Events 2002
January |
thursday 11 - 6.30pm |
monday 15 - 6.30pm Infinite Variety: Portraits of a Muse Elizabeth Shepherd in a performance based on the book of the same title by Scot Ryersson and Michael Yaccarino (Pimlico Books). A one-woman show which brings to life the legendary 'dark lady' Marchesa Luisa Casati, a famous and eccentric celebrity in Europe at the beginning of the 20th century. |
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thursday 18 - 6pm Pasolini Soiree Screening of his last film "Salo'" (English subtitles) + Pasolini's favourite actress Laura Betti in performance. A homage to the acclaimed and iconoclastic author of novels, poetry and films. |
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monday 22 - 6.30pm Fashion Energies Photographic exhibition by Ellen von Unwerth for Miss Sixty and fashion show. Miss Sixty is a popular brand for young people which combines classic and trendy details. |
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February |
thursday 1 - 6.30pm
Extra/Ordinary Objects Opening of the exhibition on the 20th century 'archaeological' findings curated by the magazine "Colors". Special catalogue "1000 Objects: Extra/Ordinary Things" published by Taschen. Presentation by Peter Gabriel. Venue: David Gill Galleries, 3 Loughborough Street, London SE11. Tel. 7793 1100. The exhibition will be open until February 14th. |
monday 5 - 6.30pm
Fabrica Cinema Screening of the film "Journey to the Sun" by Yesim Ustaoglu, in competition at the 49th Berlin Film Festival. British preview, English subtitles. At the Italian Cultural Institute. |
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monday 12 - 6.30pm
Fabrica Cinema Screening of the short "Afterwords" by Gianfranco Rosi, Jean-Sebastien Lallemand and Carlos Martinez Casas, presented at the 57th Venice Film Festival, in the presence of the authors. British preview, English subtitles. At the Italian Cultural Institute. |
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wednesday 14 - 6.30pm
Fabrica Project A selection of photos, videos, design and graphics realized by Fabrica's artists. At the Italian Cultural Institute. |
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monday 19 - 6.30pm
Fabrica Musica "Presenza e Virtualita'": a concert by Fabrica Musica in collaboration with students of the Institute of Applied Theatre Studies of the University of Giessen, Germany. Project coordinators: Heiner Goebbels, Andrea Molino. At the Italian Cultural Institute. |
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monday 26 - 6.30pm
Fabrica Cinema Screening of the film "Seventeen Years" by Zhang Yuan, in competition at the 56th Venice Film Festival (Best Director's Prize). British preview, English subtitles. At the Italian Cultural Institute. |
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March |
thursday 1 - 6.30pm
The Literary Heritage Site Project "Old Calabria. Norman Douglas and The Grand Tour", presented by Denis Mack Smith, Philip Marsden, Mirella Barracco and Giuseppe Merlino. In collaboration with Fondazione Napoli Novantanove. |
monday 5 - 6.30pm
Patrizia Valduga & Alan Jenkins Patrizia Valduga is one of the most daring, strikingly original and controversial voices of her generation. Her latest collection, published by Einaudi, is "Prima Antologia". Alan Jenkins is the TLS's Deputy Editor. His poetry has won much acclaim: his collection "Harm" won the Forward Prize for Best Collection. His most recent book, "The Drift", has been short-listed for the T. S. Eliot Prize. |
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9 march - 4.30pm Va' Pensiero Day. |
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monday 12- 6.30pm
Franco Marcoaldi & Christopher Reid Franco Marcoaldi is one of the Italy most interesting poets of today and an incisive literary critic. Einaudi has recently published his poems "L'isola Celeste". Christopher Reid lives in London and is Poetry Editor of Faber and Faber. In 1979 he won the prestigious Somerset Maugham Award for his first collection (Arcadia) and since then he has published five major and much acclaimed collections. |
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monday 19 - 6.30pm
