March 5

NABA – INTERIOR DESIGN MASTER COURSE “Contemporary Living”

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A new English-spoken Master in Interior Design, directed by our own Luca Molinari, is starting next May at NABA in Milan. Download the brochure here and the application here, and remember that NABA is part of the MIND Milan Network Design initiative (check back this post), so you might get one of the ten scholarships available – three of which include, along with a full tuition payment, a financial contribution for living in Milan.

February 24

Gentlemen of Bacongo by Daniele Tamagni. Book presentation @ Forma, Milan

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(All images © Daniele Tamagni)

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h 6.30 pm

Forma. Centro Internazionale di Fotografia

Piazza Tito Lucrezio Caro, 1

20136 Milano

info@formafoto.it

Gentlemen of Bacongo by Daniele Terragni

Book presentation

Photographer Daniele Tamagni, designer and stylist Marina Spadafora, Francesco Benvenuti Arborio di Gattinara, Trolley publisher Gigi Giannuzzi and Contrasto director Denis Curti will attend and debate on the book.

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Don’t miss the chance to get introduced to the world of style and fashion of Congo Sapeurs that photographer Daniele Tamagni depicted in his, “Gentlemen of Bacongo”. The book is a colourful journey through the streests of Brazzaville and Kinshasa by young photographer Tamagni who has distinguished himself by his sociocultural research on Afro-Caribbean subculters around the world. Tamagni’s interviews to Congolese sapeurs open us the doors to the SAPE creed, the Society of Tastemakers and Elegant People who perform and live the dandy-like dressing codes of elegance and behaviour. Refined, respected and admired like real vip by their communities sapeurs inherit and revive the French colonial roots and – despite living in slums and poverty – carry on the daily mission of elegance started by Grenard André Matsoua, the first Grand Sapeur who came back from Paris dressed as a genuine French flâneur in 1922. Tamagni’s eye immortalizes the paradoxes of the sapeur life and brilliantly captures the conflicting belief in good taste performed by gentlemen you wouldn’t expect in the Republic of Congo or in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The eternal and boundless longing for beauty keeps a constant factor of human condition. Aesthetics can be comforting! Read more

February 17

Verso il Mercato della Terra di Milano

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January 19

Aldo Lanzini – Dopo le cause, prima delle conseguenze

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Aldo Lanzini @ Triennale Bovisa Milano
from February 3 to 28 – dal 3 al 28 febbraio
Opening on Tuesday February 2, h.6.30pm – Inaugurazione martedi 2 febbraio dalle 18.30

Aldo Lanzini’s exhibition is the first of a series of shows, workshops, and events curated by do-knit-yourself and taking place at Triennale Bovisa from February to June 2010.

Together with crocket hook pieces conceived around the theme of identity in costruction, already shown in the photographic version during the Dritto-Rovescio exhibition in March 2009, Lanzini also presents a series of multi-media pieces (drawing, sewing, writing, photography, music and video) some of which have been realized for the occasion. In the spirit of Triennale Bovisa’s activities, where exhibitions become ateliers, during the show (February 2010) the artist and do-knit-yourself will hold Talking Hands, a few open workshops on manual tecniques. Read more

January 8

MilanoCittàAperta, Journal of Urban Photography. New perspectives on the city

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Dear readers, in case you don’t already know MilanoCittàAperta, Journal of Urban Photography , it’s high time you knew this open collective and have a look to its fine Milan reportages. You could be the next photographer to release your research on the metropolis and let your work be known worldwide! What we appreciated the most of this photographic Milan insight, apart from the obvious good quality of the snap selection, is the attitude of its authors. The editorial team and contributors are all very young but passionate and fierce in their mission, directly dating back to the modern photojournalism of Henri Cartier-Bresson. In times of thought standardization and political genuflection, it’s cool to read someone utter a manifesto and remind us that, quoting Miciap:

“every click/shot corresponds to a reality fragment captured forever, rescued out of becoming and given to timelessness. The photographer can offer his ethical look through his aesthetical look and viceversa [….]. We want to get down to reality and disclose its secrets, use the photographical act to give body to our personal experiences. We declare Milan ‘open city’ and accept the war within the confused chaos of the city. The same city we love and, as photographers, we try to understand and let you know. To know it is to change it.”

