International Exchange in the European Book World
Fifth Annual St Andrews Book Conference The history of the book has been built on the solid foundations of national, local and individual studies of printers, publishers and publishing networks. While this makes good sense from a practical and logistical point of view, it risks obscuring the essential fact that the production and sale of […]
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Mare chiuso (closed Sea)
GRAMNet, Film Series 2012/2013 Since March 2011, after the outbreak of the Libyan War, many African migrants and refugees escaped from the country. While a part of this flow has found shelter in refugee camps at the border with Tunisia, others managed to reach Italian coasts by boat. Many of them had been previously pushed […]
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Commedia dell’arte
Physical Theatre, Improvisation, Ancestor of Pantomime COMMEDIA DELL’ARTE is the most representative form of theatre in Italian history. Conceived and developed within the arenas of market-place performers, noblemen’s courts and universities, its long life cycle spanned for 250 years from the 16th to the 18th centuries, influencing all other forms of theatre to come. As […]
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An Evening to celebrate Giuseppe Verdi
Music, discussion and a traditional Emilian dinner In homage to the bicentenary of Giuseppe Verdi’s birth, VinCaffè Ristorante and the Italian Institute host an evening of music, discussion and a traditional Emilian dinner.After dinner there will be a short talk by Prof. Ilaria Dioli entitled: “Variations on Taste: Giuseppe Verdi Culinary Compositions”. The talk offers […]
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Antonio Forcione – Sketches of Africa
Antonio Forcione is an award-winning acoustic guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, composer and artist of great talent. He breaks the mould of most conventional guitar sounds, in the fields of jazz, Spanish, African, Brazilian or improvised music. His albums have consistently topped UK and international jazz charts and worldwide he has shared the stage with some of the […]
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Journey to Italy – (Viaggio in Italia)
Roberto Rossellini Roberto Rossellini Italy/France 1954 DCP 86 minutes Rated PG – Contains mild sex references Cast: Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Maria Mauban, Anna Proclemer, Paul Muller. English and Italian with English subtitlesJourney to Italy has been hailed as one of the finest films ever made and is recognised as one of Rossellini’s most masterful […]
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Second Sight – Series of Events
Second Sight – Series of Events A celebration of Europe Day ‘Europa, our First Migrant’ Thursday 9 May, 5.30pm Italian Cultural Institute, 82 Nicolson Street, Playwright Maggie Rose and author Salvatore Cabras will explore the original meaning of the term ‘Europa/Europe’. Along this path they revisit the Greek myth of ‘The Rape of Europa’ and its […]
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Second Sight
Elaine Shemilt and Craig Coulthard The Institute is delighted to present an exhibition of works by Elaine Shemilt and Craig Coulthard which explore some of the histories of Italian migration coming to Scotland. Anagrafe by Elaine Shemilt A series of four blind embossed prints Produced initially as colographs using a laser cutter on heavyweight Arches […]
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Long Exposures by Lorenzo Dalberto
Fine Art Library è lieta di ospitare una mostra fotografica a cura di Lorenzo Dalberto, giovane fotografo italiano.
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Second Sight
Second Sight Saturday 27 April – Sunday 21 July 2013 Stills, Scotland Centre of Photography 23 Cockburn Street, Edinburgh Developed in partnership with The Italian Cultural Institute and Stills Gallery, Edinburgh, Second Sight is part of a three-year cycle of projects entitled Image/Identity, focusing on the phenomenon of human migration. Conceived to reflect the growing […]
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