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Goodbye to the McKittrick Hotel

April 16, 2011. My friend Tammy had told me she'd seen an incredible production of Macbeth that she was certain I would love. I walked into the McKittrick Hotel that Saturday night with no idea that I was entering a place that would change my life forever.

What an extraordinary, fruitful place of creative energy it was. How wild, almost unbelievable, that such a place survived in New York City for nearly fourteen years. 

My first impression: You have to walk around and climb stairs and wear a mask? How can you do Shakespeare without dialog? Until I realized the dialog was in the dance, and the rave shocked my jaded sensibilities, and I was in a tiny room with a beautiful sobbing naked man, and then I went home and dreamed about it and knew I had to go back.

Then the parties. Halloween 2011 was the best event party I had ever been to - welcoming, engaging, fun. For fourteen years the McKittrick became my Halloweens, my New Years Eves, my May Fairs (I didn't even know that was a thing), that wonderful exhausting year of 2016 when they did Supercinema almost every month. The parties became more elaborate, the costumes, the set designs, the stories, the interactions, the performances. The Paisley Players, the epic ballroom extravaganzas, the tableaus in the walled garden...

Remixed (the first) remains the funniest thing I've ever seen in my life. November Rain at the banquet. The Imperial March in the maze. Diamonds are Forever, forever...

The Boy Witch party made me cry and cry. Two nights only and it was probably the best thing I've ever seen. The carousel on the ballroom stage, the fire, the lady in pink tights, the lost love. Every time I hear that version of Crazy in Love, I feel that emotion again.

At the Clue party, Maximilian led us through the floors, and we watched Neil Patrick Harris chop off his own head in the Macbeth bedroom.

Fourth of July 2012, after the show, a marching band played as we climbed six floors to the roof to reveal a beautiful secret garden where we watched the fireworks. Gallow Green was magical in the early days, with Paul Corning's gardener watering plants and occasionally leading people away, and Annabella planting herbs and making potions with us.

One day after the show, Lulu put a stamp on my hand and told me to go to the elevator. I took it up and a character led me into the Heath for the first time. We'd go there for drinks or dinner, watch Elizabeth Lindsey glide through the space like watching a portal into a film noir, follow instructions on secret notes and hope to win the lottery. (Once I did; Ginger took me, blindfolded, to High Street, and I still have the memories of discombobulated absurdity - and a spoon with my name engraved on it.)

Then they put a cozy little Scottish lodge on the roof, with bunk beds and blankets and heaters, and a forest out back with a canoe? in a tent. We'd huddle around the fire pit, or sprawl on the bed. All the books were pre-1939. At some point there was a room full of board games. My friend Matty would sit at the desk writing his dissertation and people thought he was a character.

I watched Rosemary's Baby on the rooftop, curated by Amy Poehler, and Vertigo in the ballroom, shivering in the air conditioner.

Calloway started doing these "salons" in the Manderley after the show, with songs and narratives and recurring characters and Hans dying every time. Then one day the email said something about "McKittrick Follies," and I showed up and characters were singing and telling stories and everyone was drinking and talking into the night.  

I can't believe we were so spoiled by that boundless creative energy for so long. For months? years? we had a weekly Follies, then... biweekly? Sunday afternoons we'd sit on the beds in the Lodge drinking mulled wine before going down to the Follies; then Wednesdays I'd work late and walk into the Manderley at 10pm, or go home and walk up the High Line to come back, listening to the show crowd's excited chatter as they exited, entering to music and humor and drinks that flowed and flowed and flowed. So much extraordinary talent, all concentrated in this one place and sparkling off of each other, creating and creating and creating.

Ginger was so funny. Lily's voice was beautiful. Mallory was the bawdiest thing. Nick's Maximilian was a true original. Conor and Austin were so awkward and snarky. JWW has the most dear, sweet, unique style. I can't list everyone; I can't believe we were blessed with so much. 

