VALUES IN PROGRESS – Giovanni Vale: Extinguished Countries
Values in progress is a social campaign conceived and created by the Italian Cultural Institute in Stockholm, through which writers, journalists, artists, designers, architects, curators, intellectuals and others are invited to tell about these days, each one in her/his own way and using her/his own ”tools” and language. The journalist and travel writer Giovanni […]
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VALUES IN PROGRESS
During these days many of us bring to mind the Decameron, a collection of 100 stories written by Giovanni Boccaccio between 1349 and 1351. The stories are told by seven women and three boys, who took refuge in the countryside around Florence to escape from the plague that raged in city in 1348. These stories […]
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Påvens hästar – Föreläsning med teol. dr Kari Lawe
I den nyutkomna boken ”Påvens hästar – hovkultur och maktsymbolik i kyrkostaten Rom” berättar religionshistorikern Kari Lawe initierat om hästens funktion och särställning i påvehovets ceremonier och festligheter från medeltiden och fram till och med avvecklingen av kyrkostatens hästhållning 1929. I ett Europa som ännu inte var sekulariserat och där de världsliga och religiösa funktionerna […]
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Rossini Opera Festival – La gazza ladra
Andra mötet med visning av La gazza ladra från Rossini Opera Festival på Italienska Kulturinstitutet i Stockholm. La gazza ladra (Den tjuvaktiga skatan) är en opera semiseria i två akter med musik av Gioacchino Rossini. Libretto av Giovanni Gherardini som bygger på melodramen La pie voleuse (1815) av Louis-Charles Caigniez och Théodore Baudouin d’Aubigny. Produktionsår 2013 […]
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Il mare non bagna Napoli by Anna Maria Ortese – Book presentation
”Maybe I have been thoughtless, or too enthusiastic, when I accepted your proposal, which requires a great freedom from me, greater than I have. In the situation where I am now, I have no freedom and no hope to ever get back to a tolerable human condition […] That’s why I cannot see myself as […]
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Konsert- Tradition och modernitet – Traditionell musik från Sardinien och nya kompositioner av Lucio Garau
Tonsättaren Lucio Garau har inspirerats av instrumentet Launeddas som är ett polyfonisk instrument i rörbladsfamiljen som existerat i över 2600 år i den sardiska traditionen och låtit två ”suonatas” på ursprungsinstrumentet vara utgångspunkten för två kompositioner för blockflöjter, saxofon och elektronik. Canoni – för blockflöjter och elektronik, komponerades 1992 med den komplexa metod som då […]
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Stockholm Design Week – Italian Design Vibe Finissage
On the final day of Institute’s program for the Stockholm Design Week, we are proud to host the first international presentation of Nunziatella, the new design piece conceived by Emma Silvestris and produced by Alessi, the most famous Italian design brand. Nunziatella was born to unite two Italian pillars: food and design. Emma Silvestris’ latest […]
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Stockholm Design Week – 2020 trends in the food industry & Italian Design Movie Night
The evening starts with ”2020 trends in the food industry: a wake up call”, a seminar about sustainability, social engagement and the new shape of local production in global trends. With new eating habits, new ingredients come on our plates, with a special attention to vegetables. The seminar explores the new frontier of microgreens that brings […]
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Stockholm Design Week – Design Diplomacy
Design Diplomacy invites the design community to a dynamic talk on the theme of design masters heritage, accompanied by an authentic Italian aperitivo, Vetz. Design Diplomacy is a concept launched at Helsinki Design Week 2016. It provides a deck of questions as a starting point for both easy and deeper discussions about design. In this […]
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Stockholm Design Week 2020 – Italian Design Vibe
Italian Design Vibe – Key stories, identities and production landscapes in contemporary Italian design. For the upcoming Stockholm Design Week (3-9 February 2020), the Italian Cultural Institute C.M. Lerici organizes a series of events presenting some of the most interesting Italian contemporary identities. PROGRAM Wednesday, February 5th – Design Diplomacy – Stockholm Design […]
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