Ecdise had its world premiere at the Hybrid Identities Art Show in Almeria, Spain in addition to screenings at the Contemporary Art Show in Venice, Italy, among others. Producer and Director of Photography Jean Paulo Lasmar (Vida Sobre Rodas, O Condomínio, Um Pé de Chinelo & others) worked with Faraco to communicate the concept she had for this film. Lasmar reveals, “I tend to shoot everything in the highest quality, well lit, and with very few color adjustments in post. Silvia wanted the images to be raw, textured, lit as it is, with no post work.” Faraco wanted to convey these neuroses (discussed in Zoppi’s short story) in the simplest and sensorial way; filming body parts with a macro lens, capturing extreme close ups. Her desire was to convey this idea in a very organic and real way. What you see in the film is the skin as it truly appears. There is no retouching in her process. The water scene reveals the body in an ethereal state; peaceful, floating in a trance, from the immersive experience.
Neide Marinho (visual artist, researcher, writer and professor of the Cultural Arts and Production at Fluminese Federal University) describes it as “a work of personal archeology, and yet plays with the audience inviting us to travel along the dissolving elements.” The film’s DP Jean Paulo Lasmar remarks, “Working with an artist like Silvia who is very creative and has a bold vision, made me rethink what I do and my creative process… which is very good for me as a filmmaker.”
The writer of the short story that inspired Silvia to make Ecdise, Paulo Zoppi says: “Silvia achieves the perfect visual translation of the protagonist’s investigations. This ability to translate the psychological into abstract images, of great visual richness and at the same time emanating with life, made it almost impossible not to invite her to create the cover and illustrations for my book of tales Ensimesmices, from which the tale Ecdise is a part of”.
Faraco’s interpretation of this psychological journey into a film and then reimagined as illustrations proves that artists continue to inspire each other with their creations and is a powerful example of her ability to convey ideas and concepts while navigating across different artistic mediums.