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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Italian Women of Science
Italian women scientists operating in Australia will present their studies and discuss the place of women in Science. In collaboration with the Office of the Science and Technology Attaché at the Italian Embassy in Canberra In Italy and Australia, women comprise a significant percentage of PhD graduates and early career researchers in science. However, with […]
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Italian Design Day – 100 Cities, 100 Italian Designers
THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT Design Thinking and Innovation. Where beauty finds its place Lecture and roundtable on Italian design with Francesco Cavalli, graphic designer and founder of Leftloft (Milan, New York), a graphic design and creative solutions company for brand development and renewal In view of the growing importance of Italian design, the Italian […]
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Mardi Gras Film Festival: Arianna
Arianna was a hit at Venice Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Queer Lion, and its star Ondina Quadri took the ‘Best Actress in a Debut Film’ and ‘Best Italian Discovery’ awards. Arianna is 19 years old, but is still not fully developed for her age. At the beginning of summer, in the […]
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A textual analysis of the Fundamental Principles of the Italian Constitution
Presentation by di Gian Marco Farese, ANU, Canberra Introduction by H.E. Pier Francesco Zazo, Ambassador of Italy in Australia In 1946, after 85 years of monarchy and 20 years of Fascism, Italy became a democratic Republic as a result of the first universal suffrage referendum to have ever taken place in the country. During the […]
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Mardi Gras Film Festival: Me, Myself & Her
Marina and Federica have a stable relationship and have been living together for five years. Marina is a former actress and a successful entrepreneur who has always been aware of her homosexuality, but for reasons connected to her business has been waiting for some time to come out. Federica is an architect, has been married, […]
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