Alessandro Gueli is a multi-disciplinary artist who specialises in film and photography and is currently pursuing a Bachelor of Film and Television studies at the University of Cape Town. Before this, he spent two years studying in Florence, Italy.

‘Oleificio: A colour palette, or, and easy escape’ is an unexpected combination of the melancholic and mundane, with found sound adding a strong musical quality.

In the artist’s words: “The bulk of my film work has recently centred itself around the culture and people of Sicily, where my father and his family come from. Oleificio was filmed on an iPhone at an olive oil distillery (in Italian, oleificio) in a small village on the island, Santa Elisabetta. It conveys the peculiar sadness I experienced on the night of my visit there – the hue of the green walls, the noise, the emptiness – I felt I had to capture it. The final clips are taken from my bus journey early the next morning, over the brittle landscape of the Sicilian countryside. The sound is made up of recordings taken at the distillery, as well as from around the village.”

Concept & Creation | Alessandro Gueli
Curator of The Long Minute | Bronwyn Lace