Italy 1987-2003
8 min.

Artist's Statement:
The only possible introduction to this (never ending?) work should express my mortification at having violated such beauty, shooting with inexpert passion.
Otherwise, the Flocks of Starlings – or rather, those that I managed to ensnare in so many cassettes** - are all here, with all of their beauty and all of their strength.
One does not need to know that there are Falcons flying with the Starlings, or that I shot 18 hours of video in the attempt to capture this Magical Nature and/or Natural Magic. Stornmi #... is dedicated to Daniele and to all the dreamers.

* STORNMI is the result of merging two italian words: STOR-NI (Starlings) and STOR-MI (Flocks). In English it might be translated approximately as STARLOCKS or FLOCKLINGS, or...
** In Italian cassette has two meanings: referring to both video tapes and the cages where birds can be kept.
(Source: notes from the director)