Valerio Magrelli & Jamie McKendrick Valerio Magrelli's poetry has been welcomed at home as well as abroad as the protagonist of a 'new movement' in Italian poetry. His much acclaimed "Esercizi di Tipologia" has recently been translated by Anthony Molino ("The Contagion of Matter", Holmes and Meier). Jamie McKendrick lives and works in Oxford. His 1997 collection "The Marble Fly" won the Forward Prize of Best Collection. In 2000 Faber and Faber has published a compendium of poems from his first three collections "Sky Nails". He is a gifted translator from Italian and has translated poems by Magrelli, Cavalli and Valduga. At the end of the meeting, opening of the photographic exhibition "The Images of Poetry" by Vincenzo Cottinelli. Cottinelli's photographs have appeared in newspapers world-wide such as "The European", "Asiaweek" and "Il Corriere della Sera". |
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monday 26 - 6.30pm
Patrizia Cavalli & Jo Shapcott Patrizia Cavalli's "Sempre Aperto Teatro" won the prestigious Premio Viareggio for poetry in 1999. Since the first collection ("Le Mie Poesie Non Cambieranno il Mondo") her poetry has come to be recognised as the expression of a distinctive and original poetic personality. Jo Shapcott lives and works in London. Faber and Faber has recently published a compendium from all three of her award-winning collections, "Her Book. Poems 1988-1998". She is one of the most original and daring voices of her generation. |
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thursday 29 - 6.30pm
Caravaggio A performance by the Piccolo Parallelo Company with GianMarco Zappalaglio. To coincide with the exhibition "The Genius of Rome 1592-1623" at the Royal Academy of Arts. |
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April |
FRIDAY 5 - SUNDAY 14
IX ITALIAN FILM FESTIVAL Programme and times will be available later on. With the collaboration of Italian Film Festival and Italian Cultural Institute of Edinburgh. |
MONDAY 15, 7.00PM (TILL 2 MAY)
ALL ABOUT EVE - ART SABRINA SABATO "R.N8" An exhibition by one of the most internationally well known young Italian artist: a journey into western and eastern philosophies. |
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TUESDAY 16, 7PM
EUROPE, MY EUROPE English sculptor Tony Cragg gives a lecture about his personal perceptions of European past and present. This is the second event in a series organized by the Italian Cultural Institute, the Goethe Institute, the French Institute, and Cervantes Institute. Event supported by the I.C.I. |
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SUNDAY 21 (TILL 9 JUNE) MILAN IN A VAN Curated by Gareth Williams, this exhibition will bring the hottest international design (including companies like Kartell, Moroso and B&B Italia) to the V&A just days after products are launched at the 41st annual Milan Furniture Fair, the best and biggest show in the design calendar for the year. Over 200 fringe exhibitions and installations feature grand masters like Ettore Sottsass, Ron Arad and Gaetano Pesce. V&A curators will go to Milan and fill a furniture removal van with the most interesting work on show for immediate display in the new V&A's contemporary space. Event supported by the I.C.I. in collaboration with the Italian Trade Commission. |
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MONDAY 22, 7PM IAN THOMSON MEETS GAIA SERVADIO A conversation between the author of the latest and most accomplished Primo Levi's biography (Primo Levi published by Random House) and the Italian writer Gaia Servadio |
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FRIDAY 26 - SUNDAY 28 12TH CAMBRIDGE CONFERENCE OF CONTEMPORARY POETRY A weekend of international modern poetry, video screenings and musical performances, with poets from around the world reading their own works with simultaneous English translation. Italian guest: Nanni Balestrini. www.cccp-online.org Event supported by I.C.I. |
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May |
FRIDAY 3 (TILL 6 OCTOBER) GIO' PONTI The Design Museum is to celebrate the life and work of Gio' Ponti, one of the 20th century's most influential Italian architects and designers and the doyen of decorative modernism in a major exhibition. Opening times: 10am-5.45pm daily (last admission at 5.45pm) www.designmuseum.org |
FRIDAY 3 - SATURDAY 4, 8PM
