Premio Combat Prize

This is a documentary composed of interviews in the city of Milan in 2014. The participants are chosen randomly by accepting to take part in an anonymous interview where they have to give their opinion on only one question: What is man?
The nature of the question itself is very intimate but together with the photography of the video creates a geo-cultural landscape where the answers represent the deep influence of the culture thus revealing the outdated notions and basis on how we perceive ourselves as a species in a globalized and technologically advanced society compared to the current scientific achievements.
The exclusion of the subtitles is an intentional choice and very important feature of the artwork as the only way to fully transmit this verbal idea through images and sound.
Edson Luli was born in Shkoder (Albania) in 1989, lives and works in Milan.
Graduated in New Technologies of Art, he continues the studies for Cinema and Video at Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Milan.
With an experimental approach, Luli uses different mediums: to bring us at the observation of the reality of the virtual, of our own existence and of our role in the society.
Luli has participated in Milano Film Festival, Milan, 2015; VideoZero, Academy of Brera, 2015; Future Identities, Laura Haber Gallery, Buenos Aires, 2015; The rhythm of art lies somewhere in between, Bienal del Fin del Mundo IV, Chile, 2015; Hybrid Identities, Contemporary Venice, Palazzo Flangini, Venice, 2014; Artissima 2014, prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Turin; Pamur, Visual Arts Festival, Tirana, 2014; Black Box, Malaga Home Gallery, Milan, 2014.