© Nicola Bertasi, 2009, Milano, Islands; MilanoCittàAperta, issue #0, summer 2009

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December 4

Gosh! I’ve been run over by a fuchsia snail!

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[Read the Italian version of this post]

(Text, images and video by Angelica Di Virgilio)

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Anyone wandering in the streets of Milan – more crowded and frenetic than ever because of the pre-christmas presents rush – could bump into 12 huge fuchsia snails. Don’t worry! You’re not subject to weariness hallucinations nor shopping stress, you’re surrounded by REgeneration, the new travelling installation by Cracking Art Group (Renzo Nucara, Marco Veronese, Alex Angi, Carlo Rizzetti, Kicco, William Sweetlove) supported by the Ministry for Arts and Culture, the Ministry of the Environment and by Milan Culture Council Department.

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The fuchsia snails are 2 metres high and 3 metres long, they’re made of recyclable plastic and invite the passer-by to slowness and careful listening.

“The snail stands for the reclamation of the slow quality of life, in contrast with the typically frenetic rhythm of the metropolis. The snail is a guide towards quality, it moves consciously towards an ethical and economical recovery”, the authors explain. The little creatures came out of Palazzo Marino on november 18 and now they’ve invaded Piazza della Scala, Piazza San Fedele and Piazzetta Reale, winning praise among tourists and the Milanese. You just have to get closer, touch them, and take a picture. Read more

November 26

What’s up in the skies of Milan…

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(All photos © Dunia Rahwan)

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November 16

Antologia delle Posizioni, Marta dell’Angelo @ Le Case d’Arte opening tonight

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ANTOLOGIA DELLE POSIZIONI
Marta Dell’Angelo
november 16 – january 1, 2009
Vernissage, november 16, h 7 pm
Exceptional contemporary dance performance by Portuguese artist, Marcia Lançia; h. 8.15 pm
Le Case D’Arte
Via Circo, 1 – 20123 Milano – t/f +39 02 8054071
From tuesday to friday, h 3-7 pm


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Le Case D’arte presenta l’ultimo lavoro di Marta Dell’Angelo, artista che ha fatto del corpo il soggetto principale della sua ricerca. A quattro anni dall’ultima personale in galleria, l’artista reduce dalla partecipazione alla Biennale di Tirana (The symbolic efficiency of the frame) e dalla pubblicazione, C’è da perderci la testa (con Ludovica Lumer – Edizioni Laterza), presenta un progetto unico, un libro/collage di migliaia di immagini raccolte dall’artista nel suo archivio privato; immagini di donne di differenti epoche, ritratte in diverse posizioni e assemblate in una sorta di unicum continuo. Oltre al suo interesse per il corpo e la gestualità, Marta Dell’Angelo è da anni impegnata su esperienze di movimento e danza nella performance contemporanea, da qui il sodalizio con Marcia Lançia,  giovane performer portoghese che si esibirà stasera in galleria con un’improvvisazione sul tema.

November 2

Milano Work in Progress # 2 @ SpazioFMG opening tomorrow

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Milano Work in Progress 2

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Projects for the upcoming Milan: MABarquitectura, Consalez Rossi Architetti Associati + Vudafieri Saverino Partners, studio elementare Paolo Pasquini Architetti e 5+1AA Agenzia di Architettura alfonso femia gianluca peluffo

curated by Luca Molinari and Simona Galateo

november 3 – 28, 2009

from tuesday to saturday, h 3 – 20 pm

Free entrance

Vernissage: tuesday, november 3, h 6.30 pm

SpazioFMG per l’Architettura
Via Bergognone 27, Milan

Video reportage “PROGETTARE > ABITARE #1 shopping / food” by Paolo Riolzi (on Food Park and Retail Park projects) on show.

Download here the invitation

October 27

Tadao Ando – Museums
Book presentation

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Skira is pleased to invite you to the presentation of the book Tadao Ando – Museums, edited by Luca Molinari, on Thursday October 29 at 6.30 pm, at Triennale di Milano (via Alemagna 6).

Along with the editor, Gae Aulenti and Giancarlo Calza will also participate in the presentation.

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