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31.07 A night with Anton Corbijn

By Raven Ophelie • July 18th, 2008 • Category: Events

Visionary Cinema of Udine will dedicate the night of 31 July to enter Dutch Anton Corbjin. At 21 will be screened the film 'Control' dedicated to the story of Ian Curtis and Joy Division, reviewed enthusiastically in the world after its presentation at the 2007 Cannes film festival.
Following, a selection of [...]



Fragile inner geometries: Francesca Woodman

By Raven Ophelie • Nov 8th, 2007 • Category: Articles

"And I
are the arrow,
The dew that flies
suicide, made one with the impetus
inside the eye
scarlet, the crucible of the morning. '
Sylvia Plath-'Ariel'

An infinite number of negatives piled one above the other. A Yashica SLR 2 _ x 2 _, a film in black and white and thoughts. A restless spirit, curious, inquisitive. A poet of photography. A Sylvia Plath of [...]



David Lachapelle: a retrospective in Milan

By Raven Ophelie • Nov 8th, 2007 • Category: Events

From September 25 to January 6 at the Palazzo Reale Milan will host the largest and most comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the famous American photographer David Lachapelle.
The retrospective will host over 350 works of famous artist Pià shots: portraits of international stars, images created for the most important magazines in the world including 'Vogue' and 'Vanity Fair' and [...]



Dreams of Silk: the fashion of the Belle Epoque

By Raven Ophelie • Nov 7th, 2007 • Category: Events

From 3 to 11 November 2007 on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the event 'The Goose Game' in Mirano, near Venice, at the Wing of the Villa Morosini, an exhibition will take place intolata "Silk Dreams" devoted to women's fashion between 1890 and 1915.
Hours: Monday to Friday from 10 am to 12:30 [...]



Russolo W!

By Raven Ophelie • August 29th, 2007 • Category: Articles, Events

Luigi Russolo was born in Portogruaro May 7, 1885 and was a painter and composer. The son of an organist, after a fleeting approach to music, he decided to concentrate on painting. Influenced initially by pointillism, Russolo, Boccioni together with his friend, discovering the future and joined the 'Manifesto of Futurist Painters'. In 1913 he published [...]



New Flowers New Saints Staff Omar Galliani

By Raven Ophelie • August 2nd, 2007 • Category: Events

'The existent score moves between the top and bottom, between the instinct of life and death, in the natural transformation of things, the flower is regenerated in the earth as flesh that re-blooms in other forms. Music as poetry and art in general make the transition less painful but more complex. The [...]



The desire of desire

By Raven Ophelie • July 19th, 2007 • Category: Reviews

Presented at the Berlin Film shows 'Sehnsucht', in Italian 'Desire', is the second film of director Valeska Grisebach.
'Sehnsucht' tells a story of betrayal in the most ordinary German province. In a small village near Berlin, a young married couple living: Ella (Ilka Welz) homemaker and Markus (Andreas Mueller) blacksmith and a volunteer firefighter. [...]



La vie en rose

By Raven Ophelie • May 8th, 2007 • Category: Reviews

'La fille de joie est belle / Au coin de la rue Labas / Elle a une clientèle / Here he remplit son bas / Quand son boulot s'achève / Elle s'en va à son tour / Chercher un peu de reve / Dans un Bal du faubourg '(The accordion)
'The Meme' is the latest film by Olivier Dahan ( 'The Crimson Rivers II') devoted entirely to the life story of singer [...]



April 21, 2007 Laibach Live in Mortegliano (UD)

By Raven Ophelie • Apr 25th, 2007 • Category: Reportage

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Alberto De Crescenzo - Passers

By Raven Ophelie • Apr 6th, 2007 • Category: Events

'We mourn the lips of all the fine passing away that we were unable to hold'

Sang so Fabrizio De Andre 'translating a text by Georges Brassens dedicated to the speed of the meetings and their appearance comforting in moments of solitude. And it is the bystanders was the theme of the Milan exhibition of Alberto De [...]