Tim Burton's short film Frankenweenie (1984) serves here as an objet trouvé and becomes the substrate for the artist's action, substantial but almost invisible. The video presented here was obtained by extrapolating six frames per second from Burton's short film for a total of 9317 frames. Each frame was then printed with a black and white photocopier in A4 format. At this point, Mastrovito, assisted by director Marco Marcassoli, re-edited the entire film, photocopy after photocopy, filming his hand as he moved the 9317 sheets one by one.
By bringing the entire film back to the length of the film (26 minutes), the result is a real photocopied film, where the editing and direction are entrusted, in effect, to the ‘hand’ of the artist rather than the genius of Burton. The idea is reinforced, among other things, by the subject of the film chosen: a sort of little Dr. Frankenstein who brings his dog, the victim of an accident, back to life by reassembling the pieces one by one.
The work gives the double solo show (Nickelodeon, at 1000eventi gallery and Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea, in Milan) its title and reveals with simplicity and a poverty of materials the tricks and mechanisms of the magic of cinema.