Nicola Gardini in Sydney
Tradurre è un bacio – The “Kiss” of Translation Nicola Gardini (Oxford University) in conversation with Marco Sonzogni (Victoria University of Wellington) Nicola Gardini will share his experience of translating into Italian the poetry of, among others, W.H. Auden, Ted Hughes and Emily Dickinson, to illuminate the nature of translation as a poetic process. He […]
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Tradurre è un bacio – The “Kiss” Of Translation
A creative conversation on poetry and translation with Nicola Gardini Nicola Gardini will share his experience of translating into Italian the poetry of, among others, W.H. Auden, Ted Hughes and Emily Dickinson, to illuminate the nature of translation as a poetic process. Nicola Gardini is the author of numerous books: novels, poetry collections, literary essays, […]
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La ballata delle balàte – The day before
Written, directed and interpreted by Vincenzo Pirrotta Original music by Giovanni Parrinello performed live by Dario Sulis The Italian Cultural Institute is pleased to invite its members and friends to an exceptional evening featuring Vincenzo Pirrotta, who will present his play La ballata delle balàte at the Street Theatre in Canberra on the 6th of […]
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La ballata delle balàte (The ballad of the ‘balàte’)
Written, directed and interpreted by Vincenzo Pirrotta Original music by Giovanni Parrinello performed live by Dario Sulis After the success of Terramatta, based on the autobiography of Sicilian migrant Vincenzo Rabito and presented in Australia by the Teatro Stabile di Catania at the end of 2015, and in which he played the main role, Vincenzo […]
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Escape from Pompeii
The untold Roman rescue International exhibition featuring 2,000 year old artefacts from Pompeii, Sicily, Naples and Rome In 79 AD Mount Vesuvius erupted, spewing huge waves of volcanic ash and debris over the thickly populated Bay of Naples. The eruption was noticed at the Roman Naval base at Misenum, and in response the fleet’s commander, […]
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FLOWER POWER by Silvia Tuccimei
Monumental sculpture Flower Power, by Italian artist Silvia Tuccimei, was selected in 2016 for the international exhibition Sculpture by the Sea, which is held every year in October-November in Sydney and whose last edition saw the participation of over 100 artists selected among a total of over 500 entries. Silvia Tuccimei’s work is composed of […]
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Italian theatre company Motus: MDLSX
In this mind–blowing theatrical trip, platinum-maned punk god/dess Silvia Calderoni uses her family’s home videos to blur fiction with her own life story. Part performance-art monologue, part DJ set (featuring music from The Smiths, Vampire Weekend, R.E.M. and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs), part erotic floorshow; MDLSX is a visually ravishing, confronting, empowering hymn to androgyny. […]
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Does money speak the same language everywhere?
Doing business in Australia with a made in Italy human capital Roundtable led by Prof. Massimiliano Tani, Professor of Finance, School of Business, UNSW Canberra The roundtable will concentrate on the topic: new entrepreneurs and local culture. During the evening some Italian businesspeople will share their impression on the way business is done and on […]
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Memory vs. Forgetting: A conflicting complicity
Conference by Professor Remo Bodei, presented by the Italian Cultural Institute in cooperation with the University of Western Sydney Respondent: Prof. Douglas Moggach, University of Ottawa Eminent Italian philosoper Remo Bodei will give a talk at the State Library of New South Wales in which he will explore the questions of memory and oblivion. He […]
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Pirandello and the dissolution of the personality
Celebrations for the 150th anniversary of Luigi Pirandello’s birth Lecture by Professor Remo Bodei. Italian philosopher Remo Bodei will give a lecture at the Department of Italian of the University of Sydney on the great Italian writer Luigi Pirandello. Following the positions of some French “doctors-philosophers” (Théodule Ribot, Pierre Janet and Paul Binet), who at […]
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