FILM IN DEVELOPMENT AND IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION
Thermocene
Mybosswas Samuel Morse
Credits
Subject, screenplay, direction, cinematography
Giorgio Ferrero
Music and sound
Giorgio Ferrero, Rodolfo Mongitore
Architecture and set design
EX.
Exhibition curation
Beatrice Zanelli and Camilla Zennaro
A production by
KINO Produzioni and MYBOSSWAS
In collaboration with
ARTECO, EX.
Supported by
Europa Creativa Media
Fondazione Compagnia di SanPaolo
Film Commission Piemonte
Technical sponsors
Epson, Montarbo, Nanlite, Patona, Rycote, Tip Top audio, Gruppo TFS
INSTALLATION
Executive producers
Marco Quartana (MYBOSSWAS), Andrea Cassi (EX.), Beatrice Zanelli (ARTECO), Giovanni Pompili (KINO PRODUZIONI)
Exhibition design
Ex.
Andrea Cassi, Michele Versaci, Serena Giardina, Martina bunino, Gianluca Zimbardi (GZMNZ), Francesca Cassi
Photographs
Giorgio Ferrero
Creative Consultans
Piero Fragola (modular system), Marco Marasciuolo (radio research), Andrea Brasolin (diffusion system), Nadir Naji (studio assistant MYBOSSWAS)
Scientific consultant
Gerardo Capobianco (INAF)
Programming
Rajan Craveri
Graphic design
Arianna Grasso
Nicolò Brondolo
Set design
Attitudine forma
Press office
Nora comunicazione
Educational activities project
Arteco
Surveillance
Look up
VIDEO INSTALLATION
Subject and direction by
Giorgio Ferrero
Written by
Giorgio Ferrero
in collaboration with
Andrea Cassi, Rodolfo Mongitore, Michele Versaci
Music and sound design
Giorgio Ferrero, Rodolfo Mongitore
Direction of photography
Giorgio Ferrero, Niccolò Arcostanzo
Operators
Enrico Aleotti, Niccolò Arcostanzo
Production Management
ECristina Sangiorgio (MYBOSSWAS), Lara Costa Calzado (KINO PRODUZIONI), Andrea Cassi (EX.)
Assistant Director
Duccio Brunetti (MYBOSSWAS)
Set design and Art Direction
EX.
Film production
EGiovanni Pompili, Lara Costa Calzado, Isabella Weber, Valentina Pompili, Massimiliano Navarra, Martina Anselmeti, Francesco Bonerba, Valerio Libertini, Eleonora Pacini, Giorgia Sciabbica, Gaia Longobardi, Greta Nordio, Luca Gallo
Editing
MYBOSSWAS
Duccio Brunetti, Carlo Cagnasso, Davide Santilli
Special effects and editing
Carlo Cagnasso (MYBOSSWAS)
Color correction and editing
Davide Santilli (MYBOSSWAS)
Live sound engineer and sound editing
Nadir Naji (MYBOSSWAS)
Visual advisor
Alec Von Bargen
Production assistant
Matteo Moretti (MYBOSSWAS)
Support Alpinists
Francesca Cassi, Maria Luisa Joannas, Claudio Natta, Riccardo Natta, Franscesco Perron, Eugenio Piazzi, Massimiliano Salino
Mules
Ketty, Dea
Master Muleteers
Luciano Ellena (ETIC.A SOC. COOPERATIVA SOCIALE), Benedetta Mattiauda
Graphic design
Arianna Grasso
Nicolò Brondolo
Backstage
Massimiliano Salino
SOUND INSTALLATION
Sound Art
Giorgio Ferrero, Rodolfo Mongitore
Production
MYBOSSWAS
Studio assistant
Nadir Naji
Audio consultancy
Andrea Brasolin
Programming
Rajan Craveri
Thanks to
Paolo, Paola Corradini and family for the support and use of the Bivacco Matteo Corradini.
Ilaria Perron Cabus, Francesco Bogetti, the families Berrone, Perron Cabus and the group
ABC for the support and
use of the Bivacco Stefano Berrone.
Comuni di Oulx and Comune Cesana Torinese.
Paolo Manera, Alec Von Bargen, Francesco Giai Via.
Eleonora Monge (Infini.to Planetario di Torino).
Gallerie d’Italia Torino, Antonio Carloni, Simona Cantone, Antonella D’Amico, Federica Bianchi, Giulia Borroni, Marta Cirinei, Alessandro Andrea Ferro, Luca Lanni, Alessia Pagano, Antonella Pellegrino, Davide Rossini, Luca Saporiti, Silvia Stabile.
Mercato Centrale Torino, Giulia Bellana, Andrea Balestrino, Samuele Benedetto, Pierpaolo Mantuano, Rocco Palma,
Federico Savini, Simone Terribile.
