Vicino/lontano: the 7th edition

The 7th edition of Vicino/lontano has ended...! In Udine we had some very interesting meetings from the italian cultural scene, like Alessandro Bergonzoni and Gian Antonio Stella, plus a very special guest: Armand Gatti!
Although it is a very hard work (I think I had my toughest 2 months in my entire life), every year I'm very happy to collaborate with such a great organization. Vicino/lontano is Udine's main cultural festival with meetings, dibates, exhibitions and theatrical shows. The main event is the Premio Terzani International Letterature Award with a special theatrical award ceremony. The 7th edition was focusing on work, law and rights, the power of web, of course the 150th anniversary of Italy. The other main topic was the power of Cina, since this year's winner of Premio Terzani was the book 'Operaie' (Female workers) of Leslie T. Chang, a New york based cinese-american journalist.
See you next year!

Ogni uomo è un sole

Special event vicino/lontano 2011:
"Ogni uomo è un sole"
(Every man is a sun)
La parola errante di Armand Gatti
May 11th 2011 at 20.30
Udine, Teatro San Giorgio

The show will feature Armand Gatti's texts who will exceptionally be present at the theatre.
Free entry
www.vicinolontano.it

photo (c) Danilo De Marco
graphic design Katalin Daka

Here is a short description in italian:
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La parola errante di Armand Gatti letta da Massimo Somaglino
con la partecipazione di Daniele D’Agaro
e del Coro-Laboratorio “La Tela” diretto da Claudia Grimaz

Testi di Armand Gatti, presente in sala
Traduzione di Francesca Novajra
L’albero in scena è di Giancarlo Venuto
Regia di Massimo Somaglino

È in campo di concentramento che Gatti ha la rivelazione del teatro, mentre tre rabbini lituani recitano una pièce, certo rudimentale, ma nello stesso tempo essenziale.
Tre le frasi ripetute come in una preghiera: «Io sono stato, io sono, io sarò».
“Non posso considerare – dice Gatti – il teatro come un mezzo per divertirsi, per distrarsi. Preferisco concepirlo come un perpetuo mezzo di liberazione dai pregiudizi e dalle ingiustizie, dalle forme di pensare che incatenano”. Vengono letti tre frammenti della vastissima opera di Armand Gatti: un ricordo del maquis, la Resistenza; un breve poema teatrale dal titolo Mortoperaio; e un frammento dell’Attraversamento del linguaggio, la sua ultima opera scritta, dove dichiara: “Il solo linguaggio che corrisponde all’idea che io mi faccio della poesia, è il linguaggio possibilista dei quanti. Per loro 2+2 può anche fare 8,16 o 42 oltre che 4, perché non sono settari”. Una provocazione che sollecita importanti interrogativi di ordine formale e sostanziale.

Festa universitaria vicino/lontano 2011

Hi everyone!
I was working really hard in these couple of weeks:
we're quite close to the opening of this years' vicino/lontano cultural festival, Udine's main cultural meeting!!! Plus: I have some other interesting collaborations, so it is difficult to have free time... outside, here is very sunny and people are starting to go to the sea and sunbathe... for me, I can hardly have some sleep :( ...anyways, I will sleep later!
So, here's some information about this years' university party! See you there!

Festa universitaria vicino/lontano
Carlo Pastore Dj-set
wednesday May 11 2011, from 21
@ Piazzale del Castello - Udine
In collaboration with Hompage Festival
www.vicinolontano.it

Al cinema in autostazione

"Al cinema in autostazione" / "Going to the movie at the station" is a project by vicino/lontano in collaboration with SAF (bus system of Friuli Venezia Giulia), FUC (Railway system Udine-Cividale) and maremetraggio. This 2nd edition of the event was held at the new railway and bus station of Cividale, a small roman town near the slovenian border. We had 2 days of projection of some very interesting short films selected by maremetraggio which is an international short film festival and contest held every year in Trieste. I had a really good time! I'm looking forward to the 3rd edition :)

graphic design Katalin Daka
poster, flyer and postcard
(c) 2011

vicino/lontano | the graphics and printed materials

All printed materials graphic design by Katalin Daka © Katalin Daka 2010

vicino/lontano: the festival | Udine 2010

Vicino/lontano was founded in Udine in October 2004 by a group of private citizens whose aims were to stimulate and promote a public reflection over the big “open” issues of our time, by exchanging different views, fields of study and languages.
Vicino/lontano-identity and differences at a time of conflict is the most important initiative promoted by the association: it is a cultural project organized into specific sections (discussion fora, meetings, lectures, exhibitions and film screenings), which in the last five editions has brought together in our town eminent scholars – philosophers, economists, sociologists, anthropologists, journalists, historians, writers, theologians and representatives of several religions – to discuss the important topical issues of our time. Among those who have attended the festival, we are proud to include Pascal Acot, Giuliano Amato, Marc Augé, Zygmunt Bauman, Didier Bigo, Joanna Bourke, Lucio Caracciolo, Franco Cardini, Valerio Castronovo, Umberto Curi, Erri De Luca, Miklòs Hubay, François Jullien, Mohammad Khatami, Carlo Ginzburg, Serge Halimi, Gad Lerner, Perdrag Matvejević, Steve Olson, Boris Pahor, Carlo Petrini, Federico Rampini, Jeremy Rifkin, Pier Aldo Rovatti, Gayatri Spivak, Massimo Teodori, Gianni Vattimo, Salvatore Veca.
Every year since 2005 the central event of the festival is the award ceremony of the Tiziano Terzani International Literary Prize, founded by the association in collaboration with the Terzani family. The jury, presided by Angela Terzani, includes among its members some of the best Italian and foreign journalists. In its past editions, the prize was awarded to: François Bizot (Il cancello, “The gate”, 2005); Jonathan Randal (Osama, 2006); Anna Politkovskaja (to the memory of, 2007); Fabrizio Gatti (Bilal, “Bilal”, 2008) and Ahmed Rashid (Caos Asia, “Descent into chaos”, 2009).

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special event vicino/lontano 2010:
"Negri, froci, giudei e co." / Gian Antonio Stella at the Theatre 'Giovanni da Udine'
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the main events were held at the Chiesa di San Francesco
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projection of the documentary "Lettera 22" about Adriano Olivetti at the Oratorio del Cristo
- I liked it very much!!!
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some examples of the city decoration
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The Terzani Award 2010 went to: Umberto Ambrosoli
(on the photo: Umberto Ambrosoli and Angela Terzani)
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Although the weather wasn't too nice: there were a lot of people around to listen
to the conferences and the debates! see you next year!!!
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photos by Luca D'Agostino/Phocus Agency, Enrico Peressini/Phocus Agency
graphic design Katalin Daka ©Katalin Daka 2010