A tavola con Giancarlo Fisichella
To open the second Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo, we will be celebrating with F1 Champion Giancarlo Fisichella and TV Chef Fabio Campoli. Guests will share an unforgettable night in the inspiring setting of the recently opened Wine House 1821, enjoying Italian finest food and wine with one of the greates Italian F1 Champions. The evemt is organized in collaboration with […]
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Settimana della Cucina @ Eusebi Deli, Glasgow
In celebration of la Settimana della Cucina Italiana nel Mondo, Eusebi Deli organised a full week of events to represent the best of Italian food and culture. From All Day Tastings to Flash Labs, from Beer and Food Paring to Complimenary Food Workshops, there will be something to satisfy every palate! The week will be closed by an exquisite Grand Gala […]
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Terra
Terra is the title of a graphic novel, a miniseries published as part of the Orfani series by Sergio Bonelli Editore between January and March 2017. The story is set in a dystopic future when our Planet is about to collapse and has come to the last years of its life. However, youth does not […]
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Nessuno può fermarmi by Caterina Soffici
Italian writer and journalist Caterina Soffici will present her book Nessuno può fermarmi (Feltrinelli, 2017), in conversation with Prof Federica Pedriali (Italian Department of the University of Edinburgh). Bartolomeo searches for the true story surrounding his grandfather Bart, supposedly killed on the front during World War II. Bartolomeo accidentally discovers the forgotten history of a […]
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The Truth and the Three Rings
What is the truth and can someone pretend to hold it exclusively? While religious tensions increase, traditional stories from the Jewish, Christian and Muslim religions highlight the connections between the three main monotheisms. With Giovanna Conforto, creative director of the Italian Storytelling Center and Enrico Bertoni director of Museo Interreligioso di Bertinoro. By eliciting images and […]
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Oltremanica – Overseas by Stefano Panzeri
We are delighted to present Oltremanica – Overseas, one-man show performed by Italian actor Stefano Panzeri at The Crescent Arts Centre in Belfast. Oltremanica – Overseas is based on Terra Matta, the autobiography of a Sicilian man named Vincenzo Rabito. Vincenzo was born in 1899and was a member of a heroic generation for Italy, being the […]
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The Art of Migration
The event will include the presentation of documentary ‘The Art of Migration’ by Matteo Fiorucci and Bernardo Angeletti, 2017 (28 minutes), followed by a panel discussion. The short film ‘The Art of Migration’ follows refugee image-makers from autumn 2016 until Spring 2017 in a workshop founded by artist and art therapist Virginia Ryan in […]
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Reciprocus by Virginia Ryan and image-makers from ‘Make Art Not Walls/Italia’
As part of the Art of Migration two exhibitions will run concurrently: ‘Reciprocus’ Mixed media works on paper by Virginia Ryan and participant image-makers from ‘Make Art Not Walls/Italia’. ‘Phantome’ Photographic Essay from the migrant centre in Trevi, Umbria by Matteo Fiorucci 2016/2017 Reciprocus is a recent, on-going collaborative art work between artist/Edinburgh-trained art […]
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Phantôme by Matteo Fiorucci
As part of the Art of Migration two exhibitions will run concurrently: ‘Phantome’ Photographic Essay from the migrant centre in Trevi, Umbria by Matteo Fiorucci 2016/2017 ‘Reciprocus’ Mixed media works on paper by Virginia Ryan and participant image-makers from ‘Make Art Not Walls/Italia’. The Phantôme project was born in winter 2016. In the city […]
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Europa’s Long Renaissance: Myth, Metamorphoses, Migrations
This open seminar in Italian Studies at the University of Edinburgh connects and celebrates three important anniversaries: the European Treaty of Rome (1957), Ovid’s bimillennium, and the first translation in print of Ovid’s Metamorphoses in Renaissance Italy (1497). The study of the early-modern interpretations, translations, and adaptations of the founding myth of Europa, as told […]
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