ALIANTI A new chamber work by Nicola Campogrande from the libretto by Dario Voltolini. UK premiere of an opera inspired by flying, which mixes the latest examples of contemporary music, jazz and pop, as part of a successful European tour. With: Lucilla Giagnoni, Silvia Testoni, Adriana Zamboni, Saverio Miele, Marco Tardito e Nicola Campogrande. Directed by Antonio Pizzicato. |
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THURSDAY 9, 7PM (TILL 31 JULY) '80S Curated by Studio Bocchi and with the support of Achille Bonito Oliva, one of the most influential Italian art critics, opening of the exhibition which presents works by great artists such as Enzo Cucchi, Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Nicola De Maria, Mimmo Paladino, Luigi Ontani, Remo Salvadori, Carlo Maria Mariani, Salvo, Marco Bagnoli, fashion designers such as Missoni, photographers like Luigi Ghirri and architects like Aldo Rossi. Following the exhibition dedicated to Arte Povera, which explored the '60s and '70s, a major insight into Italian creativity of the decade which marked the return to painting. |
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FRIDAY 17 - SUNDAY 26 ONEDOTZERO Sixth edition of moving images and digital art. Films, features, panels, computer game previews, digital performances, bar, club events and special Italian guests. www.onedotzero.com |
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THURSDAY 21 MAY - SUNDAY 2 JUNE BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI AT A GLANCE A short but revealing retrospective of seen/unseen works by the most important Italian cinema director nowadays. Films: The Grim Reaper (1962); Before the Revolution (1964); Partner (1968); The Spider Stratagem (1970); The Conformist (1970); La Luna (1979); The Tragedy of a Ridiculous Man (1981). With the collaboration of Cinecitta' Holding, The Italian Foreign Office and The Ministry of Cultural Heritage.
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TUESDAY 28 MAY - SATURDAY 8 JUNE, 7.45PM JOHAN PADAN AND THE DISCOVERY OF AMERICA Written, directed and designed by Dario Fo. Fo returns to London after 20 years, with a British premiere of a wonderful piece of storytelling. Defined as "Fo's true heir", actor Mario Pirovano offers an alternative version to the official history of the European conquest of America. Event co-produced by Outlaw Theatre Company and Riverside Studios in association with the I.C. I. |
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June |
THURSDAY 6, 7.30PM FESTA NAPOLETANA Part of Lufthansa Baroque Festival, Cappella della Pieta' de' Turchini returns to London to propose an evening with traditional Southern Italy music: "Tarantolate", "Tammuriate", 17th Century 'Villanelle Napoletane". |
MONDAY 10, 7PM ALL ABOUT EVE - THEATRE PIERA DEGLI ESPOSTI IN "MOLLY CARA" (IN ITALIAN) From the famous Molly Bloom's monologue in "Ulysses" by James Joyce, one of the most challenging and successful theatre roles of the latest decades. Presented for the first time in Milan in '79, the performance has become an authentic classic of the Italian theatre scene. Directed by Ida Bassignano. |
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WEDNESDAY 12, 7PM VISAS FOR LIFE: ITALIAN DIPLOMATS WHO SAVED LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II A seminar, part of a season of events around the exhibition, "Visas for Life" organized by the London Jewish Cultural Centre. |
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July |
WEDNESDAY 10 TUESDAY 16 "NUTS" A PLAY BY FAUSTO PARAVIDINO A new work written by the youngest talented playwright of the Italian theatre scene for International Connections, the National Theatre's new writing programme for teenagers. Each year the NT commissions work from ten world class writers. The programme culminates in a festival at the National Theatre when each of the new plays is premiered. Info: Suzy Graham-Adriani sgadriani@nationaltheatre.org.uk Event supported by I.C.I.
VENUE: National Theatre Southbank, SE1 Box Office: 020 7452 3000 |
THURSDAY 11, SATURDAY 13 AND SUNDAY 14 shorts@soho.it After its first brilliant appearance in 2001 at Tate Modern, here follows the second edition of a season of Italian short films, this year dedicated to fiction by known and less known directors. With the collaboration of Curzon Soho Cinema.
