Absolutely nothing
talk
Sunday 17 Nov
H 16:00
Place
DAS – Dispositivo Arti Sperimentali
via del Porto 11/2
Entry
libero
chair Emilio Varrà
with Giorgio Vasta, Andrea Bruno
Absolutely Nothing is the title of a novel by Giorgio Vasta, depicting his direct experience with the American landscape. Another name for this meetup may have very well been Disorientation (Spaesamento), title of another work by the author. It could have also been The Nothing Broth (Brodo di niente), first long-form graphic novel by Andrea Bruno. All this to say that we felt a kinship between the works of these two authors, so fundamental to understanding the age we live in. And the most evident convergence of the two is in their representation of the relationship with the landscape, which is never peaceful but alienated, feeding off attrition instead of harmony, and that yet remains essential in order to understand who we are, where we are, why we are.
Part of Conversazioni a vignetta, in collaboration with Erasmus Mundus in Culture Letterarie Europee – Università di Bologna, Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, Oblomov Edizioni