The video installation in the Archivio di Stato di Palermo (State Archives of Palermo) is inspired by the vicissitudes of the film director Vittorio De Seta. He was subjected many times to the control of the authorities because his art was suspected of concealing a hidden agenda in favour of “communist” subversive societies. These suspicions were found in a folder discovered by the artists between thousands of un-catalogued documents that time has transformed into stratified matter, paper fossils, dust and faded ink. Dated 1956, it contains numerous dossiers and reports concerning artists, directors, writers and journalists. The image of a puppet because it is a sculptural object capable of absorbing images of controlled moods within itself, thus amplifying its own living and disturbing significance, conveying a sense of mystery and emotionality. The puppet is the metaphor of an artist. The artist is a man who frees things even when he is himself tied up and controlled.