Thurs 11: 6pm; Sat 13: 12 noon; Sun 14: 12 noonFor more details please e-mail: yvette.laviola@italcultur.org.uk VENUE: Curzon Soho Cinema, 93-107 Shaftesbury Ave, W1 Box Office: 020 7734 9209 |
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September |
SATURDAY 7 - SUNDAY 8, 9.00AM - 4.30PM
APPROACHING ORIENTALISATION IN ANTIQUITY International symposium organized by St. John’s College, Oxford. |
FRIDAY 13 - TUESDAY 17
MADE IN ITALY - THE ART OF MISSONI Missoni’s knitted pieces of art are displayed in the lobby of one of the most stylish London hotels to mark the fashion week. |
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SATURDAY 21, 10AM - 5PM LONDON OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND A unique annual event giving free access to all types of buildings, usually not open to the public. The initiative is part of a wide European scheme. The Italian Cultural Institute is proud to participate for the second year running and celebrate London’s wealth of architecture and urban spaces.
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SUNDAY 22 - MONDAY 23 THE MAKING OF A LITERARY TRANSLATION JOHN FLORIO PRIZE The European conference for literary translation is organized by the Italian Cultural Institute, the Goethe Institute, the Instituto Cervantes, the Institut Français, the Greek Embassy, and the Gulbenkian Foundation of Portugal, in collaboration with the British Centre for Literary Translation, the Translators' Association and the Society of Authors. |
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| October | SATURDAY 12 - FRIDAY 18
ITALIAN LANGUAGE WEEK |
SATURDAY 12 10AM - 6PM
OPEN DAY FOR TEACHERS OF ITALIAN A varied programme of activities, including a presentation of ICoN (Italian Culture on the Net) and workshops designed for secondary school teachers of Italian. In collaboration with the Italian Department of Royal Holloway. Plus the chance to browse through the latest textbooks thanks to London’s Italian Bookshop. |
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MONDAY 14, 6.30PM
ITALIA FANTASTICA CRISTINA COMENCINI MEETS ALAN SILLITOE Continuing the successful series of conversations between Italian and English authors. Cristina Comencini is a writer (“The Missing Pages”, Chatto) and film director (“The Best Day of My Life”, 2002; “Follow Your Heart”, 1996). Alan Sillitoe is the celebrated novelist of classics such as “Saturday Night Sunday Morning”; his latest novel is “Birthday” (Flamingo). |
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WEDNESDAY 16, 6.30PM
PANEL DISCUSSION Launch of the book with last year’s conference papers on “Multilingualism in Italy: past and present”. Panel discussion with: Gian Luigi Beccaria, Joseph Cremona, Martin Maiden, Arturo Tosi, Nigel Vincent and Diego Zancani. |
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THURSDAY 17, 6.30PM
LA MIA CASA DOV'È? / WHERE IS MY HOME? An exhibition by Flavio Favelli and Graham Fagen Curated by Vittorio Urbani - Nuova Icona Venice. A show concerning ideas on housing and leaving one’s home: moving, emigrating, etcetera. In the context of the Italian Language Week, the exhibition aims to create a parallelism between issues such as literary translation and visual art interpretation. Until 19 November. |
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18 FRIDAY, 10AM - 4PM
ITALIAN ASSISTANTS' DAY A meeting with the Italian Language Assistants sent to UK (2002-03). Derek Aust, teaching instructor, will give a talk on “Teaching Italian to As/A level students: ideas and textbooks”. Briefing from British Council officers |
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22 TUESDAY, 6.30PM
