To follow lecture by Prof.ssa Roberta Carpani – The passion in a room.
OLIVETTI”The first design object that came into my house was a Lettera 32. My first typewriter. The machine, portable, followed me on the train, giving me a job. It was a recognizable tool. It’s beautiful. An industrial product, but beautiful. Olivetti, this time had entered my home. When Gabriele Vacis began to speak of a text on Olivetti creations, Ivrea was beginning to experience hard times. Ivrea today is a paradise lost. Employment problems have darkened the face of the city that was once the cradle of the unique, urban, industrial, cultural, and civil dream of all of Europe. ‘Olivetti’ is the story of Camillo, the pioneer, the inventor, the capricious, maverick genius who founded the first Italian typewriting factory in the early 1900s. With the help of biographies, interviews, and literary texts (“essential” is Natalia Ginzburg’s witty description of him in Lessico Familiare), I have rebuilt his life, the figures who revolved around him, his environment, and his business. It is the epic tale of an adventure and, as such, compelling: full of twists and turns, of challenges to overcome, of struggles, of love, of heroes. The most extraordinary thing is that it is all true.”
In narrative theater, the actor’s body and voice are the fundamental points of stage language. The performer is capable of evoking visions that capture and involve the audience’s imagination. Little known outside the European context, narrative theater is one of the most interesting and lively artistic movements in the world of contemporary Italian theater.
The Italian Cultural Institute is bringing to New York a selection of works that will be performed in the original Italian version with English subtitles. The authors also often perform the pieces.
The wealth and purity of the language make these three performances a particularly interesting opportunity to practice and improve the knowledge of our language.
Curator: Diana Del Monte