CATHARSIS
Author: BodySnatchers
Nationality: Italian
Year of production: 2026
Type of Artwork: Screening_Session
Duration:05’20’’
CATHARSIS is a short film in which space and time are constantly modified and questioned.
Through the use of various software and technologies, a fluid and eclectic acid trip is created, where the heterogeneity of the techniques used (3D, AI, motion design, sound design) supports the artists’ ideas, and not vice versa.
PLOT: A goblin, stuck in a game of Scrabble, will have a hallucinogenic experience when he comes in contact with a strange plant…
Artist bio
BodySnatchers is a multimedia artist who uses primarily 3D.
His works intertwine dreams, nightmares and modern alienations.
He has participated in several international group exhibitions, both IRL and URL, such as TheWrong Biennale, Errore Digitale, Radiophrenia, Spring Attitude, and his works have been published by KING KONG Magazine, I-D Italy, Arshake, Visioni Parallele, Coeval Magazine, and Stuck Magazine, among others.
He is currently enrolled in the two-year Graphic Design program at the Academy of Fine Arts in Foggia.
NIKENINJA is a producer, DJ, and sound engineer/designer.
His sound is the result of constant research:
between live performances with modular synths and unpredictable DJ sets, he composes fast rhythms and angular breaks that defy easy categorization.
Among the themes explored in his musical research are often contrasts and overlaps:
human/non-human, divinity/fragility, organic matter/artificial entity.
He has produced and collaborated with several international artists.