SUITE IN QUATTRO PARTI Terza parte: Consumismo (segue dal numero precedente) Per costruire un consumista, devi prima di tutto creare dei bisogni artificiali. Cioè devi far credere a una persona che essa non può fare a meno di un dato oggetto. Per questo tipo di persuasione occorrono dei professionisti, dei mercenari preparati che abbiano seguito

We talked about the preferences of the Steampunk world, but what are the references for those interested in actually joining it? Talking about past events, in September 2012, the Reggia di Colorno (Parma) hosted the Steampunk Victorian Picnic, a free of charge event, open to the public. The Facebook page specified that: “The dress code

For the # STEAMPUNK, great narratives of gender that often moves in historical settings typical of the first Industrial Revolution, the Victorian-era London is one of the favourite settings: the time is well suited to characterize the ideals of the movement, everything is innovation and experimentation. The main artistic revolutions are dated back to the

The premise is this: ask yourself, what would have happened? If D-Day had failed? If ancient Rome and its empire had remained untouched? History interprets and weaves threads of subtle and unpredictable plots, the beauty of the game is that we know where it has its beginnings, but no one can predict the epilogue. “Ucronia”,

A new myth is spreading in most Chinese cities: the Japanesesub culture of the Cosplayer, the Costume Player, produced from large-scale urbanization and new sign of non-identification in society which often young people must adapt to. Daniele Mattioli, an Italian photographer who mainly operates in China and lives between Italy and Shanghai, has portrait incorporating

September is the month when the look for autumn-winter begins to be defined and it is important to be aware of new trends, even if only to better organise the change of season and decide which clothes are still fashionable. There are many ideas that we can get from designers for the colder season, but

For those who love fashion and did not follow the fashion shows in New York, London, Milan and Paris, here are a few fashion trends and hot topics of the spring-summer 2012. As always we look to the history of costumes to recover the old and new trends, where the accessories become the real protagonists

How does our knowledge of the world happen today? Always less direct but more international, it is filtered by the mass media who selects and re-packages news as consumer products to promote and sell it to as wide an audience as possible The information often becomes a form of entertainment teaching  fear and conflict, violence

Suite in four parts Fourth part: Ecology Alan Ford’s worlds apart, for intellectualism searched at all costs, while it is il Battiato’s 1972 album Pollution, as well as the name of the happening group and concert. Pollution also talks about ecology. And even if in 1972, that word was not very familiar to people. Indeed,

SUITE IN QUATTRO PARTI Terza parte: Consumismo Chi è stato bambino negli anni Sessanta, oltre ad aver conosciuto i prati selvatici di cui si diceva nella parte precedente, ha sperimentato anche il pericolo. Intendo il vero pericolo letale, quello che allora alla televisione veniva definito “pericolo di morte” e non “pericolo di vita” come si