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Last Issue: #31 The Journey
Twenty thousand leagues under the sea by Jules Verne (1825-1905). This book is the answer to my thoughts on travel. It certainly anticipated the saga...Read more
What’s On… for Kids (mostly)! December 2010
-> What's On... for Kids (mostly)! December 2010Winter brings out the creative side in all of us! What better time than the holidays to make some crafts in some of these great workshops, or to get involved in something new with a lecture or special visit. A list of options that I could dig up in Italian or English in Italy... let us know if you've seen anything else similar, here or abroad! Art...
continue..What’s On November 2010
-> What's On November 2010A month of art throughout the Italian peninsula from the world of illywords... Torino, November 5-7: Artissima International contemporary art fair. Illywords will be present - article to follow. Rimini, November 6-27: Leonardo Sonnoli (who collaborated with illywords through Ivrea), presents Poemi quotidiani. This exhibit takes an ironic loo...
continue..What’s on – July 2010
-> What's on - July 2010An eclectic selection of exhibitions and arts events from the world of illywords, located around the world, for July 2010. Just opened... in Italy June 24 to September 26 2010: At the Triennale Bovisa in Milan, "It's not only rock and roll baby" is a line-up of rock concerts including Patti Smith (Sept 12) who will also exhibit her visual a...
continue..What’s On – week of May 10, 2010
-> What's On - week of May 10, 2010What's on for the week of May 10, 2010. Spring is in full force here in Italy and the art world is blooming along with our gardens. There's so much going on, not only here but, in this week's listings, also in Barcelona and Sydney. Now playing Until the end of June it's the Primavera Cultural in Barcelona, with a rich programme of music, perform...
continue..Artists put food on the table!
-> Artists put food on the table!I hope the brilliant artists who participated in this "convivial moment" will forgive me the joke title and enjoy watching the video below, which I will introduce no further. ...
continue..A kind of paper facebook – the cover of illywords #28
-> A kind of paper facebook - the cover of illywords #28Designer Marti Guixe recounts how the cover of illywords #28 developed out of a conversation between him and Pietro Corraini. I asked him to tell us about it while at his book signing party at Corraini's Milan headquarters (in Zona Tortona). More photos and videos from that party coming up soon! ...
continue..Martí Guixé Fan Shop @ Corraini during Salone del Mobile
-> Martí Guixé Fan Shop @ Corraini during Salone del MobileIn occasion of Fuori Salone 2010 (part of the Salone del Mobile in Milan, April 14-18), the offices of publisher Edizioni Corraini will be transformed into an artistic space designed by Martí Guixé. All the Corraini books will be on display, as well as some of the most unusual objects designed by Guixé (his stuff is fabulous, see his website). ...
continue..What’s on (Feb 22)
-> What's on (Feb 22)What's on for the week of February 22 2010 - a weekly listing of exhibits and events from members of the illywords community. RIGHT NOW Vernissage: Friday 26.02.2010, 18:00 (show until April 1): Noch mal leben, A photographic exhibition about life and death by Walter Schels and Beate Lakotta, presented by the Free University of Bolzano (whose...
continue..The essential Martí
Magazine -> #14 RefreshLet’s take irony: a linguistic picklock, a means for coping and coming to grips with an ever changing world, a way of putting oneself on the board. Irony hasn’t much currency lately, a circumstance that often makes for cultural doldrums. How does irony fit into your works? Well, I take it as a personal commitment to ensure that all my works ...
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