{"id":3463,"date":"2020-04-02T10:21:14","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T09:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/?p=3463"},"modified":"2020-04-27T16:28:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T15:28:53","slug":"staff-and-students-contribute-to-the-italian-cultural-institutes-stay-safe-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/arts-news\/2020\/04\/02\/staff-and-students-contribute-to-the-italian-cultural-institutes-stay-safe-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff and students contribute to the Italian Cultural Institute&#8217;s &#8216;Stay Safe&#8217; project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Staff and PhD students in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/arts\">School of Arts<\/a> have contributed reflective pieces in response to COVID-19 for the <a href=\"https:\/\/iiclondra.esteri.it\/IIC_Londra\/it\/\">Italian Cultural Institute<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/arts\/people\/2128\/cinquegrani-maurizio\">Dr Maurizio Cinquegrani<\/a>, Senior Lecturer in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/arts\/subjects\/film\">Film<\/a> in the School of Arts, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/arts\/people\/3210\/branca-bernardino\">Bernardino Branca<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/arts\/people\/3226\/farinelli-stefano\">Stefano Farinelli<\/a>, PhD students in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/courses\/postgraduate\/100\/history-and-philosophy-of-art\">History and Philosophy of Art<\/a> have contributed to the Institute&#8217;s online <em>Stay Safe! <\/em>project, which aims to maintain a sense of community by sharing thoughts and sources of inspiration during COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>Maurizio&#8217;s piece&#8217;, entitled &#8216;Chiuso in casa&#8217;, focuses on how he is re-discovering the work of playwright and screenwriter Eduardo de Filippo, particulary his play <i>La paura numero uno<\/i>\u00a0(<i>The Greatest Fear<\/i>, 1950) which struck a chord due to recent events.<\/p>\n<p>Maurizio&#8217;s piece can be read here (in Italian):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iiclondra.esteri.it\/iic_londra\/en\/gli_eventi\/calendario\/2020\/04\/stay-safe-11-1-aprile.html\">https:\/\/iiclondra.esteri.it\/iic_londra\/en\/gli_eventi\/calendario\/2020\/04\/stay-safe-11-1-aprile.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bernardino has contributed an extract from his forthcoming work <em>Villa Cara<\/em> (Mimesis Edizioni, 2020) entitled &#8216;Intervallo di riflessione&#8217;, about a grimacing demon automaton owned by Manfredo Settala, an Italian collector:<\/p>\n<p>Bernardino&#8217;s piece can be read here (in Italian): <a href=\"https:\/\/iiclondra.esteri.it\/iic_londra\/en\/gli_eventi\/calendario\/2020\/03\/intervallo-di-riflessione.html\">https:\/\/iiclondra.esteri.it\/iic_londra\/en\/gli_eventi\/calendario\/2020\/03\/intervallo-di-riflessione.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Finally, Stefano\u00a0 has contributed a piece, entitled &#8216;La vita \u00e8, in effetti, grottesca&#8217;, about sculptor Silvio Cosini and the grotesque.<\/p>\n<p>Stefano&#8217;s piece can be read here (in Italian):<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iiclondra.esteri.it\/iic_londra\/en\/gli_eventi\/calendario\/stay-safe-9-30-marzo.html\">https:\/\/iiclondra.esteri.it\/iic_londra\/en\/gli_eventi\/calendario\/stay-safe-9-30-marzo.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Further <em>Stay Safe!<\/em> reflective pieces can be found on the Italian Cultural Institute&#8217;s website:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/iiclondra.esteri.it\/iic_londra\/it\/gli_eventi\">https:\/\/iiclondra.esteri.it\/iic_londra\/it\/gli_eventi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Staff and PhD students in the School of Arts have contributed reflective pieces in response to COVID-19 for the Italian Cultural Institute. 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