This piece was created in collaboration with 2Squared, a classically-trained piano duo, Andrew Ranaudo and Nicole Brancato, who create two-hand piano performances based on historical research. This work is being created for exhibition as well as to accompany performances by the duo, 
 
The musical score is by Futurist composer Alfredo Casella’s Pupazzeti and performed for four hands. While Casella’s related work, Pagine di Guerra (Pages of War), directly references the effects of WW I, Pupazetti follows a similar format, but is a more playful series of five cinematic pieces written for puppets. The installation/set under construction is made of previous sculptural works that have been intentionally destroyed and rebuilt in a way that shows the hand in making. This process, which shows both the effects of destruction and the details of careful reworking, reflects Casella’s use of experimental form to explore a broad range of emotional and conceptual themes. Intended to juxtapose a potentially bright future with past struggles, the building process, like Pupazetti, is sprawling and provisional.

Pupazetti
2018
Stop motion animation
3 min 45 sec
Rough version of animation in progress.
2 Squared Piano Duo performing Alfredo Casella's Pupazetti
2018
www.2squaredpiano.com
Still from Marcietta
2018
Salvaged material, stop motion animation
3:45
Spaceship flying towards 'Earth'.
Still from Marcietta
2018
Salvaged material, stop motion animation
3:45
View from spaceship as it approaches 'Earth'.
Still from Bercuese
2018
Salvaged material, stop motion animation
3:45
Visual investigation of 'Earth'.
Still from Bercuese
2018
Salvaged material, stop motion animation
3:45
Visual investigation of 'Earth'.
Still from Bercuese
2018
Salvaged material, stop motion animation
3:45
Visual investigation of 'Earth'.
Still from Serenata
2018
Salvaged material, stop motion animation
3:45
The spaceship has landed, and is sending out communications.
Still from Serenata
2018
Salvaged material, stop motion animation
3:45
The spaceship has landed, and is sending out communications.
Still from Serenata
2018
Salvaged material, putty, stop motion animation
3:45
Inhabitant of 'Earth' celebrating communications from spaceship
2 Squared performance of Pupazetti accompanied by "Good News from Outer Space"
2018
Andrew Ranaudo and Nicole Brancato performing with Good News From Outer Space at Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY.
2 Squared performance of Pupazetti accompanied by "Good News from Outer Space"
Andrew Ranaudo and Nicole Brancato performing with Good News From Outer Space at Shapeshifter Lab in Brooklyn, NY.
2 Squared rehearsal accompanied by Sarah Nicole Phillip's video
2018
Experimental videography by Sarah Nicole Phillips designed to highlight the intricacies of two-handed piano performance
2 Squared rehearsal accompanied by Sarah Nicole Phillip's video
2018
Experimental videography by Sarah Nicole Phillips designed to highlight the intricacies of two-handed piano performance