Sono Pasolini, 70`09``, video, color, sound, hdv-pal, 2025

Premier of the film at Amant Foundation, NY

Amant invites you to the screening of  Sono Pasolini, a film by Mauro Cerqueira, followed by a conversation between the artist and Matilde Guidelli-Guidi, Curator and Department Co-Head at Dia Art Foundation. The film follows French Azerbaijani artist Babi Badalov as he arrives in Rome. Along the way, Badalov  dines in one of Italian filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini’s last frequented restaurants, drifts aimlessly along the Tiber, and finally travels to Ostia, where Pasolini was murdered. Through poetry readings, dance, music, and moments of reflection,  Sono Pasolini  becomes a poetic and political journey. The work in progress culminates on a beach, with a burning fire and a haunting song by Iranian artist Amir Tataloo, recently sentenced to death for blasphemy.

This program is part of the For Your Reference series, where our artists in residence share and discuss key references informing their ongoing research at Amant. Amant programs are always free. RSVPs are strongly encouraged. Doors for Sono Pasolini will open at 6:15pm on Wednesday, October 8 in Géza, located at 306 Maujer.

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Apresentação do filme na Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira, Museu de Serralves, Porto

O filme acompanha o artista franco-azeri Babi Badalov à sua chegada a Roma. Ao longo do caminho, Badalov janta num dos últimos restaurantes frequentados pelo cineasta italiano Pier Paolo Pasolini, vagueia sem rumo ao longo do rio Tibre e, finalmente, viaja para Ostia, onde Pasolini foi assassinado. Através de leituras de poesia, dança, música e momentos de reflexão, Sono Pasolini torna-se uma viagem poética e política. O trabalho em andamento culmina numa praia, com uma fogueira e uma canção assombrosa do artista iraniano Amir Tataloo, recentemente condenado à morte por blasfémia.