Portfolio

PORTFOLIO . LIVIA OYA PROTO

Artist Statement

Iftherewasn’tarteverythingwesee, perceive,feel,think,wouldremain ephemeral,andendinourselves.Althoughart fromtheoutsideworldseemsillogicaland disorderedinitsinteriorithasitsownlogic, bringingtheinvisibletolife,butintheend theworkofartthatiscreatedisalwaysa surprisewhoseresultyoudon'tevenknow final,beingacontinuousprocessof transformation.Makingartislikehaving manydifferentpersonalitieswhoeventually cometogether.

LiviaOyaProto,borninIstanbulon26.04.2002,graduated fromtheIMIItalianScientificHighSchoolin2019.

ShespeaksTurkish,ItalianandEnglish.Shehasgraduated fromRomeUniversityofFineArtsincinema.

GraduationThesis

Thechoiceofthetopic"TheSophisticatedStyleOfWesAnderson"was bornwithaphotographicprojectofminemadein2019entitled "Similitudes"consistingoffourphotos.Itriedtodepictandrepresentwhere WesAndersonwouldhavesethisfilmifhehadshotitinRome. Thethesisisdividedintofivechaptersandthestructureisanthologicalasin theepisodicfilm“TheFrenchDispatch”,thatisasortofweekly.Each chapterisdissociatedfromeachother,havingonlyWesAndersonasthe onlypointincommon.

PERSONALSHORTMOVIES

Shortfilm

Content

Theshortmovie “Itappeareditdisappeared”isafantasy,romantic horor. Luna(22)meetsherboyfriendTeo(23)playingscrabbleina bar.Ontheiranniversary,Teofindsthescrabbleboardgameinapark andbringsittohergirlfriend.Astheyplayitturnsouttobemagical, everythingtheywritetakesshapeandaffectstheircharactersaswell. Tosurvivethegameandremainunited,theywillhavetouseallthe piecesandfreethemselvesfromthecurseoftheanonymouswriter wholovestowritesadisticstorieswiththecharactersshe manipulates.

https://youtu.be/GesEMFEsfzg

“Itappeareditdisappeared”

Festivalsthattheshortfilm"Itappeareditdisappeared"hasbeenselected

02.06.2020TitoFilmFestivalselectedforthescreening/Costacciaro

17.06.2022StudentWorldImpactFilmFestivalofficialselection/NewJersey https://www.lightfilmfest.org/swiff/2022/selection-spotlight https://www.lightfilmfest.org/swiff-2022/livia-oya-proto

20.09.2022ScoutFilmFestivalQuarterfinalist/Boston

Shortfilm

"ANDAGAINANDAGAINANDAGAIN"

CONTENT

Itsymbolizeshowbeautyisephemeralandatthesametime,akindof competition.Iwasinspiredbythefamousphraseofthefairytale"Snow Whiteandthe7Dwarfs,mirrormirrorwhoisthefairestofthe kingdom?".Iwantedtoemphasizethatbeautycanalsobecomean obsession.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NjUxwJpEZyk

Festivalsthattheshortfilm"ANDAGAINANDAGAINANDAGAIN"hasbeenselected

08/03/2019LizbonShort-FilmRendezvousFilmFestivalSelectedasFinalist http://www.findglocal.com/PT/Lisbon/440462176443743/Lisbon-Film-Rendezvous https://www.lisbonfilmrendezvous.com/gallery https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myLIHSkCBZg

09/04/2019WestVirginiaMountaineerShortFilmFestivalselectedasfinalist https://gerald-habarth.squarespace.com/young-filmmakers-2019

05/2019InternationalPathologicalFilmFestivalRome

08/2019CefalùFilmFestivalselectedassemifinalist https://www.palermotoday.it/eventi/cultura/cefalu-film-festival-23-24-28-agosto-2019.html

04/2019SeyfiTeomanShortFilmFestivaljuryencouragementprize http://seyfiteoman.com/site/

09/2019MammaRomaShortFilmFestivalselectedasfinalist https://www.liceoguidonia.edu.it/eventi-dettaglio/1/filmfest-mammaroma298-2-ed atthe4:17minute

Shortfilm "MUTATIONS" CONTENT

Myshortfilmentitled"MUTATIONS"representsaclearbreakfromthe hectic21stcenturylifewelivedandanewdarkchapterofthe21stcentury characterizedbyCovid-19.TheprotagonistOliviaisamiddle-aged womanwhoslowlyduringthemandatoryquarantinebeginstogocrazy andseethewallsofthehouseandobjectsashumanbeingsthatcometo lifesoasnottofeeltheweightofloneliness.Untilonedayasasolution shebeginstotalktoherselfwhileatthesametimetransformingherselfto anotherpersonduringthegameofchess.Theideaofthechessgameis transformedbyIngmarBergman'sfilm"TheSeventhSeal",inwhicha chessgametakesplacebetweenAntoniusBlockandDeath,butinmy shortfilmthemetaphoristochallengeyourself.Thenarrativestyleis experimentalandtendstoanotentirelylinearnarrativebecauseitisnot basedontheconceptionoftheclassicaldramaturgytheorizedbyAristotle accordingtowhicheverydramamusthaveabeginning,ameansandan endandthepartsmustbebetweenproportionatethem.Onlydreamsbring theprotagonistoutofthedarkreality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuiIQa53oTc

