It may seem a truism to say that every industrialized society lives in a state of torment, great changes and deep contradictions. Every day an enormous amount of information, data and streams of numbers pass through cables or over our heads in imprecise regions between earth and sky. … In my opinion the best contemporary definition of “Nomadic knowledge” is the way we dress.
Read moreAre you a visual artist?
Or you are a music composer that would like to innovate the conventional character of Berlin´s musical life?
Or you are rather a writer and you want to engage a dialogue between cultures through the verbal mode of communication that you so well know is able to supercede all cultural limitations? … Well, then you should apply for the Berliner Künstlerprogramm to get a scholarship and come to Berlin for one year.
In London partying is something that can not be avoided.
In London doing strange things is something that seems more than normal.
In London during the weekend everything can happen, more than anywhere else. … Big part of this ‘nomadic life’ is meeting new people and possibly spending good time together.
Roberto Ceresia is a young Italian man with a passion for art inherited by his family running for years an antique art shop in Palermo. In 2005 he started a contemporary art gallery in his hometown, began focusing on new artistic waves from China and introduced young talented Chinese artists on the Italian scene. Next, in 2008, Roberto felt it was time to be on the move and to settle down in China to pursue his vision.
Read more
Remember Studio 54, the legendary New York nightclub where Andy Warhol and Grace Jones partied away the last days of disco until the Aids epidemic brought everything to a screeching halt?
Unthinkable today! There are no legendary night clubs in New York anymore. … That doesn’t mean, of course, that there is no nightlife. It just took on a different shape…
Watch this video message by Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia and be part of the petition “Wikipedia for world heritage” in order to get the chartiy institution recognized as one of UNESCO’s World Cultural Heritage Sites.
Message from Jimmy Wales from Wikipedia for World Heritage on Vimeo.
Read moreWhen friends come and visit in Berlin, from Italy for instance, they always get surprised because of the multitude of young and not-so-young people comfortably sitting in the cafés of Mitte with a tall cappuccino and a computer in front of them. And they ask me intrigued: “What are these people doing? And by the way, why are they so relaxed?”
Read more
Pixar celebrates over 2 decades of success with an exhibition that opened at MoMa in New York (2005-2006) and it is now travelling Europe, starting from the Milan venue at PAC (until February the 12th).
What is amazing of Pixar production is that there is no country in the world where an animation can’t be fully appreciated in every possible reference and detail. How does Pixar communicate with every type of viewers no matter what his/her culture, language or age is?
A very controversial issue that makes me anxious. In 2004 when we launched the theme “Nomadic Knowledge”, Wiky Leaks was still very far to come. At that time we did not know this international organization based on the transfer via web of encrypted information, which got so powerful to get his key man Julian Assange into trouble.
Read moreTomás Saraceno Cloud Cities exhibition is one of the most charming examples of interdisciplinary cooperation, I have ever experienced. This visionary young artist actually truly combined architecture, science and art to create a breathtaking installation done out of big bubbles floating in the main hall of the Nationalgalerie in the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin.
Read more
Hello everyone!
Even though at the start of this year there is not much enthusiasm around us – well, as a matter of fact the news are not supporting our mood … the ship sinking at the Island of Giglio, as well as the spread in Italy and the politics in Europe – we at illywords think positively! That´s why we have been working hard to shake up and restart in a big way our cultural research allthrough the themes of the year. … First of all, I would like to welcome our new bloggers Chiara, Steve and Danilo …
andrea illy angela vettese architecture Art artist berlin Biennale business coffee Colour communication community company creativity culture Design europe experience food future history idea ideas innovation internet Italy knowledge life london michelangelo pistoletto milan mind new york Passion past people school social Society Students time tradition university venice world
WP Cumulus Flash tag cloud by Roy Tanck requires Flash Player 9 or better.
"Where I am, makes me what I am"
“The time is always right to do the right thing”
"Liberty is about our rights to question everything".
"To me the eyes of the people are a door for something else, and whatever is happening in their lives, I pick it up. You can’t imagine how much I cried in that piece. ... And I cry out in the saddest way, so they are free".
“When you perform, half of the brain has to be in complete control and the other half of the brain has to be at a complete loss.”
"Old friends pass away, new friends appear. It is just like the days. An old day passes, a new day arrives. The important thing is to make it meaningful: a meaningful friend - or a meaningful day".
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.”
Yes friends, I firmly believe that one day water will be used as fuel.
Awakening, resistance, responsibility (three words to reconcile economy and ethics)
What matters is being as light as a swallow, not as a feather.
What’s needed is a new covenant between technology and humankind.
Colour is an alphabet.
The meaning of colour evolves in parallel with culture.
Colour has always been with us and has been, and will always be, one of the great unsolved mysteries.
All I do is take away colour to get to the light.
People who have ideas, continually have new ideas. You are better off letting go of your ideas as it means that you no longer have to do them anymore. You are living life in the most efficient manner.
Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail Again. Fail better.
On the pages of illywords, the works of writers, artists and established professionals are the inspiration for the ideas and images of emerging artists, photographers and...
Read more
Latest suggestion
Yutaka Makino at the DAAD Galerie in Berlin: pushing you to the limitsAre you a visual artist? Or you are a music composer that would like to innovate the conventional c... More in Suggestion | Latest link
The new trend in NY: global nomads meeting in hotels. A new shape for your nightlife in the Big Apple.Remember Studio 54, the legendary New York nightclub where Andy Warhol and Grace Jones partied away ... More in Last link |