There were so many incredible singers and musicians over the years. Kat Cunning. Lisa McQuade. Julia Haltigan. Stephanie Amoroso. Onalea Gilbertson. Every iteration of the Manderley band was full of wildly talented musicians. I was lucky enough to see Cibo Matto in the Heath, and Leslie Odom Jr in the Manderley. The place was absolutely punching above its weight in terms of talent.

I learned to drink in the Manderley bar. When I first went, the only drink I knew how to order was a Sex on the Beach. I had my first gin gimlet at the Manderley Bar. The Professor, Brandon Tyler Harris, asked me what gin I liked, and I didn't know, so I tried them all and discovered that it's Hendricks. Then I switched to smoky mezcal margaritas, and drank them for years, occasionally starting trends. Later it was scotch sours, smoky Laphroaig, heaven in a glass. At the Heath they'd had my all time favorite drink, long gone; something with Scotch, orgeat, and a cabernet float... I'm at the age now where I've largely had to stop drinking; the era of alcohol in my life will always be tied up in the McKittrick.

If it weren't for Sleep No More, I wouldn't have gone to London and made many of my dearest friends; would never have experienced Shanghai the way I did, with local friends to guide me.

Lily Ockwell brought me on the Manderley stage on my birthday. The lights were very bright. Could she have imagined how utterly terrified I was? In a good way.

At my 100th show, Kit/Ginger bought me a drink as soon as I walked in.

Gus from front of house overheard me talking about an upcoming trip to Shanghai and invited himself along. We had so much fun, we took a trip to Costa Rica the next year.

After my cat Lucifer died, London gave me the biggest hug as soon as he saw me.

At Austin Goodwin's Juilliard graduation performance, the whole evening was so beautiful. All these extraordinary young people who'd worked so hard, accomplished so much, brimming with possibility for their futures. I wanted so much to be one of the families, full of pride and love for someone I'd helped nurture. When I wrote a tumblr post wrestling with the decision to have a child, Austin sent me a message telling me he thought I'd make a good mother. It is one of the kindest things anyone has ever done for me, and helped me make one of the hardest decisions I've ever made.

Once on new years eve, Anabella gave me a Tarot card - Ten of Pentacles. I knew when I got that card that it was about my desire to have my own family, a child of my own. I put it on my fridge as inspiration and it's still there next to pictures of my kid.

I met my best friend on High Street, looking in the window of the tailor shop, watching Paul Zivkovich as a clown. This is the friend who is now in my will to take care of my child if I die.

I say I'm not creative, but the McKittrick brought out the creativity I do have. So many words in this blog. Several interviews for academic papers or articles. A box full of costumes in my closet: Andrea Alden in the Infidelity Ballet scene; Medusa out of a bunch of plastic snakes I painted and attached to a headdress; Vampire Willow; a Baz Luhrman Capulet; Mrs White. I see photos and find myself wearing costumes I don't even remember.

In early 2020, I hadn't been going to Sleep No More for a while, but when covid got scary, suddenly that's where I had to be. I was there until the day I showed up and the doors were closed.

I genuinely wonder, will I ever be as good at anything in my adult life as I was at following the Macbeth loop? I knew just where to stand, to view a perfect wide shot, to see a close up at a respectful distance. I loved to follow Macbeth down the corridor into the rave, a shadow halo'd in red, arms out against the tin walls. And to follow him out, running full speed, enraged and out of control as the music swelled and he went into the speakeasy to kill Banquo; there was no room for anything but adrenaline and utter absorption in the moment. To follow the Macbeths down the stairs as they screamed and shoved and kissed chocolate blood all over each others' faces. To stand still in the bedroom as they danced and fought around the room, the audience swarming around them, everything moving around me from close up to wide shot to close up. 

Will anything bring as much peace as a Porter loop? I could always go there when I was sad. The hotel lobby was my favorite space. So dark it was almost black; figures emerging through the shroud of darkness. The tiny office, the papers and pencils. The sweet silliness of that character, the eternal hope. The overwhelming sadness. To be the one not chosen. Trapped, unable to change anyone's fate, watching and witnessing.

