Performing Borders_Conversation on art | crossings | europe (30 March 2016)

Another exciting event soon happening in London!

Performing borders: Conversation on art | crossings | europe is an open dialogue on how artists, researchers and art organisations can use their practices and projects to respond to and challenge the borders of Europe and their shifting meanings.

Guest speakers include: Lois Keidan (Co-Director of the Live Art Development Agency), Sophie Nield (Senior Lecturer in Drama at the Royal Holloway University of London), Juliet Steyn (Co-editor of ‘Breaching Borders: Art, Migrants and the Metaphor of Waste’), Marilena Zaroulia and Philip Hager (Co-Founders of the Inside/Outside Europe Research Network) will present their own perspectives and engage in a discussion on the role of live and visual art in the flux reality of Europe and its proliferating and increasingly heterogeneous borders. 

All those interested in citizenship, crossing borders, and experimental art practices are welcome to bring their own ideas and experiences to the conversation.

All details bout the event here.  
The organizer is my freind Alessandra Cianetti, Co-director of Something Human. 

Check out her blog as well!

Talk "In-Depth" at the Mosaic Room gallery in London_Wednesday 16 March 2016

Tomorrow a panel discussion on the aesthetics and politics of representations of the sea in contemporary culture will take place at the Mosaic Rooms [Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0SW].
The panel will consider the contemporary use of the ocean as a space to signify and symbolise wider issues, from migration to labour politics, to climate change, and reflect on the language that accompanies its depiction.
This event is very promising. Find more details here.

Italian Studies Journal_(Cultural Studies) Specal issue on Lampedusa

Dear all,
I am very pleased to announce the publication of a special issue of Italian Studies on Lampedusa. The issue contains articles by myslef, Lorenzo Rinelli, Tina Catania, Giacomo Orsini, Knut De Swert, Laura Schacht and Andrea Masini. It is edited by Luciano Baracco. It's the first interdisciplininary collection of essays completely dedicated to the issue of migration and Lampedusa. Enjoy it.
Link to the journal issue.
Link to my article.

Migrations Europa Exchange - 16-18 February 2016

When dance meets migration!
Migrations Europa Exchange starts soon. Don't miss it, book your tickets!

Platforma festival - De Montford University, Leicester 5-6 November 2015

Can't wait to join this very promising festival on aesthetics and migration.  There are a series of workshops that revolve around several aspects of art and refugees. Here a very detailed programme. Make sure you book your ticket.

On the Bride's Side_King's College 15th October 2015

Dear all,

On the Bride Side by Antonio Augugliaro, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry and Gabriele Del Grande arrives in London. You can find all details on this link. Please note the event is free but you need to reserve a seat.
I will have the pleasure and honour to chair the panel discussion that will follow the screening of the film/documentary.
Join this amazing event! 

Presentation of DESTINATION ITALY 5 June 2015, UCL

Dear all,
please join us at UCL on Friday 5 June for the presentation of Destination Italy: Representing Migration in Contemporary Media and Narrative. The editors will be present.

Venue: UCL, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT London  |  South Wing G12 Council Room

The product of a two-year interdisciplinary research project into representations of migration to Italy, this volume brings together scholarly contributions from the fields of migration studies, linguistics, media, literature and film studies as well as essays by practitioners and activists. It provides both a multi-faceted snapshot of how diverse representations of immigration capture experiences and affect decision-making dynamics and an in-depth study of how media, literature and cinema contribute to the public perception of migrants within the destination culture.