Adrian Paci – a state of temporary permanence

Vanina Saracino

Vanina Saracino (Italy, 1984) is a Berlin-based independent curator. Since 2013 she curates the contemporary art program on the experimental, non-narrative TV channel ikonoTV; in 2014, she co-founded the curatorial project OLHO video art cinema in Brasil.

In 1997, Adrian Paci escaped the Albanian civil war to take refuge in Italy. His biographical experience of exile is the starting point of his work.

In his films, he stages stories that call upon us to reflect on pressing contemporary issues from our societies, such as immigration, perpetual transit and the loss of roots.

Adrian Paci, The Column, 2013, 27 min.
Adrian Paci, Centro di Permanenza Temporanea, 2007, 4 min.
Adrian Paci, Per Speculum, 2006 6 min.
Adrian Paci, Piktori, 2002, 4 min.