Staycations for artists and writers
The staycation – a vacation spent either at home or in a BnB/hotel in one's own hometown – is becoming an increasingly popular option for burned-out creatives, especially in these pandemic times...
Author: Naima Morelli
The walls of Tunis: signs of revolt
The revolution in Tunisia didn't spread through social media alone. Along with the internet, young Tunisians chose the street walls to express hope and rage. “The first sign of the 2010/2011...
Can sharing become over-sharing in art and literature?
When it comes to art and literature, when does sharing becomes over-sharing? Is there a way to set ethical boundaries in very personal pieces of literature, like memoirs? And how to go about...
My three-hour-long busking career
For a long time, I had planned to start busking for some extra cash. When I moved from Rome to Melbourne I felt it was the right time. In Australia, I wouldn't run the risk of having one of my former...
Set yourself up for a 2022 full of art
Another pandemic year has passed for art lovers. We know that different countries have experienced the global situation differently in terms of cultural activities. Some have kept going despite it...
A labour of love: migration, history and hope in the work of graphic novel authors Radice and Turconi
“We always start with a common desire to tell a story,” say Italian graphic novel authors Teresa Radice and Stefano Turconi. “This can be inspired by traveling, by an encounter, by a book....
How a stuntwoman created a badass community during the pandemic
Do you want to hear the story of how, during a pandemic, from rural India to New Jersey and small villages in Italy, thousands of people came together to practise staff spinning for 240 days and...
Traces of Italian Colonialism in the work of Eritrean artist Dawit L. Petros
There is still a profound failure of Italian public memory when it comes to to properly coming to terms with its colonial past. It is important to discuss the issue as Italy represents the first...
From the Arab Springs to the present day: the book Arabpop tells of a cultural world that is never still
The crisis in Libya, the hardships and trauma of Lebanon, the turmoils in Egypt. One sure thing about the Arab world is that it is never still. In this ever-changing cauldron of cultures, as well as...
It’s not just a cartoon: why satire should come of age
To go from “Je suis Charlie” to suing Charlie doesn’t really take much. The Italian town of Amatrice knows it well. After an earthquake that claimed 295 victims, the famously controversial...