I used to think, there's a lot of downtime in this loop between the big moments like the cabaret, but in the end I realized, there is no downtime. Every moment is beautiful. I'd go there just to see the ominous deer loom over him as he reset the dining room, or to see those white sheets moving through the darkness like abstract art.

Zach McNally's Porter was my first 1:1, in 2012. I remember watching the tears down his face during the cabaret and thinking, wait, this character is as important as the Boy Witch. On Saturday, I watched him fade away into the shadows for the last time.

At the very last show, Andrew Robinson's Porter cried along with the audience as we watched him trace his hand. At the end, he cut his toast into a tiny heart and gave it to Danvers. She burst into tears, cut it in half, and they ate it together.

Boy Witch ended for me when my favorites left; it was all memories, echoes of the past. I'll never forget Conor, who always saw me, no matter how far away I stood, and always created some little moment to make my night special. 

(I used to rarely watch the shower scene, and once he ran up to me in the bar and told me, you paid for your ticket, you can watch what you want to watch.)

Oddly, at my second-to-last show, I followed Macduff. Never a favorite, but the choreography is so good. Steven Bangerter looks and moves so much like Rob McNeill, and his sweetness balances out the character. How extraordinary to see the echoes of Rob, who was in the 2003 London production, so clearly and vividly, 21 years and who knows how many performers later. (I did not see the original production, but there are photos, and the first time I saw Rob in the Drowned Man I thought, wow, he moves like Macduff.)

I was noticing new things up until the end. Macbeth, upside down in the ballroom at the reset; the hanged man Tarot card. Macduff, lifting Sexy Witch in the ballroom and spinning her around, like Rob McNeill once did to me as we danced to the finale stage at the end of a Drowned Man.

After the second Remixed, I worked up the nerve to speak to Stephen Dobbie, asked him about the song choices, raved about how great they were. I'd forgotten that the November Rain video actually has a banquet scene in it.

One time I sat across from Felix Barrett at dinner and accidentally changed the ending of the show. I complained that the matron just closes the door to the pagoda and black masks hurry you away; he made a note on his phone and within days it was better.

Once, I had a long conversation with Maxine in the Manderley. (And a few brief ones in London.) Sunday night when I said goodbye, she gave me a hug and said, you've been here all these years.

I don't know why it matters that I met these people. I'm not trying to break into the arts. Maybe I just have so much admiration for the people who've succeeded, in a world that makes it so difficult. Actually if I could have been anyone in the building, it would have been Carrie Boyd; color-coded spreadsheets are my jam. What an unsung superstar. Her salon was the best.

Once after a roundtable, I found a note in my bag from Ilana. "Thank you for your heart and mind." I'd say the same to her.

I don't even know what else to write. Fourteen years of memories. After I post this, I'll think, oh I should have mentioned that other thing too. How can you sum up something that meant so much?

The McKittrick was at the center of my experience of New York City; of my mid-adulthood. I will mourn it at the same time as I marvel that it ever happened, that I found it as early as I did, and that it could possibly have lasted so long.

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giovedì 3 ottobre alle ore 18h. BOLOGNA NicoNote propone una Listening Session di Ascolto collettivo dell'album, a LO STUDIO SPAZIALE, Via Francesco Albani 1/7a. ingesso gratuito con prenotazione, posti limitati

Dopo il debutto con la performance live, alla Certosa di Firenze per PHilhArmonie festival, all'Eremo di Fonte Avellana per I Suoni delle Alte Marche Festival, al Palazzo dei Consoli di Bevagna (Pg) per Digital Calling Rockin'Umbria, e la listening session a Santarcangelo Supercinema, ecco un altro appuntamento in forma di Listening Party, per presentare il nuovo album di NicoNote REGOLA, in uscita vinile e digitale per NIM New Interplanetary Melodies / Big Doings, a Bologna, a Lo Studio Spaziale, in via Francesco Albani, 1/7a

Trovarsi insieme, riunire il pubblico per ascoltare, condividere l'ascolto, nello stesso spazio, accogliendo un ascolto profondo, è un evento prezioso. Il nuovo progetto elettronico immersivo dal titolo REGOLA favorisce un ascolto emozionale e profondo.

