Andrea Bordoli

Andrea Bordoli

History

Andrea Bordoli has a background in Visual Anthropology (MA, University of Manchester), Visual Arts – Cinema (HEAD – Genève), and Anthropology and Philosophy (BA, Neuchâtel University). His research and practice lies at the intersection between anthropological theory, film and visual art. He is currently based between Switzerland and Québec, and he is pursuing a practice-led PhD in Media Anthropology at the University of Bern as part of the interdisciplinary project "Mediating the Ecological Imperative" (https://ecological-imperative.ch/). Since January 2022 he is a visiting artist-researcher at the anthropology department of McGill University. His works have been presented in academic settings and exhibited in film festivals and art spaces nationally and internationally, such as Visions du Réel Nyon, Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, European Media Arts Festival Osnabrück, the Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival, ETHNOFEST Athens and others. In parallel to his personal research he collaborated with various research groups and institutions such as EASA CH, Université de Neuchâtel, Locarno Film Festival and Cinémathèque Suisse.

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Andrea Bordoli

Movies

Terra Australis Incognita
Terra Australis Incognita
Director
Terra australis incognita was a hypothetical continent posited in antiquity and which appeared on maps between the 15th and 18th centuries. The existence of Terra Australis was not based on any survey or direct observation, but rather on the idea that continental land in the Northern Hemisphere should be balanced by land in the Southern Hemisphere.
Per Voi Oggi La Luce Del Sole Non Splenderà
Per Voi Oggi La Luce Del Sole Non Splenderà
Director
A post-apocalyptic, eco-fiction short film portrying two construction workers wandering in a “zone” where inner and outer territories intertwine. In a constant search for traces, they are increasingly confronted with a universe that over days and nights becomes overwhelming.
Lupercalia
Lupercalia
Director
REQUERIMIENTO
REQUERIMIENTO
Director
The "requerimiento" was a declaration by the Spanish monarchy of Castile’s divine right to take possession of the New World’s territories and to subjugate, exploit and, if necessary, fight the native inhabitants. This film explores the aesthetics of a mythological time and its archetypical creatures and materialities. Following the trajectories of a serpent and the fragment of a meteorite, "Requerimiento" develops an interwoven narration questioning human and nonhuman alterities in different epochs and cultures.