BARBARA
ZECCHI
THE RHYTHMS OF RAGE
Conceived, Designed, and Edited by
Barbara Zecchi
Official Selection:
Emami Experimental Art (India)
Adelio Ferrero (Italy)
Marienbad (Czech Republic)
Bordeaux Short Film Biennale (France)
Feminist Border Arts Film Festival (New Mexico)
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Top vote-getter in the Sight and Sound "Best Video Essays of 2024" list —British Film Institute
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Listed in the "Best of the Year video essays in Vimeo and Youtube" by Polygon.com
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Showcased at Museum of the Moving Image, New York, for the Expanded Screens Series, The Video Essay as the New Avant-Garde in January 2025.
‟An essayist regularly featured in the poll, Zecchi’s grasp of the role of sound in editing is unmatched, and this exploration of women’s rage onscreen is a stellar example. Featuring over 500 clips, and often repeating them to create rhythm as they replay in a constantly shifting splitscreen, the end result is a “visually arresting and sonically bold” (Cormac Donnelly) collage of anger that leaves a lasting impression"
Queline Meadows, Will Webb, Cydnii Wilde Harris (Sight and Sound)
‟One of the most sensually striking video essays of the year, with brilliantly executed technique. A mosaic of sound and visual loops, weaving a videographic tapestry on the representation of women’s anger in cinema"
Tomas Genevičius (Film Critic)
‟It is amazing how the video is able to show an arc from soft rage to thumping violent rage and possibilities of mobilisation within its short running time‟
Ritika Kaushik (Film Historian and Videoessayist)