Emiliano Alborghetti e Sae Institute, Monica Bua e Epson,
Fabio Babetto e Francesco Pecini e Nanlite, Gruppo TFS,
Patona, Letizia Buti e Montarbo, Iaria Gaspari e Rycote, Piero Fragola e Tip Top, Pino La Rosa e Dada Service.
© ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 2025 MYBOSS SRL, KINO PRODUZIONI, ARTECO, EX.
Kino Produzioni and Mybosswas present
Thermocene
A feature-length film by
Giorgio Ferrero
In the glacial isolation of the Alpine peaks between Italy and France, two composers immerse themselves in a unique collaboration, with the aim of transforming into a musical symphony the invisible traces of humanity in the air: short waves, satellite radio signals, electromagnetic fields, fine particulate matter, and valley noises.
Sheltered in two futuristic structures, the Black Body Mountain Shelter and the Pinwheel Shelter, thirty kilometers apart from each other at an altitude of three thousand meters, they remain connected and synchronized through a digital internet signal.
Meanwhile, in cities such as Los Angeles, New York, Reykjavík, Varanasi, Lagos, Kuwait City, Tokyo, N’Djamena, and London, about ten visionary figures from different disciplines such as physics, philosophy, architecture, theology, and activism move through their frenetic lives.
These thinkers and artists imagine the habits of life in a transformed world, as if the changes had already taken place.
Their days unfold before the viewer, revealing how even the simplest gestures, such as walking, eating, sleeping, or working, have adapted to a radically changed reality.
The concept of family is no longer tied to tradition, but is redefined by necessity and invention. Food practices have evolved, shaped by scarcity and sustainability, transforming not only what is eaten but also the ways in which food is accessed. Movement through space has also changed, influenced by new energy sources, environmental constraints, and technological shifts.
Every aspect of human activity now flows along a transformed course, shaped by the profound metamorphosis of the habitat and redefined by a new awareness: that of human omnipresence and the inseparable bond between life and nature.
These individuals, through their paths and perspectives, do not merely theorize possible futures, they live them. They are the architects of a necessary existence, building their own path by integrating adaptation and foresight into everyday life.
The lives of these visionaries, immersed in noisy, chaotic, hyper-urbanized, and often alienating environments, unfold at an alternative and renewed rhythm, parallel to that of the two composers at three thousand meters in the Alps. Through this parallelism of gestures and lived experiences, all the characters in the film embody a new relationship between human beings and habitat.
Zero impact does not exist.
From this idea was born Thermocene, a multidisciplinary project by Giorgio Ferrero, which began its development path through an exhibition by Giorgio Ferrero, Rodolfo Mongitore (Mybosswas) and EX., curated by ARTECO (Beatrice Zanelli and Camilla Zennaro), presented in several exhibition venues.
An immersive installation that brings together art, architecture, music, cinema, and science, part of an ever-evolving project that includes a traveling exhibition, a film, and a publication.
Reflecting on the urgency of a new and necessary synergy between environment and society, the work investigates the evolution of interconnected cooperation through the invasive traces of human devices in the age of climate change: the Thermocene.
At the heart of the project lies a visual and sonic symphony created by Giorgio Ferrero and Rodolfo Mongitore (Mybosswas), hosted inside two futuristic bivouacs located at 3,000 meters above sea level in the Piedmont Alps, designed by Studio EX.
Far from representing the mountain as an untouched natural landscape, Thermocene reinterprets it as an environment shaped by invisible infrastructures and signs of human presence: fragments of radio transmissions, encrypted military codes, satellite communications and interferences, fine dust detectors, and sounds coming from the valleys.
Starting from the collected signals, composers Ferrero and Mongitore, separated by thirty kilometers and immersed in a glacial solitude, even deprived of essential services but connected through a digital signal, created a synchronized visual and sonic symphony.
Thermocene seeks to demonstrate, in a poetic and empirical way, that it is impossible to imagine a planet free from the overwhelming impact of human beings. In this context, the idea of “zero impact” reveals itself as an unattainable utopia.
Human presence exists even where it seems invisible, and awareness of a nature increasingly polluted by human devices will inevitably become central to a new understanding of freedom and survival in an era we struggle to accept: the Thermocene.
The installation was presented in 2025 at the 19th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Carlo Ratti, at GAMeC in Bergamo, and at Gallerie d’Italia in Turin.
An installation exhibition by
Giorgio Ferrero, Rodolfo Mongitore (Mybosswas) & EX.
Curated by
ARTECO (Beatrice Zanelli and Camilla Zennaro)
Thermocene is also a live performance, premiered in the immersive hall of Gallerie d’Italia in Turin, in which the dozens of sounds collected in the ether at three thousand meters above sea level are transformed live into a symphony for two electronic musicians and two sound diffusion systems in constant dialogue with one another.
