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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
Rome: art to experience, art to live with
-> Rome: art to experience, art to live withI was recently in Rome for work. Rain, strikes… the usual these days. Out of the greyness of weather and humanity I stepped into the Maxxi, the incredible new Roman museum already described by Alexandra (and I can only concur with her positive opinion). I met the director Anna Mattirolo whose warm energy and enthusiasm made me feel welcome and...
continue..Museum Happy Hour Directory
-> Museum Happy Hour DirectoryI wrote about the phenomenon of the "Museum Happy Hour" and I thought it would be useful to create a list, or directory, of the best museum evening events. They're a great way to enjoy an evening with art, or "the arts", as they often combine music, visual arts, performance and of course food and drink. If you're visiting one of the cities liste...
continue..MAXXI-mum space in Rome
-> MAXXI-mum space in RomeThe new contemporary art museum in Rome, MAXXI, opened May 30th 2010. Controversy still surrounds the design of the building by architect Zaha Hadid, but one thing's for sure: there is a new, international feeling in and around this building. I went to the MAXXI last week to breathe some of this international, contemporary air. I was ready to ...
continue..University of studies of Rome “LA SAPIENZA”
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecologySince its inception ten years ago, the highly articulated and academically teeming course on industrial design of La Sapienza University in Rome has come to play an important role on the national scene under the direction of its president, Professor Tonino Paris, and with its highly renowned masters and research doctorates is attracting increasing ...
continue..Vertical or Horizontal city?
Magazine -> #19 AequòpolisThere is a famous story bandied about by the world’s leading historians. They say that, at a certain point in Babylon, part of the city was occupied by invaders and enemies, and the other parts knew nothing about it. In other words, there was no communication between the various parts of the city (...). The problem I’ve been feeling as a maj...
continue..Labour ecology
Magazine -> #15 Techno-ecologyWhat matters is being as light as a swallow, not as a feather. This statement, quoted from Paul Valery, is Domenico De Masi's visiting card, and it's the first thing browsers to his site [www.domenicodemasi.it] come across. The mental flexibility and agility suggested by these words are indeed a hallmark of the man. Domenico De Masi teaches la...
continue..Escher, the multiple artist
Magazine -> #10 Nomadic knowledgeKnowledge is always on the move, more than ever an exploratory practice. It scours its way through territories, comes alive in its relationship with others, and is especially enriched when the lore and learning in one field manage to cut across disciplinary borders and meet up with those in other fields. The works of M.C. Escher, a Dutch graphic...
continue..A story-telling artist
Magazine -> #9 CoopetitionIntroduction by Angela Vettese, art critic and journalist. A toy train emerges from the mouth of Jannis Kounellis. No, it's not a return to one's childhood. It's rather a way of acknowledging to what extent the great railroad age, the age that revolutionised freighting, the age when corn used to travel in jute sacks loaded in cars running on ste...
continue..City: a history book
Magazine -> #19 AequòpolisObviously, the imagination feeds on knowledge. You need to know things before you can imagine them. This is where it comes in handy to read books about that concentrated mass of human history: cities. In Europe, large cities are usually unsuitable, even to accommodate modernity. Even in a metropolis like London or Paris, where large avenues were ...
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