Alessandra Capodacqua – A two-fold presentation
In collaboration with the Ballarat International Foto Biennale 2019, the IIC Melbourne is pleased to present a lecture by Italian photographer Alessandra Capodacqua. Alessandra Capodacqua, born in Naples, lives and works in Florence as a photographer, a curator of exhibitions, and a teacher of photography at NYU Florence, IED and SACI. As a curator, Alessandra […]
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Italian Cine-scapes #2: Honey/Miele [Valeria Golino, 2013]
Italian Cine-scapes #2: Urban Space and Architecture Portrayed in 9 Movies Palace Cinemas and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Melbourne, in collaboration with Istituto Luce Cinecittà, present the second edition of the successful series Italian Cine-scapes with a new exciting selection of movies that reveal the internal and external landscapes of a bygone and contemporary […]
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Novecento and Beyond
A programme of talks, documentaries and short films exploring the history of Modern Italian Art from the audacity of the avant-gardes to the anxieties of the 21st Century. This exciting new series consists of 7 sessions that will be presented in English by Dr Roberta Crisci-Richardson, Lecturer in History and Theory of Art and Design, […]
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Duo Littera – Gorlier in concert
We are delighted to present the Duo Littera – Gorlier in concert on 30th July at the IIC of Melbourne: it is a concert that proposes not just an original repertoire composed for Harmonica and Piano, but, thanks to the musical versatility of the harmonicist Gianluca Littera and of the pianist Fabio Gorlier, also musical […]
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Reading Primo Levi in 2019 at the Jewish Museum of Australia
2019 marks 100 years since the birth of Primo Levi, a writer whose impact is still felt today. Mirna Cicioni conducts a unique 8 week course (July 29, August 12, 19, 26, September 2, 9, 16, 23) This course will look at Levi’s works of testimony – what he wrote about himself, science and humanity […]
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Primo Levi: writer, witness, scientist
On the occasion of the first centenary of the birth of Primo Levi, a series of initiatives will be presented by the Italian Cultural Institute and partner organisations: Jewish Museum of Australia, the Jewish Holocaust Centre, CO.AS.IT. Museo Italiano, under the MMV banner (Multicultural Museums of Victoria). The various cultural initiatives will be held in […]
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The Manifesto of Rural Futurism
The Manifesto of Rural Futurism The Manifesto of Rural Futurism is a transnational project interrogating current discourses on rurality as authentic, utopic, anachronistic, provincial, traditional and stable, and the binaries that support such discourses: belonging vs. alienation, development vs. backwardness. A critical approach to rurality is necessary, today more than ever, to imagine other futures […]
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Italian Cine-scapes #2: The Sunday Woman/La donna della domenica [Luigi Comencini, 1975]
Italian Cine-scapes #2: Urban Space and Architecture Portrayed in 9 Movies Palace Cinemas and the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Melbourne, in collaboration with Istituto Luce Cinecittà, present the second edition of the successful series Italian Cine-scapes with a new exciting selection of movies that reveal the internal and external landscapes of a bygone and contemporary […]
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Storia Culturale della Canzone Italiana
A talk in English by Jacopo Tomatis, author of the volume “Storia Culturale della Canzone Italiana” (Il Saggiatore). Adjunt Professor at the University of Torino, Tomatis will be in Australia as a guest speaker at the XX International Conference of the Iaspm, “Turns and Revolutions in Popular Music”, at the Anu School Of Music from […]
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Short Film Day
During the week of the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year, The Italian Cultural Institute, in collaboration with Italian Short Film Center, presents for the first time an evening entirely dedicated to the short film: the Italian short films scheduled have been selected by the Italian Short Film Center and they will offer […]
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