On the occasion of Art House, the video art festival founded by Adrian Paci in Shkodër, Albania, Paci and Piero Tomassoni explored the relationship between art and attempting the impossible, starting from two seminal video works by Gino de Dominicis featured in this year’s edition of the festival.
The conversation formed part of the ninth edition of Ekrani i Artit, which returned to Shkodër from 27 to 31 May 2026. Founded in 2017, the festival has established itself as one of Albania’s leading platforms for experimental cinema, video art, and contemporary visual culture, bringing together artists, filmmakers, curators, and audiences from Albania and abroad through screenings, exhibitions, performances, talks, and workshops.
Directed this year by Tea Paci, with curatorial contributions from Arnold Braho, Maurin Dietrich, and Stefano Romano, the 2026 edition unfolded under the theme Avash, Avash, an Albanian expression meaning “slowly, slowly.” Conceived as an invitation to engage more attentively with images and with time itself, the theme encouraged modes of observation and reflection that resist the accelerated pace of contemporary life.
Tentativo di volo, Gino de Dominicis