by Matteo Veronesi As Andrea Pagani wrote so eloquently a dozen years ago in Cartapesta, a lovely little magazine from Imola that now alas has folded (Cartapesta, No. 9, October-December 2003): “It would be hard to find a city more suited than Ferrara – one of D’Annunzio’s “cities of silence”, with its wide empty streets, its … Continua a leggere
by Alexander Rosenthal Pubul* The clash between Socrates and the city of Athens which leads to his trial and death raises in the most dramatic possible form the fundamental question of the relationship between philosophy and politics. What is the nature of this conflict? How was it that Socrates who sought virtue and wisdom above … Continua a leggere
di Chiara De Luca* Michael Schmidt doesn’t have only a life to speak of, he doesn’t have only a story to draw from to enrich his poetry, which is so loaded with experience and so wisely chiseled. Born in Mexico City and now living and working in Manchester, founder and editorial director of the well-known … Continua a leggere
Chiara De Luca* da La corolla del ricordo, Kolibris, 2009 È strano vedi come possa il vento liberare il cielo e alleggerire in volo le braccia degli alberi di nuovo genuflessi. Prigioniera in casa manca ancora tanta luce bevuta dal palazzo a pochi metri desertato, mentre sul terrazzo i panni giocano coi fili appesantiti … Continua a leggere
di Teresa Caligiure I came from the outside, the rules of photography didn’t interest me… there were things you could do with a camera that you couldn’t do with any other medium… grain, contrast, blur, cock– eyed framing, eliminating or exaggerating grey tones and so on. I thought it would be good to show what’s … Continua a leggere
di Andrea Sartori* The military and political events which upset Florence between the end of Quattrocento and the first decades of the sixteenth century, are part of Machiavelli’s motivation to write The Prince. Nonetheless, even his most celebrated theatrical work – the Mandragola – is deeply affected by the instability and the moral crisis of … Continua a leggere
di Davide Zizza* Il sottile rumore del ticchettio della tastiera Il sottile rumore del ticchettio della tastiera. Olivetti Lettera 22. ‘Musica’… avrebbe detto qualcuno. Ipnosi… Il tuo pensiero mi sta di fianco e, dentro la mente, s’affolla l’alternativa per il migliore passo da scrivere. Ipnosi, e tutto il mondo cede sotto un viaggio degli occhi, per … Continua a leggere
