L’Illustrazione in prima pagina
Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo. XVI edizione. The relationship between graphic design and publishing spans throughout the twentieth century, presenting several artists who have imprinted many editorial series and entire publishing houses with their individual graphic trait. Suffice to mention Ferenc Pinter and John Alcorn. During the last decade this tradition was revitalized by […]
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ARIOSTO AFTER 500 YEARS: A SYMPOSIUM
Settimana della lingua italiana nel mondo. XVI edizione. On the occasion of the fifth centenary of the publication of the Orlando Furioso, the City University of New York and New York University in collaboration with the Italian Cultural Institute and the Columbia University, Department of Italian, are organizing an international symposium attended by eminent scholars, […]
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“LABIR INTO”
Acclaimed Italian choreographer Caterina Rago will return to New York this fall with her company of eight female dancers in her new full-evening work, “Labir Into,” October 6 though October 8 at New York Live Arts. Caterina Rago is the only female choreographer from Italy running a modern dance company in NYC. Labir Into, named […]
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CENERE (1916) With live sound track by Rossella Spinosa
Rossella Spinosa, an Italian pianist and composer, specialized in creating live sound tracks to silent movies, will present in world premiere her new composition for solo piano on Cenere (Ash), 1916. This year marks the one hundred anniversary of the film, directed and interpreted by Febo Mari with the special participation of the actress Eleonora […]
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JULIUS CAESAR SPARED PARTS
For his New York City debut, in the Crossing the Line Festival, Castellucci deconstructs Julius Caesar into a brief, phantasmagorical dreamscape set among the marble columns of Federal Hall, birthplace of the American republic. Shakespeare’s famous speeches are transformed into an almost unrecognizable meditation on mortality and meaning as they are delivered by statuesque figures […]
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“Cover Revolution!” Illustrators and the New Face of Italian Publishing
The exhibition “Cover Revolution!” aims at highlighting how, during the last ten years, illustrators have contributed to reinventing the image of the major Italian publishing houses. The show features works by some of the most popular and acclaimed Italian illustrators, such as Lorenzo Mattotti, Franco Matticchio, Guido Scarabottolo, Gianluigi Toccafondo, Emiliano Ponzi and Olimpia Zagnoli. […]
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THE EUROPEAN UNION A challenge and an achievement
The European Union: a challenge and an achievement. Panelists: Peter Lindseth, Gian Giacomo Migone, Nadia Urbinati, Joseph Weiler. While the European states were sinking in totalitarian regimes and preparing for the war, few anti-Fascists confined by the Fascist regime in a remote Mediterranean island wrote the Manifesto envisaging the future European Union. The Manifesto […]
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IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE
In The Mood For Love – Book Presentation By Federico Possati, with Michele Maturo Presented by Thomas Roma Readings by Carlotta Brentan Earlier this year, New York-based Italian photographer Federico Possati traveled to Las Vegas on Valentine’s Day weekend with the semi-serious intention of drawing a portrait of love. Somewhere between the artificiality of the […]
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PATRIZIA GUARNIERI Book Presentation
Italian Psychology and Jewish Emigration under Fascism, From Florence to Jerusalem and New York, by Patrizia GuarnIeri. With the participation of Guido Calabresi and Mary Gibson. In collaboration with Primo Levi Center New York. Fascism and the racial laws of 1938 dramatically changed the scientific research and the academic community. Guarnieri focuses on psychology, from […]
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LUCA CIARLA violin, vocals live loops & electronics
Italian musician Luca Ciarla redraws the borders of jazz violin with a loop pedal, his voice and electronics. One by one, he performs live all the roles, playing his instrument like a guitar, a bass, or a percussion, unfolding new improvisations and virtuoso passages. In this imaginative landscape Luca sings, whistles, plays other little instruments; […]
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