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FASHION
wednesday 1 february – sunday 23 april
Next Word:The Work and Wardrobe of Anna Piaggi
For over 30 years Anna Piaggi has influenced international fashion. Her writings for Italian Vogue together with her own extraordinary personal style have inspired some of the most famous fashion names and established the latest trends in haute couture design. Through an exploration of her wardrobe, her writings and her friendships, the V&A will reveal how the life of this doyenne of fashion has created fashion history.
Event supported by the Italian Cultural Institute.
Venue:Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL
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MUSIC & FILM
sun 5 february, 3pm
Strike & Yo Yo Mundi
Eisenstein’s classic with live accompaniment by Yo Yo Mundi.
Sciopero is the Italian word for Strike and the chosen title of Yo Yo Mundi’s live musical accompaniment to Sergei Eisenstein’s debut film (USSR 1925,82 min), featuring historic experiments in the art of montage. Yo Yo Mundi create an all round musical and visual atmosphere, with their guitars swinging from ethereal to punk rock and their gorgeous, swirly
accordion sounds along with tinkling percussion. Waltz-time keyboard tunes and pounding folk-rock complete the opera, placing the band at the apex among the Italian masters of silent film soundtracks.
Event supported by the Italian Cultural Institute.
Venue: Cinema One, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS
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SPECIAL EVENT
thursday 9 february, 6.30pm
Enzimi
The Enzimi Festival runs every year in Rome for 10 days and presents every aspect of contemporary Italian and international art and culture – music, theatre, dance, film, performance and video art – introducing the newest trends and avant-garde expressive means. During the events will be shown a selection of shortmovies.
Famous xcoast dj's will play live after the presentation.
info: savino@italcultur.org.uk
In collaboration with Enzimi
Venue: Italian Cultural Institute
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ART
until 11 february
PITTURA 70. THEN AND NOW
Following the Institute's recent exhibitions of movements such as Arte Povera and Transavanguardia, this exhibition explores various aspects of the art movement known as Analytic Painting, proposing a return to painting with regard to its basic and primary elements: canvas, form, base, surface, colour....
Venue: Italian Cultural Institute
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ART
thursday 16 february – monday 29 may
A Touch of the Divine
Exhibition of Drawings by Federico Barocci in British Collections
The inspiration for this exhibition – the first in Britain devoted to the Italian 16th century artist Federico Barocci – was the superb modello, acquired by the Fitzwilliam in 2002, for his painting The Institution of the Eucharist commissioned by Pope Clement VIII in 1603. Most of his paintings are altarpieces and many of them are still in the churches for which they were made. The display in this exhibition will cover most of his career. Sponsored by SG Hambros.
Event supported by the Italian Cultural Institute.
Venue: Mellon Gallery, the fitzwilliam museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB
free admittance
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PHOTOGRAPHY
thursday 16 february, 6.30pm
Magnum Sees Piemonte
Magnum Sees Piemonte is a photographic look at this region of Italy through the eyes of eleven Magnum photographers. Each photographer was assigned a theme or subject matter and asked to make a series of photographs from his particular point of view. This mission ”was initiated to bring the vitality of Piedmont to life in view of the upcoming Winter Olympics that will take place in 2006.
The exhibition and accompanying book with Magnum Sees Piemonte are produced by the Piemonte Region in collaboration with Magnum Photos with the support of Italian Ministry of
Economics and the European Union.
Venue: Italian Cultural Institute
Exhibition open until thursday 9th march, monday to friday, 10am–5pm
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SOCIAL SCIENCES
thursday 16 – saturday 18 february
Inclusion Exclusion
7th Annual International Postgraduate Conference
Seventh event in a successful series of conferences, this conference will focus on the issues concerned with Central and Eastern Europe and the countries of the former Soviet Union. In particular, it will look at the phenomenon of inclusion and exclusion from the perspective of political, social,economic,as well as historical, literary and cultural studies.
With the participation of internationally acclaimed scholars.
Event supported by the Italian Cultural Institute.
Venue: The School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London, Gower Street, london WC1E 6BT
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MUSIC
wednesday 22 february, 7pm
Italian Music for the 21st Century
Pianist Michelangelo Carbonara and clarinettist Paolo Marchettini perform music by three generations of contemporary Italian composers, such as Nino Rota,Luciano Berio, Ivan Fedele, Ada Gentile, Dimitri Scarlato, Paolo Marchettini.
Venue: Italian Cultural Institute
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MUSIC
thursday 23 – saturday 25 february
2nd Biennial London Fiddle Conference
Bowed String Instruments in Traditional Cultures
A three-day conference with in-depth focus on international fiddle traditions, for academics and fiddle enthusiasts alike. The speakers will explore fiddles of all types, and relationships and contrasts between instruments of the violin type and indigenous bowed string instruments. Among the speakers, Ettore Castagna from Gruppo Nistanimera, Italy, on The Calabrian Lyra:Reviving a Tradition.
Programme: please click here
Event supported by the Italian Cultural Institute
Venue: School of Oriental and African studies, Thornhaugh Street, London WC1H 0XG
info: ed.emery@britishlibrary.net
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LITERATURE
saturday 25 february, 10.30am – 5pm
Pinocchio and the Mechanical Body
Guest speakers will explore,amongst other issues, Pinocchio and the visual arts, the dichotomy puppet-human, the artificial/mechanical/phantom body, as well as many other themes related to, arguably, the most renowned puppet in the history of humankind. Among the speakers Prof.Jean Perrot, of the International Institute Charles Perrault and author of
Le secret de Pinocchio (2003) and Pinocchio; other speakers include Christopher Cairns, Ann Lawson Lucas, Salvatore Consolo, Jill Fell, Stephen Wilson and David Reason.
Event supported by the Italian Cultural Institute.
Venue: Institute of Germanic and Romance Studies, Senate house, Malet Street, London WCE 7HU
e-mail:igrs@sas.ac.uk
Tel: Rosemary Lambeth on 020 7862 8677
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LITERATURE
monday 27 february, 6.30pm
Dialogues
Murder Mysteries: Marcello Fois Meets Iain Pears
The well-known Italian novelist Marcello Fois, author of Advocate (Vintage, 2004), whose latest novel Blood from the Skies is to be published in February 2006 by Harvill Press, meets Iain Pears, acclaimed author of The Portrait (Perennial, 2005). The two writers will discuss the latest trends in mystery murder writing.
Venue: Italian Cultural Institute
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ART
until 28 february
Beyond Painting: Alberto Burri, Lucio Fontana, Piero Manzoni
The show focuses on the period 1950–1963,when the work of these three radical artists had a profound impact, shaping artistic development in Italy and beyond. It offers an exploration of how each artist pioneered the shift beyond painting using unusual materials and innovative
techniques. The display, which features a selection of twenty-five pieces, includes a group of ten works lent by the Burri Foundation in Umbria which have never been seen before in this country.
In collaboration with Tate Modern and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Venue: Tate Modern, Bankside, London SE1 9TG |