Programma: ore 18h • accoglienza ore 18,15h • presentazione e ascolto collettivo dell'album a seguire Q&A in dialogo con NicoNote

Ingresso gratuito con prenotazione, i posti sono limitati

Per prenotare è necessario scrivere una e-mail a relazioni.niconote@gmail.com con oggetto Listening Session REGOLA a Lo Studio Spaziale

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Il film di Elisabetta Sgarbi “Nino Migliori. La festa che rovescia il mondo per gioco” domenica 2 giugno, alle ore 19, al C’entro - Supercinema Santarcangelo.

Intervengono Eugenio Lio, Marina Truant, Nino Migliori, Elisabetta Sgarbi.

Biglietti: supercinemasantarcangelo.com

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Tracce di Bari, cosa danno al Supercinema oggi?

Su radio Made in Italy,  giovedì alle 10,00 Tracce vi sbolcca un altro ricordo, Franco Cirici , ripercorre la vita del Supercinema al quartiere Libertà, per il Teatro Popolare Barese, Franco De Giglio parlerà di un attore poliedrico, quasi plastico, intriso di simpatia : Dante Marmone .Seguirà Laura Pestugato, che  vi riporta a fine anni 80, raccontando come è nato lo Stadio San Nicola a Bari.…

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Modena, con la “creatività” l’area ex Amcm viene restituita alla città il 13 ottobre

Modena, con la “creatività” l’area ex Amcm viene restituita alla città il 13 ottobre. Sarà all'insegna dell'arte e dello spettacolo l'inaugurazione del Parco della Creatività, dopo l'intervento di rigenerazione urbana dell'area ex Amcm a Modena, in programma venerdì 13 ottobre, a partire dalle 15.30. Insieme alla piazza pedonale e ciclabile, alla prima sala del Nuovo Teatro delle Passioni, alla palestra e al parcheggio interrato, infatti, verrà presentata l'opera d'arte pubblica "Natura vincit" realizzata su una parete della palestra dall'artista Andrea Chiesi. È prevista, inoltre, la presentazione della targa che dedica la piazza ai fratelli Panini, per ricordare – come previsto dal Consiglio comunale già nel 2019 – le iniziative imprenditoriali di una famiglia modenese che bene simboleggiano il tema della creatività: dalle figurine all'editoria, fino alle collezioni fotografiche e automobilistiche. Dalle 17, poi, artisti di parkour e giovani performer della scuola di Alta formazione Iolanda Gazzero, a cura di Ert/Teatro Nazionale, guideranno il pubblico in un ideale percorso alla scoperta degli spazi che caratterizzano l'area rigenerata: il Nuovo Teatro delle Passioni e il cantiere della seconda sala in corso di realizzazione, il Laboratorio Aperto dove già da anni si svolgono iniziative legate all'innovazione, il Supercinema estivo dove presto partirà l'intervento di riqualificazione, il parcheggio seminterrato con 248 posti gestito da Modena Parcheggi e la palestra Sigonio. Nella struttura, inoltre, sono previste dimostrazioni sportive e di danza a cura di Moba Lab One Asd, che insieme a Modena Basket gestisce l'impianto, e del centro danza e ginnastica La Capriola. L'inaugurazione delle 15.30, con ingresso da via Carlo Sigonio, si apre con l'intervento del sindaco Gian Carlo Muzzarelli a cui seguirà quello di Giuliano Barbolini, presidente di Emilia-Romagna Teatro Ert/Teatro Nazionale. Sarà poi la volta di Roberto Davoli, vice presidente di Cmb e presidente di Parco creatività spa che ha gestito gli interventi di rigenerazione dell'area dopo una selezione con procedura competitiva con negoziazione svolta dal Comune. Seguono gli interventi dell'artista Andrea Chiesi e di Antonio Panini, a nome della famiglia. Concludono il presidente della Fondazione di Modena Matteo Tiezzi e l'assessore della Regione Emilia-Romagna Vincenzo Colla.... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

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Anche oggi POKER!

