2008
March 1, 2008
Gramsci, Cinema, Photography and Music
Casa del Cinema, Villa Borghese, Rome
Listening, watching, and thinking about culture as a political tool.
February 16, 2008
Cinema Piemonte on the Streets of San Francisco
"Riso amaro"
"Riso amaro" is screening in San Francisco soon, leading me to post about one of my favorite films.
February 11, 2008
Luciano Chessa’s Musical Inventions
Luciano Chessa
From Part Two of "Variazioni su un oggetto di scena" for piano and stuffed animals
Sardinia, San Francisco, the traditional, the avant-garde: everything finds a home in Luciano Chessa's music.
February 1, 2008
Blogofascism and the Cybermob
Grand Lake Theater, Oakland, California
Meta-bloggando on the (virtual) use of fascism.
January 22, 2008
On the Anniversary of Gramsci’s Birth, a Few Words about Writing Letters
Antonio Gramsci
In re-reading Antonio Gramsci's letters from prison in memory of his birthday, one can't help but wonder about the current state of cyberwriting.
January 19, 2008
On Bathing Nuns and Hegel
Dirt (Piero Heliczer, 1965)
Piero Heliczer's underground films, transnational migration, and the role of the self in the creation of art.
January 12, 2008
Emile de Antonio's documentaries and radical art
Underground, documentary by Emile de Antonio, Mary Lampson, and Haskell Wexler
The documentary films of Emile de Antonio, another chapter in Italian American radicalism.
January 8, 2008
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Joseph Cornell's Italian Job
Collection Richard L. Feigen, New York
"Paolo e Francesca" (Joseph Cornell, 1943)
Italian icons subtlely make their way into Joseph Cornell's 20th century curios.
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