Festivalsthattheshortfilm"Mutations"hasbeenselected

08/2020NHdocs:theNewHavenDocumentaryFilmFestivalselectedasfinalistfortheonline screeninghttps://watch.eventive.org/nhdocs2020/play/5f2302ffdc6001007d41729f 11/2020 FemmeFataleFilmFestivalCanada selectedasfinalistfortheonlinescreening https://femmefatalefilmfestival.com/2020-festival/ 16.07.2021-31.07.2021Exhibitionat’HotelSianjiWellBeingResort/Bodrum http://bodrumhaberpostasi.com/2021/07/13/sianji-well-being-hotelde-kadinlara-destek-sergisi/ser gi/

Documentary WithoutNames Content

Thedocumentary"WithoutNames"dealswithGuido'sintegration withafelinecommunitylocatedontheLungotevereinRome.This communitybecomeshisfamilyandalsoameanstogetawayfromhis realityinsolitude.Thankstothefriendshipthathehasmadewiththe felinecommunity,Guidoalsointeractswithmanypeoplewithwhom henormallywouldnotcommunicate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=92PNOvd9Qx0

FestivalsthatthedocumentaryWithoutNameshasbeenselected

12.06.2022Rome,CinemaSecondoNoifilmfestivalselection

ShortMovie

I’m

ListeningtoIstanbul Content Thisisashortpoeticmovie,basedonapoemwrittenby OrhanVelicalled“I'mlisteningtoIstanbul.”

FestivalsthatthedocumentaryWithoutNameshasbeenselected

I’m Listening to Istanbul 10/09/2022 CINEM’AMOSTR, Portugal

Shortfilm "WE" CONTENT

Thisshortmovieempathize theinteractionofemotionsthatnever disappear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2 xkX5l-dS4

LeviHighSchoolcompetition

https://cafoscarishort.unive.it/portfolio/concorso-scuole-superiori-olga-brunner-levi/ https://cafoscarishort.unive.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/CatalogueShort2020.pdf

https://www.cinematografo.it/news/il-ca-foscari-mette-la-terza/

Festivalsthattheshortfilm“WE” hasbeenselected

25th-28th2020CaFoscariShortfilmFestivalselectedasfinalistintheOlgaBrunner

BackstageLaTinca

Backstageoftheplay"LaTinca"directedby ClaudioBocaccini,playwrightanddirector GiuseppeManfridi,actorLorenzoManfridi, scenographyAntonellaRebecchini.

https://youtu.be/wNESBoRi4Og

TheTheatrethat“LaTinca”screened

7.10.2022 / 9.10.2022 Screening atTeatrosophia / Rome

https://www.thewalkoffame.it/blog/la-particina-teatrosophia-2022/

https://www.agrpress.it/teatro/la-particina-di-giuseppe-manfridi-apre-la-s tagione-al-teatrosophi a-10041

https://giropereventi.it/evento/la-particina-a-teatrosophia/

PHOTOGRAPHY

"Layers"

SIMILITUDES

Theserieentitled"SIMILITUDES"consistingof4photosistoimaginewhereWesAndersonwouldhavesethis filmifhehadshotitinRome.TheplacesthathavebeenchosenaretheHotelMediterraneowhichislocatedinVia Cavour,HotelPlazawhichislocatedinViadelCorso,theGuccishopinViadeiCondotti,Esquilineneighborhood.

Theeditionofeachphotoismadeupof3piecesandtheformatis420x297mmprintedonamattecoatedpaper.

Untouched

Theserieentitled"UNTOUCHED"consistingof2photosisrelatedtomultiplicity.Theplaceoftheshotsarein Istanbul.Theeditionofeachphotoismadeupof3piecesandtheformatis420x297mmprintedonamattecoated paper.

REFLECTIONS

Theserieentitled"REFLECTIONS"consistingof3photosisrelatedtotheinvisiblepartsofcities,onlyifwe lookcarefullycanweseethem.TheplaceoftheshotsareinAmsterdam,VeniceandBerlinatthecinema museum.Theeditionofeachphotoconsistsof3piecesandtheformatis 420x297mmprintedonamattecoatedpaper.

PORTRAITS

Theserieentitled"PORTRAITS"consistingof6photoscontainsfamilymembers,acquaintancesandpeopleonthe street.TheyarealltakeninRome.Theprintrunofeachphotoconsistsof2piecesandtheformatis420x297mm, printedonamattecoatedpaper.

ALTEREGO

Theserieentitled"ALTEREGO"consistingof4photosisrelatedtomyalterego.ThefirstisamaskandItook inspirationfromPirandello,thesecondistherepresentationofmymind,thethirdismyoldalteregothatisthe childhood,thefourthistheimpersonationinbirds.Theprintrunofeachphotoconsistsof2piecesandtheformatis 420x297mm,printedonamattecoatedpaper.

theconceptionoftheancientGreekphilosophers.Empedoclescalledthem"Roots",forhimtheywereimmutableand eternal,butnowtheyarenolongerwithallthechangesthatwehaveundergoneintheworld.

BREATH

Thephoto-sequenceconsistingof12photosentitled"BREATH"representsthegeneralsuffocationcausedbythe quarantinethatweareexperiencinginrecentmonths.Theeditionofeachphotoismadeupofasinglepieceandthe formatis297x420mmprintedonamattecoatedpaper.