Magic silver between deserts of grass
Friday, 10 February 2017
by Luana Cenci In Central Asia, at the question about what is the best bride, they answers: “the one that cannot touch her toes for the abundance and the weight of her jewelry”. Descendants of the ancient Oghuz from Mongolia, the Turkmen groups were warmongering nomad opposed to the lords of the oasis, organized in
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And so Mickey Mouse became Topolino…
Saturday, 04 February 2017
When Kubrick, in Full Metal Jacket, chose the Mickey Mouse March for the epic finale – song entered in the US collective consciousness in the fifties – he did it for the deeply symbolic value of the character. The landing of the Disney mouse in Italy, in the thirties of the twentieth century, was no
Musical frontiers by Luigi Magnani
Tuesday, 31 January 2017
by Michela Alessandrini Luigi Magnani, creator of the Fondazione Magnani Rocca in Mamiano Traversetolo (PR), was one of the greatest intellectuals of the twentieth century. The famous collector of works of art, was accompanied throughout the journey of his life by a great passion, music. His mother Eugenia direct him, since childhood, to study piano
My Berlin
Tuesday, 24 January 2017
by La. f. The routine began at 7.45 in the morning. We are in Schöneberg my district for 12 days, and breakfast is called Potemkin Cafe, a bit Russian a bit Kraut little bar, located in Viktoria-Luise-Platz, green romantic corner in the German capital. Potemkin…right. Immediately, no way out from movie sirens. The real itinerary
When industry meets art: Olivetti’s legend in the archives of the CSAC of Parma
Friday, 20 January 2017
Di Rossella Romito Who said that art cannot be a leader of an industrial success? To the more skeptical ones we could tell a story, known to most people, which began in 1932 in Ivrea, near Turin. After his father Camillo, Adriano Olivetti was running the family business – Olivetti effectively – and until 1960
Designer for fun
Friday, 06 January 2017
by Cinzia Munari Meeting for the first time Elena in the waiting-room of a hospital in Milan, both with suitcase containing pieces of recycled materials. We were recruited to be part of the 100 designers for the project “Toyssimi – 100 designers + 100 children = 100 new toys”. Of course, she is a designer,
Hot tears of nymph
Tuesday, 03 January 2017
By Agatha Malinowski Since prehistoric times man suffered the charm of amber, which attributed a divine origin, for his ability to appear as a drop of sunshine when illuminated by his haul for the suggestions evoked by the presence of insects and plants inside, to the ability to attract, electrifying them, light bodies and for
Cannes like it bizarre this year
Friday, 20 May 2016
Cannes like it bizarre. In family, with friends, in society, in carnal assemblies. The eccentricities of behavior pushed to paroxysm distinguishes some of the films that we are watching at the Festival, this year, in competition and in parallel sections. Stories and characters always on the edge of insanity, that to indulge their impulses, or
The highly awaited at the cinema
Friday, 20 May 2016
Ahandful of high-sounding titles await us at the cinema in 2016. Let’s talk about Steve Jobs by Danny Boyle, with the most beloved and charismatic star of the moment, Michael Fassbender, who, with a symbiosis typical of Stanislavsky method, identified completely in the shoes of the late founder of Apple Inc. in an attempt to
Golden and love: Giotto, Italy
Saturday, 14 May 2016
T he big exhibition in Milan dedicated to Giotto is about to close, those who read these pages will only have a few days to go and see it. But it is worth writing about it, and for those who have not had a chance to enjoy it in person, we offer some impressions and