4 proiezioni in tre città diverse.

29 marzo ore 18.00 e 21.00

CATANZARO Nuovo Supercinema

con il cast e i registi

29 marzo ​ore 21.00

BERGAMO Cinema Auditorium

con Vittorio Agnoletto

29 marzo ​ore 20.30

COMACCHIO (FE) Cinepark

[fredvanhoof]

Rome + Août + Canicule + Domenica + Covid

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Anticipazioni per "SUPERCINEMA" di sabato 30 novembre 2019 alle 9.30 su CANALE 5: il rotocalco d'informazione cinematografica festeggia le 250 puntate

Anticipazioni per “SUPERCINEMA” di sabato 30 novembre 2019 alle 9.30 su CANALE 5: il rotocalco d’informazione cinematografica festeggia le 250 puntate

Anticipazioni per “SUPERCINEMA” di sabato 30 novembre 2019 alle 9.30 su CANALE 5: il rotocalco d’informazione cinematografica festeggia le 250 puntate

Sabato 30 novembre alle ore 9.50 su Canale 5, appuntamento speciale con “Supercinema” che, alla sua nona stagione, festeggia le 250 puntate. Una scommessa vinta quella di “Supercinema”. L’unico programma di attualità cinematografica e anche il…

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Racked:  The Wildest Clothes That Only Last a Night

Juli and Alex Abene make intricate costumes that last for just one night. 🎥 Derrick Belcham

Two of the great unsung heroes of the McKittrick.

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Ecco il giorno tanto atteso, oggi esce ufficialmente il mio nuovo album REGOLA suite ispirata a Hildegard Von Bingen vinile e digitale LP Limited edition 200 su Label New Interplanetary Melodies & Big Doings.

Un lavoro che ha segnato il mio percorso, è stata la mia prima suite, la mia prima drammaturgia sonora compatta e consapevole. Nata come performance live nel 2003, durante gli anni della pandemia è emersa dagli archivi ed ora è un album, un concept album. Una riscrittura radicale, elettronica immersiva, creata insieme a Demetrio Cecchitelli e Daniele Marzi, preziosi e meravigliosi viaggiatori che ringrazio dal profondo.

Proprio oggi ci sarà una presentazione al C'Entro @ supercinema di Santarcangelo, un ascolto collettivo del disco e insieme a @ Johann Merrich dialogo e Q&A poi aperitivo con selecta in vinile, di Sandro Russo, Riviera '90. 

Ci sono state alcune anteprime LIVE: alla Certosa di Firenze per FilArmonia festival e all'Eremo di Fonte Avellana per I Suoni delle Alte Marche e sabato 28 settembre sarò a Bevagna (Pg) per Digital Calling. In ottobre poi due Listening Party a Bologna a Lo Studio Spaziale e a Berlino al Libertine. Tutto è in progress! trovate i dettagli e gli aggiornamenti nel link in bio. Spero di incontrarvi, REGOLA è un progetto particolare che vi invito a scoprire.

Voglio ringraziare Simona Faraone e Pietro Micioni per aver creduto nel progetto e per la cura nel realizzarlo. Grazie a Roberto Cacciapaglia e il suo invito di vent'anni fa come ispirazione radice. Sì! Grazie a Luigi Garbini, ai Mas Collective ovvero Sandro Russo & Andrea Arcangeli per aver condiviso mondi all'inizio del viaggio. Grazie a Francesca Breschi, a Patricia Allio e all'ICE Festival per l'energia e la forza. Grazie alle tante persone che mi sostengono, nel mio cammino da totale outsider. 

Ecco il suono che soffia, nuvole davanti al sole, io vedo! 

