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Music
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Kekko Fornarelli Trio
More eclectic than ever, Kekko Fornarelli presents his fans with ROOM OF MIRRORS, the result of the new and irresistible creative energy of his Trio. Three years after his last album, and following work in France and all over Europe, this is the brand >>>
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Sunday, May 20, 2012
DIRECTOR OF ANTONIANO INSTITUTE WITH ZECCHINO D’ORO KARAOKE
We take great pleasure in being able to announce that we have been able to organise this event for adults and children alike. Fra’ Alessandro Caspoli, Director of the Antoniano Institute in Bologna, will narrate the story behind one of the most famous >>>
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Monday, May 21, 2012
THE REFERENDUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
The Devolution Club, a leading cultural association from Italy, turns now its attention to a British constitutional issue: the theory and practice of referendum in the United Kingdom. How far the theory and practice of direct democracy are coherent to >>>
Dance
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Cameo/Segments – Two Pieces by Acclaimed Dancer and Choreographer Riccardo Buscarini
The Institute presents two of Riccardo Buscarini’s eye-opening, original dance works, choreographed and performed in collaboration with Mariana Camiloti and Antonio de la Fe. Cameo, finalist piece of The Place Prize 2011, sponsored by Bloomberg, is a >>>
Cinema
Friday, May 25, 2012
Cine-Excess Midnight Extreme: The Freakmaker (AKA The Mutations) (1974)
In this dark and delirious seventies redub of Todd Browning’s Freaks, Donald Pleasence is cast as Professor Nolter, a perverse practitioner dabbling with photosynthesis in order to create a new super-species of human/plant hybrids. The spurious surgeon >>>
Cinema
Friday, May 25, 2012 - Saturday, May 26, 2012
Cine-Excess VI at the Institute: Transglobal Excess: The Art and Atrocity of Cult Adaptation
The Italian Cultural Institute and Cine-Excess VI International Film Festival present a series of high profile panel discussions and exclusive screenings. Cine-Excess VI focuses on global adaptations of cult narratives, genres, themes and icons across >>>
Cinema
Friday, May 25, 2012
The Year’s With(out) Lead: Bodies, Bullets, and the 1970s Italian Extreme
Cine-Excess VI special panel discussion on 1970s Italian cult cinema and society. Acclaimed international filmmakers and critics will discuss a range of popular Italian thriller, action and sexploitation cycles in light of the wider social and sexual >>>
Cinema
Friday, May 25, 2012
Director-approved Screening of Keoma (1976)
During the 1970s, leading European director Enzo G. Castellari and acting legend Franco Nero crafted a series of hugely influential thrillers and westerns, which successfully adapted genre tropes to fit wider fears of political violence endemic during >>>
Cinema
Friday, May 25, 2012
Director-approved Screening of Your Vice is a Locked Door and Only I Have the Key (1972)
A presentation of one of the most iconic titles from the Italian giallo craze of the 1970s. Your Vice adapted a variety of suspense and horror techniques to cast a critical eye over Italy’s changing landscape during the death spasms of the so-called economic >>>
Cinema
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Your Vice is a Locked Door and Only Martino Holds the Key: Sergio Martino Onstage at Cine-Excess VI
During the 1970s, Italian director Sergio Martino pioneered a series of stylish thrillers, saucy sexy comedies and no-nonsense tough cop dramas which all directly fed into wider Italian concerns of the era. From fears of urban violence and the rise of >>>
Cinema
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Director-approved Screening of All the Colours of the Dark (1972)
Cine-Excess VI is proud to screen this European cult masterpiece in the presence of its celebrated director: Sergio Martino. All the Colours of the Dark represents the pinnacle of Martino’s longstanding collaboration with iconic actress Edwige Fenech, >>>
Cinema
Saturday, May 26, 2012
Exclusive Screening: Fair Game (1986)
Rape, revenge and ‘roos! One of the most contentious of all cult adaptations remains the ‘female vengeance cycle’, which flourished in the wake of 1970s controversies such as Last House on the Left and I Spit on Your Grave. The cult rarity Fair Game is >>>
Economics
Monday, May 28, 2012
“Fiscal consolidation and economic growth”
The extraordinary increase in public spending following the 2008-09 recession has led to the rise to record levels in public debt across all western countries. The Eurozone crisis, sovereign downgrades and the sluggish economic growth are all direct or >>>
Theatre
Monday, June 11, 2012
Heroes and Games
On the occasion of the London Olympics 2012, this theatrical performance aims to represent the universal values that unite people in stories of winning, losing, sacrifice and pain, from the Greek-Roman tradition onwards. It takes the form of a discussion >>>
Art
Monday, June 11, 2012 - Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Wide Open School with Cesare Pietroiusti
For one month this summer the Hayward Gallery will transform into Wide Open School, a meeting and learning environment for all ages devised and fuelled by the imaginations of more than 80 artists from over 40 different countries. Among those appearing, >>>
History
Thursday, June 14, 2012 - Friday, June 15, 2012
Colloquium: Sport and Competition in Ancient Greece and Rome
The British Museum presents a two day conference that includes 20 papers by international speakers on imaging athletics, ideas and ideology, risk and reward, locations, status, revivals and receptions. As part of the their Olympics 2012 season of events, >>>
Design
Friday, June 22, 2012 - Sunday, July 15, 2012
PININFARINA in London
With a history dating back to 1930, Pininfarina is based on values of creativity, experience and innovation without forgetting tradition. It combines avant-garde style and technical solutions aimed at functionality. If Pininfarina is known worldwide for >>>
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