ARTILUSIO
Greta’s worlds.
Let’s imagine a large, fantastic-looking machine powered by books
that works to the rhythm of a heartbeat.
And next to this artefact, we see Greta,
an endearing elderly woman who
amuses herself with her small collection of books and stories. Despite her
age and delicate health, Greta is unpredictable, extravagant, whimsical, fanciful… The machine is like a great toy that
recreates the fantasy of her books, involving Pina, her carer, in her stories
and characters. The machine generates
fanciful situations of the type Greta likes… Mysterious and universal
characters from literature, marvellous lamps from One Thousand and
One Nights and fantastic journeys around the world. These are all
settings that can be recreated and played in.
“Artilusio”, with its characters and machine, focuses on what
books and the act of reading represent: Moving, travelling, leaving
to discover oneself…
“ When I was a child, I enjoyed reading”. Greta
