I AM NOT LEGEND

AN ANDREA MASTROVITO PICTURE

I Am Not Legend looks at the questions of identity, memory and loss through a contemporary reinterpretation of one of the masterpieces of cinema, George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead (1968). In his animated version of the film, Mastrovito has removed all the zombies and changed the script so that all characters talk exclusively in quotes from the most famous films, books and songs of our era. Through the animation of more than 100,000 images in which digital printing merges with painting and erasure, I Am Not Legend offers a striking, poetic reading of our times.

This project is supported by the Italian Council (6th Edition, 2019) program to promote Italian contemporary art in the world by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity and Urban Regeneration of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism.

Andrea Mastrovito (b. 1978, Bergamo, Italy) is a multimedia artist whose practice reconceptualizes painting and drawing through filmmaking, public performances and immersive installations. Mastrovito has had solo exhibitions and screenings at institutions such as Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome (2019); Kunsthalle Osnabruck, Osnabruck (2018); Belvedere 21, Wien (2018); Queens Museum, New York (2017); Magazzino Italian Art, Cold Spring, New York (2017); and Museo del Novecento, Milan (2011). His work has also been included in major exhibitions at the 15th Lyon Biennale (2019); MUDAM, Luxembourg (2017); MART, Rovereto (2013) Manchester ArtGallery (2012); Museum of Art and Design, New York (2009), among others.
I Am Not Legend is his second animated feature-film after his directorial debut with NYsferatu - Symphony of a Century (2017).