Matteo Ruggiero / sxilence
Kdo jsem film still with Matteo and an ant.

short film / 2022 / 4:17

Kdo jsem?

A personal short film where I appear as a degraded 3D version of myself, trying to get out of the shape I was assigned.

Kdo jsem? [Who am I?] is a short, personal 3D film. I appear as a character also called Matteo, a direct version of myself, trying to work out who that is and get out of the shape I was given.

Each frame came out of a real struggle to escape what was expected of me. The turning point is small and almost stupid: Matteo meets an ant, and that's the moment something opens and he sees he could live closer to his own voice.

The 3D was intentionally degraded by running it through a CRT television. The damage isn't decoration, it carries the feeling of being trapped, and keeps the anxiety visible in the image itself.

film stills / crt memory / small identity errors

Selected media

Kdo jsem film still with Kancelar building.
office-city signal
Kdo jsem film still with cat poster and lucky cat.
desktop shrine / cat supervision
Kdo jsem film still in green environment.
meeting the assigned self
Kdo jsem film still with digital landscape.
green world / exit path