V.Deus Videoart
BeLa Editions Gallery – Brussels _ 2012

V.Deus is a short video art piece commissioned by BeLa Edition Gallery in Brussels in 2012.
The theme of the work is based on a critique of the church and Christianity, which improperly uses symbolic imagery as a weapon. The context we find ourselves in is a mountain where a large cross naturally stands alongside broadcasting towers. This location perfectly showcases the vertical ascent of the church in a historical context, which was characterized by the erection of Christian buildings or symbols atop every peak, in order to elevate themselves to the heavens, away from material distractions, and closer to God. However, this construction was also a mechanism of instrumentalization aimed at oppressing humanity through symbolic rituals, corrupting individuals from their spiritual neutrality.
More simply, the meaning of the work reveals the vulgar and dark side of the church as an organ of propaganda and social control, creating an interpretative link between the past and the present.

Bignotti’s idea is to demonstrate an increasingly shorter duration of video work, rendering the concept of video format indefinite. The artist is indeed convinced that viewing time in the near future will be reduced to just a few minutes or even seconds, driven by the internet and social networks that must cope with the sharing of thousands of terabytes every day flooding the ether, which Bignotti refers to as digital trash. Furthermore, the short duration creates a direct link between the viewer and the message, minimizing every element to avoid distraction. Bignotti’s multimedia work, as in the case of video art, is increasingly akin to the role of a concept artist involved in film productions, where a subject must be vetted by the production and both the subject and the aesthetics need to be presented in a short amount of time. In fact, the work tends to resemble a teaser, a video snippet used in the advertising industry, often anonymous, aimed at generating curiosity and anticipation for a product that will only be named later, as in the case of a film production.


A short film by Cesare Bignotti.
Work commissioned by BeLa Editions Gallery, in Brussels, the European Capital. Art Curator: Anne-Laure Chamboissier. Published by EVES in 2012.
Directed and edited by Cesare Bignotti.
Music by Dual (Cesare Bignotti, Giorgio Barroccu)
All props by Cesare Bignotti.
Video shoot by: Cesare Bignotti – Alessandro Arcidiacono – Emilio Pozzolini.
Actors: Daniela Doino – Olivia Giovannini.
Produced by Cesare Bignotti – EVES 2012
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