Catalogo dell’immagine-giocattolo. Attorno a Ghiro ghiro tondo di Gianikian e Ricci Lucchi

The article develops an analysis of the film Ghiro ghiro tondo (2007) created in HI8 format by the filmmaking couple Yervant Gianikian and Angela Ricci Lucchi. It highlights the uniqueness of the film while also contextualising it within the continuity of the couple's filmography, demonstrating how it does not conceptually deviate from what they have created with the device they invented called the "analytical camera." The interpretation continues by relating the film to other artists and thinkers who have dedicated part of their work to toys and dolls: Victor Hugo, Hans Bellmer, Oskar Kokoschka and Walter Benjamin. Finally, the contribution delves into the relationship between sight and touch and the haptic quality of the image readable through the film, showing how the image itself is like a game to be manipulated and catalogued.