Balkan Inventory

Αs a response to the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the directors created a hand-made elegy for the tragedies of war and the humanitarian and ecological disaster in this corner of Europe. The film compiles and juxtaposes frames from scenes in life in the Balkans between 1920-1940, at times aerial shots of the wasteland and at times earthly details of everyday life during that era. An analytical work that draws on the archives of a Nazi officer who participated in the bombing of the Balkans during the World War II.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Editing: Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi
Music: Djivan Gasparyan, Keith Ullrich, Charles Anderson
Production: La Biennale de Venise
Format: Color
Production Country: Italy
Production Year: 2000
Duration: 62
Contact: Yervant Gianikian & Angela Ricci Lucchi

Yervant Gianikian

Filmography

(with Angela Ricci Lucchi)
1976 Cesare Lombroso: Scent of Carnation (short) 
1981 Essence of Absinthe (short) 
1981 Karagoez: Catalogue 9.5 
1982 Song of the Earth: Gustave Mahler (short) 
1986 Dal polo all’equatore | From the Pole to the Equator 
1990 Uomini, anni, vita | Men, Years, Life 
1991 Italian Archives No. 1 (short), 
         Italian Archives No. 2 (short) 
1993 Giacomelli: Contacts (short) 
1994 Criminal Animals (short), 
         Aria (short) 
1994 African Diary (short) 
1995 Prigionieri della guerra | Prisoners of War 
1996 Diana’s Looking Glass (short) 
1997 Nocturne (short) 
1998 Transparencies (short)
1998 Su tutte le vette e pace | On the Heights All Is Peace 
2000 Visions of the Desert (short) 
2000 Inventario balcanico 
2001 Images d’Orient: tourisme vandale | Images of the Orient: Vandal Tourism
2002 Frammenti Elettrici N.1, Gypsy Men 
         Frammenti Elettrici N.2, Viet Nam 
         Frammenti Elettrici N.3, Bodies (short) 
2004 Oh! Uomo 
2005 Mysterious Lights (short) 
2005 Frammenti Elettrici N. 4, 5, Asia-Africa 
2007 Ghiro ghiro tondo 
2009 Frammenti Elettrici N.6, Dancing in the Dark 
2013 Paese barbaro | Barbaric Land

Angela Ricci Lucchi

Filmography

(with Yervant Gianikian)
1976 Cesare Lombroso: Scent of Carnation (short) 
1981 Essence of Absinthe (short) 
1981 Karagoez: Catalogue 9.5 
1982 Song of the Earth: Gustave Mahler (short) 
1986 Dal polo all’equatore | From the Pole to the Equator 
1990 Uomini, anni, vita | Men, Years, Life 
1991 Italian Archives No. 1 (short), 
         Italian Archives No. 2 (short) 
1993 Giacomelli: Contacts (short) 
1994 Criminal Animals (short), 
         Aria (short) 
1994 African Diary (short) 
1995 Prigionieri della guerra | Prisoners of War 
1996 Diana’s Looking Glass (short) 
1997 Nocturne (short) 
1998 Transparencies (short)
1998 Su tutte le vette e pace | On the Heights All Is Peace 
2000 Visions of the Desert (short) 
2000 Inventario balcanico 
2001 Images d’Orient: tourisme vandale | Images of the Orient: Vandal Tourism
2002 Frammenti Elettrici N.1, Gypsy Men 
         Frammenti Elettrici N.2, Viet Nam 
         Frammenti Elettrici N.3, Bodies (short) 
2004 Oh! Uomo 
2005 Mysterious Lights (short?) 
2005 Frammenti Elettrici N. 4, 5, Asia-Africa 
2007 Ghiro ghiro tondo 
2009 Frammenti Elettrici N.6, Dancing in the Dark 
2013 Paese barbaro | Barbaric Land