Maurizio Borriello
Born 1974 in Naples. A boatbuilder, filmmaker and independent researcher in cultural anthropology. After graduating in Asian and African languages and civilisations he moved to Indonesia. He carried out research for a project in visual anthropology, making a documentary film which explores the universe of Indonesian cinema. For the last four years he has been working as a wooden ship restorer at the maritime museum in Norway.
Faber Navalis (2016)
Films
- "Faber Navalis" D, CI, ED: Maurizio Borriello, IT 201633'20"
“Faber Navalis” is Latin for “boatbuilder.” The film might seem to be about the restoration of a wooden ship, but the actual subject is the ecstatic state of mind of the shipwright. An Italian researcher in maritime ethnography decides to learn the art of traditional boatbuilding in order to understand the intangible knowledge hidden behind the construction of a wooden ship. This film is an extraordinary combination of aesthetics and ethnography.
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