Key research continues to be carried out on peripheral space in the works of visual artists. In spite of the different perspectives from which every artistic intervention can be read, three recurrent...
The investigation of the close dialogue between poetic and visual language in the Italian panorama of the last seventy years is at the centre of the research project Verba Picta. Interrelazione tra...
The definition of difficult heritage I use here is indebted to Sharon Macdonald’s important study of the heritage of Nazi Germany, according to which difficult heritage is ‘a past that is recognised...
Dario Fo (1926-2016) absorbed a wide range of arts into the field of theatre. Trained as a painter and architect, he entered the world of theatre and radio broadcasting in 1951. He...
A work by Mario Schifano shown at the recent exhibition Roma Pop City 60-67 at Rome’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MACRO) is a creative remaking of a famous photograph portraying five members...
Society for Italian Studies Panel Submission PANEL 1 Title: Interart and Intermedia in Italy Speakers: Dr Clodagh Brook (Birmingham), Prof Giuliana Pieri (Royal Holloway), Dr Emanuela Patti (Birmingham) Focus and aims This...
PANEL Italy’s “Expanded Cinema”: Cinema and The Electronic Arts Cinema has, since its very origins, been a plural medium, one which encompasses theatre, photography, music and other forms. However, since the sixties,...
How can intermediality be conceptualised and expanded within a medium that is already intrinsically intermedial such as graphic novels? The diverse artistic output of Italian graphic novelist and designer Alessandro Baronciani (Pesaro,...
(translated by Kate Willman) Augmented Reality (AR) is a medium based on geolocation, computer vision, the use of specific apps (Aurasma, Blipper) and a mobile device (smartphone, tablet). In the last few...