Nico --

At last, the long-awaited day is here! Today, my new album REGOLA suite inspired by Hildegard von Bingen is being officially released on vinyl and digital LP Limited Edition 200 on Label New Interplanetary Melodies & Big Doings.

It was a defining moment in my career: not only was it my first suite, my first compact and conscious sound dramaturgy, but it also marked a significant turning point in my artistic development. It was originally performed live in 2003 and emerged from the archives during the pandemic. It's now an album��� a concept album.  A radical rewriting, immersive electronic, evocative, created together with Demetrio Cecchitelli and Daniele Marzi, precious and wonderful travellers, whom I thank from the bottom of my heart.

I would like to thank Simona Faraone and Pietro Micioni for believing in the project and the care in realising it, and thanks to Roberto Cacciapaglia, and his invitation twenty years ago as a root inspiration. Thanks to Luigi Garbini, to the Mas Collective or Sandro Russo & Andrea Arcangeli, thanks to Francesca Breschi, to Patricia Allio and the ICE Festival, thanks to the many people who support me on my journey as a total outsider. 

This is the sound that blows, like clouds before the sun!

Nico

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Label: @newinterplanetarymelodies & Big Doings

[NIM014] NICONOTE - REGOLA LP vinyl 140 gr

Conception, Voice, Dramaturgy by NicoNote Sound design by Demetrio Cecchitelli Produced by NicoNote, Demetrio Cecchitelli, Dani Marzi Mixed by Dani Marzi Recorded and produced at Marzi Recording Studio Riccione, 2023

Executive Production: NicoNote Dream Action sustained by Simona Faraone (NIM), Pietro Micioni (Big Doings) Publishing: Big Doings Edizioni Musicali /Diaframma Edizioni Musicali                                                                                                               Basic Frame Distribution (vinyl) Sequence (UK) (digital) PR: Unsung Hunger Graphic design: Andrea Guardiani Cover Photo: Valentina Solfrini Mastering: Ma Spaventi Studio - Barcelona Record pressing: RAND Muzik - Record Manufacturing (Leipzig - DE)

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New Foreign Material finally out on Supercinema Records incl. Crossing Avenue Remix.https://www.deejay.de/Foreign_Material_Supercinema_003_SCR03_Vinyl__949458

[lamilanomagazine]

