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Read MoreWednesday, April 14 10:30am-1pm Free
“Ginette Laurin created the turbulent La Chambre Blanche for her contemporary dance company O Vertigo almost 18 years ago; her choreographic intention at the time was affected deeply by the murders of 14 young women at École Polytechnique in 1989. La Chambre Blanche is now a film, directed by Laurin.”
By KATHRYN GREENAWAY, The Gazette READ MORE
Screening of la chambre blanche by Ginette Laurin (O Vertigo, Montreal) followed by discussion with Ginette Laurin moderated by Diedre Towers
Wednesday, April 14
Breakfast Mix (note: Dixon Place, 161 Chrystie Street, New York, NY)
10:30am-1pm
Free
Hello from Bogliasco,
With three days to go, I am driven to make connections between the edited video of relics and nature, soundtracks and movement images.
I seem to be obsessed with my shadow – as it crosses over into different realms of time and space. The piece is a movie within a movie – the soundtracks of pop tunes from David Bowie to Boney M are creating a kind of musical about masking mortality – which I didn’t anticipate.
The images in the new video footage come from a museum underneath the San Lorenzo church in Genoa. Genoa is 30 minutes by bus or train from Bogliasco.
Meet Fellows….
Left to right.. Grigory Kruzhkov, Jo Anna Isaak (husband, Daniel O’Connell), Loren Ghiglione (wife, Nancy Ghiglione)
Grigory Kruzhkov, Literature – Scholarship, Moscow (Russia)
Grigory is a professor at the Russian State University for the Humanities. He has been preparing a comprehensive one-volume edition of Edward Lear (1812-1888) in Russian, representing all kinds of his writings: nonsense rhymes and songs, nonsense tales, alphabets, cookery, botany and more.
Jo Anna Isaak, Visual Arts – Scholarship, New York, New York (USA)
Jo Ann Isaak is a John Marion Chair at Fordham University. She is working on a book on art and ecology entitled “The Greening of the Avant-garde.” What she will examine is the repeated realization on the part of individual artists and groups of artists of what is at stake for artists today in the radical avant-garde gestures of modernism and the implications of the modernist tradition on contemporary ecological art practices.
Loren Ghiglione, History, Evanston, Illinois (USA)
Loren Ghiglione is a Richard A. Schwarzlose Professor of Media Ethics at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. His project “Searching for America” is a personal history book about identity in America. He has used his time at the Study Center to complete research on the first Ghigliones in America, who arrived from Liguria in the 1870’s.
Meet our fearless leader
Alessandra Natale, Associate Director of the Bogliasco Foundation.
Photo gallery of a foodie’s expedition in Genoa.
This is my last Bogliasco blog – It has been an honor to be part of this illustrious group of Fellows and to experience such a beautiful and safe haven in which to be creative. Many thanks to the Bogliasco Foundation, the Liguria Study Center and the wonderful staff that made me feel at home.
Ciao, Karen
Hello from Bogliasco,
I am excited today, because I have an idea for a new section for Ouette – I call it Glisten. My pieces often start from a reflection of where I am at emotionally and fueled by music. But here I have found that video imagery is a departure point for me to explore increasing thoughts about mortality and the richness of life. I have begun with two images – sparkles on the sea. Zooming into the sparkles I found that they had a shape and brownish blue color with a bright cross at the center. The second images are photographs and videography of golden jeweled relics that also give off sparkles and unusual shadows. I wish I could capture the smell of the relics. Hmmmm… not getting religion…. but there is something about making a connection between nature and artifacts. Adding to the mix, I have thought of interviewing people about their thoughts on their own mortality and kicking up my heels to David Bowie’s Dead Man Walking…. So we will see where this goes……..
A trip along the sea going south by train to Portofino, then boat to San Fruttuosa to see the abbey and back via Camogli, proved to be a magnificent site. Rugged hills spotted with warm color homes, palaces and churches jutted up from the still aqua water.
Fellow William Wall, professional writer, and his wife Elizabeth Kirwan, mathematician
William “Bill” Wall is from Carrigrohane, Cork (Ireland). He is currently working on a novel partly set in Italy – and he also plans to finish a collection of poetry. Bill is very opinionated and likes to play the devils advocate. But, he gets away with it, as his smile can light up a room.
Fellow Stefania Beretta, Photographer
Stefania Beretta is from Verscio, Switzerland. She is working on a project entitled Verifica di un’esistenza. Our group will have the pleasure of attending the opening of her show “Holy Places” at Galleria UnimediaModern Contemporary Art in Genoa on November 6th. The show continues until December 10th. As she mostly speaks Italian, I nod my head and pretend I understand, while being drawn into the expressiveness of her face.
Desert of the week – panna cotta with raspberry sauce.
Sad, but true – next Friday will be my last entry.
MOLLY&NOLA
“This current global situation is immensely sad and challenging, including the necessary cancellations/ postponements/ restructuring of opportunities, but we are so grateful for how you and the Performance Mix #34: Remotely Yours team has honored all of the artists involved – artistically, financially, and emotionally. In these uncertain, confusing times, we feel taken care of & clearly communicated with. Thank you.”
–MOLLY&NOLA
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