MADE IN ITALY LAUNCH OF THE GRADUATE FASHION COMPETITION 2003 “The Legacy of Fortuny and the Evolution of Fabric through to the 21st Century”. A talk by Chiara Buss, Curator of Textiles at Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como, and co-author of the book “The Art and Craft of Gianni Versace”. This year competition is inspired by Italy. Fashion students from colleges across the UK will create outfits inspired by Venice, Puccini’s Madame Butterfly, the connection between East and West that materializes in Mariano Fortuny’s dresses. A panel of top designers and fashion experts will select 15 finalists, whose creations will then go on a catwalk show in April 2003. In collaboration with FAD, Fashion Awareness Direct. Endorsed by the British Fashion Council. |
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WEDNESDAY 23 - THURSDAY 24, 8PM REQUIEM The acclaimed Italian theatre group Fanny & Alexander will be performing their large scale electronic opera at the International Festival of Musical Theatre in Cardiff. |
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FRIDAY 25, 10AM -12.30PM | 2PM - 6.30PM CULTURE, CENSORSHIP AND THE STATE IN 20TH CENTURY ITALY Conference organised in collaboration with Guido Bonsaver (Royal Holloway London) and Robert Gordon (University of Cambridge). Among the Italian speakers: Alberto Abruzzese (La Sapienza University, Rome), Giorgio Fabre (journalist of weekly magazine Panorama), Emilio Gentile (La Sapienza University, Rome), Albertina Vittoria (Istituto Gramsci). |
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TUESDAY 29, 8PM ROMEO E GIULIETTA - ET ULTRA Shakespeare's immortal drama returns in this extraordinary theatre production by the Italian theatre group Fanny & Alexander, presented as part of Visions visual performance festival in Brighton. Commissioned by Venice Biennale 2000. www.gardnerarts.co.uk |
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November |
MONDAY 4, 6.30PM
ITALIA FANTASTICA - MARCO LODOLI MEETS NICK HORNBY Marco Lodoli is one of the most appreciated Italian writers of recent generations, author of "The Innocents" (Quartet). Nick Hornby is an English writer beloved by readers all over the world; and by the cinema too.
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TUESDAY 5, 6.30PM
MADE IN ITALY THE CONNECTION BETWEEN EAST AND WEST A talk by renowned textile artist Sally Greaves-Lord. |
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WEDNESDAY 6 - THURSDAY 21
REGUS LONDON FILM FESTIVAL 2002 New Italian films feature strongly in the European strand of the established London film season. Directors and actors will present the best of Italian productions and co-productions. Programme details will be available on www.rlff.com where you can also book online. In collaboration with Italia Cinema.
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TUESDAY 19, 7.45PM
LUDOVICO EINAUDI A CONCERT PART OF THE LONDON JAZZ FESTIVAL IN ASSOCIATION WITH BBC RADIO 3 Einaudi’s commissions have taken him from the heart of the classical world such as La Scala in Milan and New York’s Lincoln Center to work on film, TV scores and dance pieces as well as popular recordings that have made the charts in Europe. His last CD “I Giorni”, eleven solo ballads for piano, was premiered at the ICI in July 2000. We are delighted to welcome him back to London. www.rfh.org.uk |
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WEDNESDAY 27, 6.30PM
MADE IN ITALY PUCCINI AND MADAME BUTTERFLY: OPERA COSTUMES IN THE MOST TRAGIC OF PUCCINI’S OPERAS A talk by Venice-based opera singer Rosie Forbes-Butler |
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December |
MONDAY 2 6.30PM
ITALIA FANTASTICA - ENRICO PALANDRI MEETS TIM PARKS Enrico Palandri, who has generously introduced all the writers invited for the series of Italia Fantastica, is a novelist himself ("Ages Apart", Collins Harvill; "The Way Back", Serpent’s Tail). Tim Parks is the author of ten novels and various works of non-fiction. His latest book is "A Season with Verona" (Secker & Warburg) |
THURSDAY 5, 6.30PM LAUNCH OF ART FOR THE WORLD - ONG Panel discussion with Adelina von Furstenberg (President and founder of the organisation), Apinan Poshyanada (art critic), Rosa Sandretto (art collector) and artists Anish Kapoor, Matt Collishaw and Shirazeh Houshiary. |