Modena: un "albero" d'artista per il parco della creatività

Modena: un "albero" d'artista per il parco della creatività. Avviato il cantiere per la realizzazione dell'opera pubblica di Andrea Chiesi sulla parete della nuova palestra Sigonio nell'area rigenerata dell'ex Amcm. Un grande albero, in tutta la sua maestosità e bellezza, che Andrea Chiesi, dopo averlo realizzato a inchiostro su carta (una delle opere più iconiche della mostra "Natura Vincit" del 2021), farà diventare un murales visibile a tutti sulla grande parete della nuova palestra Sigonio. È stato avviato il cantiere dell'opera d'arte pubblica destinata ad accogliere i cittadini al Parco della Creatività, suggerendo riflessioni sul rapporto tra uomo e natura, nel cuore del comparto ex Amcm. Insieme all'artista c'erano Simone Ferrarini, esperto muralista che assisterà Chiesi nella realizzazione dell'opera, Elia Mazzotti Gentili, a cui è stata affidata la direzione artistica del catalogo, e Davide Sabattini, fotografo e videomaker che produrrà un breve documentario dell'intervento. Alla presentazione dei lavori, che dureranno circa un mese, hanno partecipato il sindaco Gian Carlo Muzzarelli e l'assessore alla Cultura Andrea Bortolamasi, insieme a rappresentati della società Parco creatività spa, soggetto attuatore del programma di riqualificazione dell'area ex Amcm, che ha sostenuto l'iniziativa. Nel comparto, infatti, si è sviluppato negli anni un intervento di rigenerazione urbana pubblico-privata con la realizzazione del Laboratorio aperto e della piazza pedonale, la riqualificazione del primo stralcio dell'ex Enel e l'avvio dei lavori del secondo, come sede del nuovo Teatro della Passioni e di Ert, insieme alle altre opere che stanno terminando (il parcheggio seminterrato e la nuova palestra, appunto), il previsto supermercato nella ex Filovia, gli edifici residenziali e l'intervento di valorizzazione del Supercinema estivo i cui lavori inizieranno nelle prossime settimane. Proprio al Supercinema, tra l'altro, è dedicato il quadro "Ti ricordi l'estate scorsa, tutto quel caldo, le strade deserte" che l'artista ha donato al Comune e che verrà collocato nella struttura al termine dei lavori. La rigenerazione del comparto è il contesto in cui si va a collocare il murales di Chiesi creando una quinta prospettica per viale Sigonio sfruttando l'ampia parete grigia, oltre 300 metri quadri di superficie, della nuova palestra praticamente terminata (scade giovedì 7 settembre il bando per affidarne la gestione). La facciata ha una lunghezza di 30 metri e un'altezza di 11 ed è bordata da una cornice bianca, pensata da subito, quindi, come una "tela en plein air", predisposta per accogliere interventi artistici in grado di integrarsi con l'architettura e di valorizzare l'ingresso all'intera area. Le vedute e le atmosfere di Chiesi diventano quindi la soluzione per dare un'identità a uno scorcio di città e ribadire la presenza della cultura e dell'arte nello spazio pubblico. La scelta è basata proprio sulla relazione tra il contesto e l'opera e tra l'artista modenese e la sua città. Un percorso che con il murales trova l'ideale continuazione della mostra personale "Natura Vincit", allestita nel complesso San Paolo nel 2021, con quell'albero tra le opere principali. "Attraverso il disegno e la pittura – spiega Andrea Chiesi - ho indagato per oltre 20 anni il paesaggio contemporaneo, nel suo aspetto sociale e antropologico, focalizzandomi sull'impermanenza e la vacuità, secondo cui ogni fenomeno è privo di una esistenza intrinseca. Negli ultimi anni la ricerca si è orientata verso la natura, gli alberi e le piante che crescono nei luoghi lasciati dall'uomo; ho adottato uno sguardo interiore, tra la meraviglia e il sublime, influenzato anche dalla posizione del mio studio, in una zona isolata alle porte della città, circondata da alberi ribelli. Il paesaggio – aggiunge l'artista – diventa la manifestazione della legge universale di causa ed effetto che regola il Tutto, un legame cosmico di interdipendenza, che unisce indissolubilmente ogni forma, organica e inorganica, in cui ogni essere cerca, in tutti i modi possibili, la vita. La Natura vince".... #notizie #news #breakingnews #cronaca #politica #eventi #sport #moda Read the full article

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Alfredo Mazzilli - Icarus XB1 [Supercinema Records]

push forward techno, one of our fav styles ! 💥

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White Elephants on Set

Rise of Digital Cameras

Today I’m going to focus on the documentary “Side by Side” by Keneally, which discusses digital technology’s impact on filmmaking. While watching, I reflected on the shift in the meaning and importance of being a camera operator. William Brown in “Supercinema” explained the difference between analogue and digital cinema using Batman and Superman. Analogue cinema is Batman - hiding it’s limitations behind the bat suit. Digital cinema is Superman - hiding his strength behind his alter-ego, Clark Kent. While digital cinema outperforms analogue cinema with its technologies, making the film more spectacular, it diminishes the role of the director of photography. On a film set the DoP is responsible for knowing what equipment is needed and how to use it to produce the desired scene, they look at colour, composition, angles. In the documentary, John Mathieson said “you can’t explain what you’re gonna do. There’s a certain amount of a leap of faith they gotta have in you”. With film, only the DoP knew what the footage will probably look like. Now using digital cameras everybody on set sees the acquired image, no more dailies. “There was a joy for many many years for us to be the genies on set” reminisces Sani Sissel. 

Now, how’s that for a painful digital takeover?