched in 2015 by ARTE where this film won the first prize ex-aequo.
“DER BERLINER HOFFNUNGSTRÄGER“ shows the ride on Peter Unsicker’s bike of his sculpture Berolina, a peaceful version of the “goldene Else” at the Siegessäule, through the streets of Berlin.
“ÜBERGÄNGE – die A. und die O.”(TRANSITIONS – the A. and the O.) The Volkshochschule (VHS), an important cultural institution in Germany, celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2019: two portraits of women, Orieta, a teacher from Chile, and Agnieszka, a student from Poland, show this school as a place of transitions, a platform for existential development and a meeting place for people with very different biographies.
“ITINERARIO GIANNI BRERA – A Gianni Brera Journey” is a short documentary made together with Silvio Calia about the greatest italian sport journalist and novelist Gianni Brera (8 September 1919 – 19 December 1992) showing his roots and some of his oldest friends thanks to the collaboration during this journey of his son Paolo.
“YOSSERNOONS“ This is an intimate video-insight of the time I spent as an assistant with Yosser, a 6 years old child with Down syndrome living in Berlin with his mother. My voice and Yosser’s voice come to a dialogue and show how our communication works. The short documentary is meant as a memoir and a delicate portrait.
“GUIDO SEBORGA – L’anarchia del mio sangue marino” is a short portrait of Guido Seborga, a writer, a painter, a rebel, who was very active in the art scene above all between 1950 and 1980 mostly in Turin and Bordighera.
“QUARANTÄNE AUF DEM DACH“ Two little girls in Berlin facing a strange and suspended dimension of time on a roof where they chat about homeschooling and are busy doing some origami.
“BILDER EINER AUSSTELLUNG” (Pictures at an Exhibition) Trailer from the theater show 2019 at Rosa-Parks-Grundschule in Berlin with Suli Puschban’s music: “DIE KUNST IST FREI (ART IS FREE)!”
“GAD – Generalized Anxiety Disorder“ is a short video-experiment inspired by the question “How does it feel when you got a generalized anxiety disorder?”
“KIRA – Jealous” is a cover from a song by the British singer Labrinth performed by Kira, a student at the Georg-Friedrich-Händel-Gymnasium in Berlin.
“EMPÖRUNG – INDIGNATION“ A collaboration with Rosa-Parks-Grundschule Berlin, März 2018 to raise children’s awareness about environmental pollution.
“ANPI Berlin – Bella ciao 2020“ On the occasion of the Italian Liberation Day from Nazi-Fascism, the ANPI section in Berlin Brandenburg in 2020 produced a video-collage with contributions from members and sympathizers singing Bella ciao.
“POST AUS DEM PAPIERPALAST” 2020 was a peculiar year also for schools. The Rosa-Parks-School theater project had to be performed without audience. This is the video-version of the show for the pupils, teachers, parents and families.
“AUS DER FERNE KENNEN LERNEN – Conoscersi a distanza” A school-project based on a video-exchange between a class in Chivasso and a class in Berlin by Laura Majer (teacher at Willy-Brandt Oberschule Berlin) and Gabriele Nugara. With the collaboration of Silvio Calia and Aldo Pasquero (Liceo Isaac Newton Chivasso).
“CLOWN DOLCHU SHOW”This is a portrait of a birthday performance by Clown Dolchu in 2019.
“QUO VADIS EUROPA”Berlin, 15/05/2019: Public meeting organized by the Initiative May 26th in collaboration with Com.It.Es Berlin. Speeches by Alina Gerke, Gregor Fitzi, Edoardo Laudisi. Moderation by Alessandro Brogani (Il Deutsch Italia).
“PROJEKT PLASTIK VERMEIDEN“ Video documentation of the art-project by the Eisbären Klasse 2018 (Rosa Parks Elementary School, Berlin) on the subject of plastic, garbage, environmental pollution. Artistic direction Dr. Fred Meier-Menzel.
“ROSA PARKS TAG 2019″ The documentation of the Rosa Parks Day 2019 of the Rosa Parks Primary School in Berlin.
“SCHACH DEM KÖNIG FARBE – Bauhaus in 100 Jahren um die Welt” Documentation of an art project organized by Sabine Teubner MBaye at KUNSTWERKSTATT Bunte Spinne in Berlin Moabit SOS-Kinderdorf.
“PETER UNSICKER Kanalwanderung” is the documentation of a walk in Kreuzberg, Landwehrkanal, with the sculptor Peter Unsicker in 2017.
“THE SONG OF NATURE“ Short exploration of the island Hiddensee, a place with almost no cars, a natural treasure that nevertheless is suffering from global warming and pollution.
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