The sky of July
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
THE PLANETS MERCURY: from day 1 just after sunset until mid-month. VENUS: visible in the morning just before dawn in the constellation Taurus, with Aldebaran and Jupiter it forms a trio for the duration of the month. MARS: visible in the first hour after sunset among the stars of Virgo, during the month approaching the
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The “angelic black light” of Costas Ordolis
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
This year’s edition of the recently concluded European Photography in Reggio Emilia has got me excited. Among the many proposed exhibits, other than those of the “great” ones such as Bialobrzeski and Vitali, (it’s a fantastic opportunity to see them together … two of my most admired artists), the one that caught my attention was
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Sweet Japan
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
Japanese sweets are called wagashi, usually they’re based on natural ingredients such as rice, beans and fruits, and are decorated with leafs and edible flower petals. They contain little fat and less calories than other types of sweets. Their history is very ancient: today’s recipes were in fact influenced by Chinese and Western ones. There
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Fermoeditore, noir and IED: a winning combination
Wednesday, 04 July 2012
27 June: great excitement for the editor of IED (Instituto Europeo di Design) in Milan. A few months ago, all the students of the illustration class were invited by the publishing to work on the theme of “noir” in a broad sense, without precluding creative ways: seven of them completed the project with excellent results,
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The ill-treated: Sparks, Indiscreet
Tuesday, 03 July 2012
At the time of Peter Gabriel’s Genesis, there was so much good music. Really a lot. Limiting ourselves to the UK alone, in addition to progressive, which later became classic like Genesis, King Crimson, Van Der Graaf Generator and playing away, there were other genres worthy of great attention, such as the so-called “Canterbury school”
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Sculptures in limestone and metal
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Alabama Sculptor DeeDee Morrison’s studio is nestled in a limestone quarry. An active one. “It’s an old Republic Steel Plant that closed down, but it’s got wonderful buildings,” she says. “Now it’s an operable quarry for road-grade material”. For an artist, that can lead to some interesting moments. “When they blast, some of the stone
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The sound how you haven’t ever seen
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
Those who enter the Casa del Suono (“House of Sound”), a cutting-edge project created through collaboration between Casa della Musica and the University of Parma, embark on an adventure into the technological dimension of sound. Housed in the artfully renovated former Church of Santa Elisabetta (mid-17th century), it provides a reflection on how we listen
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Accessories that solve: the headscarf
Wednesday, 20 June 2012
The headscarf is a stylish and versatile accessory, particularly in vogue in the 1960s, but still very up-to-date and presented in a thousand different ways by designers for spring-summer 2012. We all remember it being used by Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly, who wore it on their heads, knotted under the chin, as was the
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Silvia’s unbearable lightness
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
“Have you ever written a haiku?” This is the question that Maurizio asked his friend Silvia some time ago. The answer was negative; Silvia did not know that word meant, but remembered having read a book many years before with the glaring title Snow – a novel by Maxence Fermine in which haiku was also
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The ill-treated: Pink Floyd, Obscured By Clouds
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
PINK FLOYD, Obscured By Clouds – Music From The Film La vallée, Harvest 1972 Here we are once more with Pink Floyd, in their second recording for the director Barbet Schroeder. More was followed by the soundtrack for Zabriskie Point by Antonioni, which only featured three Pink Floyd tracks, including the remix of Careful with
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