Taxidrome (first feature)

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Taxidrome

original title:

Taxidrome

directed by:

cinematography:

production:

country:

Italy

year:

2021

film run:

144'

format:

colour

genre:

animation film

festivals & awards:

  • Open House – Concreto 2021: Special Screening
  • Castello d’Albertis – Code War 2021: Special Screening

To fly a – way from/out of death, don’t hire a taxidermist but take a ride in this taxidrome! Series of 41 Moving Images - this analogy is possible being conservation at its core rescuing what really matters in the world, like nature, habitats, science and art. It is vital. Yet in a continuously changing environment, the flipside of conservation becomes - and here it is where the vital feature of conservation becomes its lifelike threat -, a fictive life, a fake life. The embalming process consists of 1) imparting a balmy essence to the dead body, as in the ancient world, 2) by filling its blood vessels with formaldehyde to prevent putrification, as in the modern world, although recently with more regard towards more natural treatments, as for instance in bio-art. To embalm also means to “preserve from oblivion”, and “to cause to remain unchanged”, “to prevent the development of something”. Impeding revolution also.