- FEBRUARY 2018 -
Bridge Italy
Culture
Eugenio Barba On Life and Theatrical Thought and Practice
by Franco Ungaro The experience of Barba’s Odin Teatret is at the center of two recently published volumes. Franco Ungaro, fine connoisseur of the great maestro’s thought and theater, traces a lucid analysis of what remains of an extraordinary and unique cultural experience November 2017
Mark Bradford and Wade Guyton Million dollar American art that’s taking Italy by storm
by Pietro Marino A-list American artists on show at the Venice Biennale (Bradford) and at the MADRE in Naples (Guyton). From collages to digital art, social commitment and perfect adherence to the contemporary spirit June 2017
“Poverty is sexist” The young ambassadors of ONE in Paris against extreme poverty
The initiatives of the activists of the international organization, which has over seven million members, are taking place to raise the awareness of the general public and that of governments. There were also forty Italians, including Chiara De Carlo from Salento July 2016
The middle-eastern origin of blown glass, the pride of Venice
by Dario C. Nicoli The Corning Museum of Glass, in New York state, in the US, is holding the exhibition, “Ennion: Master of Roman Glass”. On display are three magnificent bowls in blown glass coming from Adria and attributed to Master craftsman Ennion, extraordinary artist of the 1st century A.D. October 2015
“You don’t know the South” The culture of the South relaunched in Otranto
by Oscar Iarussi Bodini’s most famous line has been chosen as the title of a project to relaunch the South through its culture, an essential way of discrediting stereotypes and distortions.After Bari, it will be Otranto’s turn to host Scianna’s precious photography exhibition July 2015
Those Southern women who express the world
by Pietro Marino The Castle of Otranto hosts “Il Sud e le donne”, 30 photos in black and white by Ferdinando Scianna, on show until 30th September.Bellucci, Cucinotta, some models and other, unknown, women. But no prima donna attitudes or erotic fantasies: Scianna’s women are “people” July 2015
Andy Warhol The immortal guru of Pop Art
by Pietro Marino Interest continues in the American artist who in his serial images celebrated the banality of living and of dying.Two interesting shows dedicated to the artist are in progress in Rome (until 18th September) and in Naples (until 20th July) July 2014
“Angels and saints in Chicago and Baltimora” Cultural exchanges between the University of Bari and the US
by Raffaele Nigro Scholars from the Department of Antiquity Studies took part in the convention of the Society of Biblical Literature and held conferences and meetings.Writer Raffaele Nigro tells of his mission to the States and notes his impressions of the New World.
“Here they flee upwards, in a race to see who can grow the tallest cement. The beauty, in fact, apart from the multi-ethnicity, lies in the height of the blocks, in the metaphysical geometry and obviously in a variegated democracy, varying from State to State” December 2013
Those farm women, thrilled at their first sight of the sea…
by Giuseppe Mauro Ferro The agronomist Giuseppe Mauro Ferro remembers the precious testimony of his father, Antonio Ferro, a pioneer of rural reform. In the ’50s between Puglia, Basilicata and Molise huge areas of marshland were transformed into fertile land. The skill of the technicians, the hard work of the peasants and a forward-thinking political plan were the basis of the “miracle” December 2013
My Puglia as seen from the UN
by Flavia Pankiewicz Interview with Ambassador Antonio Bernardini, of the permanent staff of Italy at the United Nations in New York.Born in Barletta, he is proud of his education at the University of Bari.
Apulians have shown him affection all over the world. In New York he is the Honorary Chairman of the United Pugliesi Federation July 2013
Forty young Italians with ONE for the fight against world hunger
Among the “Youth Ambassadors” selected by the international organization founded by Bono of U2, there are three from Puglia: Chiara De Carlo from Salento and Valentina Tafuni and Simona Cicolella from Bari.They will be trained to raise awareness among the general public and the young April 2016
“American Dreamers” The new dream of eleven American artists on show in Florence
by Pietro Marino Nightmares, restlessness and nostalgic fantasies: more like an escape from reality than a project for well-being and freedom in the art of the under-40’s in the difficult post-9/11 decade April 2012
The Fulbright Project?
An extraordinary opportunity for a cultural exchange
by Flavia Pankiewicz
Consul James Rodriguez, in charge of the Public Affairs Office of the U.S. Consulate General in Naples, speaks to us after his intervention at the American Day held by Liceo Scientifico De Giorgi in Lecce
March 2013
Books
Not even love transforms the Stock Exchange of destinies
by Sergio D’Amaro The novel by the economist Vito Spada, L’amore infelice, presents the contrast between living in New York and returning to Lecce, amidst slow rhythms and paralysis. A story of personal crisis against a backdrop of the epochal economic crisis of the last ten years. And love that breaks out oblivious to any rational design November 2017
And the dream of conquest turned into a mirage of the desert
by Michele Presutto Among the old family photos, turned yellow by the passing time, a man in colonial uniform in the Libyan desert. The war, the combat, the massacres. And above all the desert. In Sergio D’Amaro’s latest novel, Il grande ghibli, the desert is a metaphor for life November 2017
Joseph’s Gargano
In a book from Schena, Antonio Motta’s long interview with the Italian-American poet, writer and Latin scholar Joseph Tusiani June 2017
The tragedy of Mattmark A book so as not to forget
by Sergio D’Amaro In 1965, in Switzerland, 88 workers, mainly Italian emigrants, lost their lives due to an avalanche of ice while they were building a dam. A touching essay by scholar Toni Riccardi, from the University of Geneva, reconstructs the story June 2017
Journey through the gardens of Italy
A new Touring Club publication, L’Italia dei giardini, with pictures and authoritative texts, tells the story of over 300 flower-filled paradises. The section devoted to Puglia is particularly lavish, covering gardens from the Baroque age to those of the 1900s May 2017
When poetry investigates “time”
by Sergio D’Amaro In the collection of poems by Apulian Enrico Fraccacreta the comparison between Time with a capital “t” and that of his personal experience. In the wake of T. S. Eliot May 2017