TORONTO – Long before there was a Vesuvius Observatory monitoring its seismic activity, the volcano famously buried two Roman cities under layers of its ash, pumice and pyroclastic surges. What’s left of Pompeii and Herculaneum serve only to haunt today’s travellers who walk among their ruins.
TORONTO – I wanted to see the artwork of Giuseppe Mercurio in the “context’ which I thought I heard him present as “distinctly his”: non linear, non geometric and non-restricted by “styles and norms” attributable, potentially, to a particular school of Art and Design distinguishable from any other. Rather, Mercurio prefers his work to be seen as a “burst of feelings”, an “explosion of emotions”, whose context may be limited by “experiences” the viewer might share with the author…
TORONTO – Volevo vedere l’opera di Giuseppe Mercurio nel “contesto” che mi sembrava avesse presentato come “distintamente suo”: non lineare, non geometrica e non vincolata da “stili e norme” attribuibili, potenzialmente, a una particolare scuola di Arte e Disegno distinguibile da qualsiasi altra…
TORONTO – Pochi conoscono il nome del primo cineasta italiano, ma la sua eredità è stata a lungo preservata. Vittorio Calcina, fotografo di professione torinese, era socio di Auguste e Louis Lumières, i pionieri del cinema francese e inventori della prima macchina da presa a pellicola (il Cinematographe)…
TORONTO – Few may know the name of Italy’s first filmmaker, but his legacy has long been preserved. Vittorio Calcina, photographer by trade from Turin, was an associate of Auguste and Louis Lumières, the pioneering French filmmakers and inventors of the early film camera (the Cinematographe). But unlike Calvina’s well documented history, Elvira Notari’s story – as Italy’s first female filmmaker – remains largely untold. Until now.
