”On Italian Landscape Narratives” – Conference by Francesca Benedetto
Ecology, art, architecture and literature: these are the variations on the Urban Landscape in the research of architect and landscape designer Francesca Benedetto, where the townscape of the city transmits the memory and identity of the cultures that have lived there. Taking inspiration from the Constructing Visual Narratives of Place seminar, which she held at […]
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Italian electronic music artist Nicola Ratti at the 19th edition of the AKOUSMA Festival
Nicola Ratti is a multifaceted musician and sound designer who has been active for years in various experimental felds. His sound production creates systems that take shape from repetition and expansion, with particular attention to the construction of environments that gravitate in relation to the space and architecture we live in and balancing the emotional […]
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Italian Language Week in the World – XXIII edition – Lecture ” l’Italia che Cambia” by Daniel Tarozzi
The XXIII edition (October 16-22, 2023) of the Settimana della Lingua Italiana nel Mondo (Italian Language Week in the World) will have the theme “Italian and Sustainability,” with the aim of promoting in the world, through the Italian language, the culture of sustainability carried out by a country at the forefront of environmental issues. For […]
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Tempo Reale Electroacoustic Ensemble.
AKOUSMA invites four artists from the Tempo Reale Research Center of Florence (Italy) gathered in the Tempo Reale Electroacoustic Ensemble. These artists are: Agnese Delia Banti, musician and sound artist, co-founder of the electronic music collective of the G.B. Conservatory. Martini, in Bologna (Italy); Riccardo Castagnola, composer and multimedia artist, professor of sound design at […]
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Accademia dei Cameristi TRIO Tedesco – Piccotti – Consonni
A rare performance, refined and engaging program performed by a trio of young musicians, very active in the international music scene who are dedicated to Italian instrumental music. Friday October 13th 2023 – 7:30pm Ecole De Musique Vincent D’Indy 628 De La Cote-Sainte-Catherine, Outremont Program: ALFREDO CASELLA – Trio Sonata in la maggiore ( da […]
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“The waste land” – Exhibition
Through the lens of Alessio Pellicoro, the city of Taranto, also known as the “city of the two seas,” reveals itself in its most unsuspected corners and invites visitors to explore its edges and interstices. In this now devastated territory, industry has profoundly marked and disrupted the urban fabric. The natural balance has been broken […]
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Body expression workshop with Matteo Marchesi, choreographer
Starting with the illustrations on display in the exhibition “Figures for Italo Calvino” and the author’s literary works, the workshop led by Matteo Marchesi proposes a physical, narrative and sensory exploration of creativity and imagination as a means of discovering the creative processes and the many languages that nurtured the author’s writing. The workshop is […]
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Calvino at full speed
Come and discover Italo. Read an excerpt from Calvino’s best novels in Italian or French. You will be able to win* a book by the author and registration for a cooking workshop at the Institute. The evening will be hosted by Silvio Orvieto. Wednesday, September 20th at 6 p.m. Istituto Italiano di Cultura Montréal 1200 […]
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Lecture by Antonio Nicaso, historian and mafia specialist
We are pleased to welcome Antonio Nicaso, in collaboration with the Cinémathèque Québécoise. A historian specializing in the mafia, he has analyzed the functioning of the mafia in the era of globalization, as well as the specificities of the North American mafia, notably in his book devoted to Vito Rizzuto (Business or Blood: Mafia Boss Vito Rizzuto’s Last […]
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Cycles Ciné-mafia
How does cinema relate to a certain Mafia mythology ? To what degree does it detach itself from it, or portray it in its most complex and troubled aspects ? The answer in fourteen films. From September 14th to 24th, 2023 at the Cinémathèque Québécoise – 335, boul. De Maisonneuve Est, Montréal. Thursday September 14th, […]
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