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Deeper rivers flow more silently

Magazine -> #0 Experimentation and innovation

WHAT IS "DESIGN TIME"? My "design time" has changed a lot over the years. When I was young, in Japan, I attended a rationalist school. Designs were dealt with in a very rigorous manner and preceded by a host of preliminary studies to prove that they were logical and functional. When I moved to Italy in 1939, I discovered a more informal and free...

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Dec 14, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: actor, client, confidence, design, designs, experience, expressions, foreigner, idea, italy, japan, modernism, opinions, quality, requirements | Leave A Comment »

Blinding the ears

Magazine -> #27 The Culture of Listening

In front of a cup of coffee with Andrea Bellini The theme of this edition of illywords is “La cultura dell’ascolto” (or “the Culture of Listening”). Did this lead to the idea of choosing “Accecare l’ascolto” (“Blocking the ears”) as the title for the section on theatre and the role of theatrical performance in the modern art...

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Dec 03, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: actor, andrea bellini, artissima, biennal, bourgeois, carmelo bene, creativity, dadaist, ears, entertainer, exhibitions, framework, futuristic, involved, john cage | Leave A Comment »

The self-portrait experience

Magazine -> #24 Self Portrait

In front of a cup of coffee. In the digital era self portraiture enables anyone to produce a work of art instinctively, without knowing anything about photography. I have been using this technique for several years, with children, adolescents and adults from all walks of life, helping them to make self portraits using my own camera, or letting t...

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Sep 18, 2009 | Categories: Experiences | Tags: bob dylan, bodies, camera, cosmos, creator, cristina nunez, dialogue, discover, experience, faces, identity, image, introspection, lens, meaning | Leave A Comment »