DESIGN DAY: Tell me about Vico: Stefano Boeri and Patricia Urquiola narrate the Vico Magistretti Studio Museum
VICO MAGISTRETTI (06.10.1920 – 19.09.2006) Vico Magistretti was an Italian architect, as well as furniture and industrial designer. For many years he was a leading figure of Milan Rationalism, and developed timeless solutions for technical and formal problems. Magistretti was born on 6 October 1920 in Milan. The son of an architect, he began his own […]
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ITALIAN DESIGN DAY
Italian Design Day – 02 March 2017 Design in Italy permeates the fields of culture, art and philosophy to such an extent that it constitutes our society’s innate pattern; its novelty combined with the solidity of the traditional handicrafts and with the unprejudiced experimentation gives origin to Italian designers’ personal style. Besides, thanks to the […]
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FILM: LOST IN LAOS – Comedy | 2012
Cinema at the Institute: RIFF on Tour LOST IN LAOS Director: Alessandro Zunino Year: 2012 | Duration: 113 min Cast: Daniela Camera, Daniele Pitari, Carla Signoris, Dario Vergassola In Italian with subtitles in English Daniela and Paolo decide to take a vacation in Vang Vieng in Laos, practicing tubing, rafting and having fun. After an impromptu […]
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ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA (I+II) – Drama | Crime – 1984
DOUBLE BILL: Cinema at the Institute: The Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone In Italian with English subtitles James Coburn is top-billed as John H. Mallory, an Irish soldier of fortune with a penchant for explosives. Rod Steiger plays Juan Miranda, another mercenary who wants to utilize Mallory’s specialty to blast into a bank. Director – […]
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Federica Chiocchetti co-curator at JaipurPhoto 2017
JaipurPhoto is an international open-air travel photography festival held every February in the Pink City. It offers a curated selection of photography inspired by the notion of journeys and visions as an outsider staged at various public locations across Jaipur. The visitors are invited to discover its remarkable heritage while visiting the large-format exhibitions, which […]
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A FISTFUL OF DYNAMITE – Adventure – 1971
Cinema at the Institute: The Spaghetti Westerns of Sergio Leone In English James Coburn is top-billed as John H. Mallory, an Irish soldier of fortune with a penchant for explosives. Rod Steiger plays Juan Miranda, another mercenary who wants to utilize Mallory’s specialty to blast into a bank. Director – Sergio Leone Cast – James […]
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FRANCESCA FINI : BLIND Performance
BLIND is an experimental performance which blends body-art and interaction design. The purpose of the performance is to transport the audience in an immersive dimension in which the performer becomes the vehicle of an experience of color through interactive sound and visuals. The webcam is programmed in order to recognize the special “wave” emitted by […]
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ART: Screening of the Film – “Ofelia non annega” di Francesca Fini
Screening of the Film “Ophelia did not drown“ Written and directed by Francesca Fini, “Ophelia did not drown” is a 90 minutes’ performance art film produced in collaboration with Istituto Luce Cinecittà. The movie integrates heterogeneous languages seemingly incompatible: the sociological national repertoire and original performance art specifically designed for this project. At the center, […]
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VISIONARY ACTIONS – Live media performance art workshop by FRANCESCA FINI
Visionary Actions is a two day workshop dedicated to live media performance art and experimental videoworks for dancers, performance artists, actors and filmmakers. The seminar aims to stimulate personal and professional creativity in manufacturing a live media performance art work based on the use of the body (which is the starting and ending point of […]
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Meda, Alessi and Ratti at INDIA DESIGN 2017
ID Symposium A three-day action packed event that forms part of India Design ID in New Delhi. ID Symposium offers a great platform for panel discussions, interactive sessions, debates and dialogues centered around design. Expect to find noted architects, design luminaries and creative professionals from India and around the globe, sharing ideas, knowledge and their […]
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