The Department of Italian at Columbia University in the City of New York is pleased to announce Beyond Futurism: F.T. Marinetti, Writer, a two-day international symposium on Thursday, November 12, 9:30am-6:00 pm in the Teatro of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University and Friday, November 13, 9:30-12:30 pm at the Italian Cultural Institute in New York.
Thursday, November 12
9:30am-6:00 pm @
Teatro of the Italian Academy
1161 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027
(212) 854-2306
Friday, November 13
9:30-12:30 pm @
Italian Cultural Institute in New York
686 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10021
(212) 879 4242
Free and open to the public. RSVP: pc2159@columbia.edu
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
6:00pm & 9:00pm
Italian Academy
Featured in PERFORMA09, the renowned biennial for new visual performance art in New York City, GIRLMACHINE will inaugurate the symposium with two performances, one at 6:00pm and another at 9:00pm in the Teatro of the Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America at Columbia University.
Thursday, November 12, 2009
9:30 – 10:30am
Italian Academy
Opening Remarks
Reading: Francesca Barbi, Manifesto del Futurismo
Preface: Paolo Valesio, (Columbia University), F. T. Marinetti and Extreme Literature
I Panel
Thursday, November 12, 2009
10:30am - 12:30pm
Italian Academy
Moderator: Ruth Ben-Ghiat (New York University)
1. Günter Berghaus (University of Bristol), Marinetti's Volte-Face of 1920
2. Ricciarda Ricorda (Università di Venezia), Marinetti in viaggio: "Spagna veloce e toro futurista” e "Il fascino dell'Egitto”
3. Gianni Eugenio Viola (Università di Trieste e Siena), L'eco della letteratura del colonialismo nelle prose di Marinetti
Respondent: Millicent Marcus (Yale University)
Reading: Renato Miracco (IIC, New York), Parole in libertà
II Panel
Thursday, November 12, 2009
2:00 - 3:45 pm
Italian Academy
Moderator: Gino Tellini (Università di Firenze)
1. Alberto Bertoni (Università di Bologna), Metriche futuriste
2. Simone Magherini (Università di Firenze), Marinetti e “Lacerba”
Respondent: Amerigo Fabbri (Yale University)
Reading: Flora Ghezzo (Columbia University), Contro Venezia passatista
Graziella Sidoli (Convent of the Sacred Heart, CT), excerpts from Novelle con le labbra tinte
III Panel
Thursday, November 12, 2009
4:00 - 6:00 pm
Italian Academy
Moderator: Andrea Malaguti (Columbia University)
1. Leonardo Clerici (Istituto di Skriptura, Bruxelles), F. T. Marinetti iconoclasta: sintassi & editio filologica
2. Cinzia Sartini-Blum (University of Iowa), Futurist Monsters: F. T. Marinetti’s Wireless Imagination in the Light of the Fantastic
3. Barbara Spackman (University of California, Berkeley), Touching the Future: Marinetti's Haptic Aesthetic
Respondent: Paola Sica (Connecticut College)
Friday, November 13, 2009
9:30 – 12:30am
Italian Cultural Institute in New York
IV Panel
Friday, November 13, 2009
9:30am – 12:30pm
Italian Cultural Institute in New York
Opening Remarks: Renato Miracco
Reading: Davide Rondoni (Centro di Poesia Contemporanea, Bologna)
Moderator: Marjorie Perloff (Stanford University)
1. Gino Agnese (Quadriennale di Roma), Il “parlare scritto” di F. T. Marinetti
2. Beatrice Buscaroli (Università di Bologna-Ravenna), I "Collaudi" alla Biennale di Venezia 2009
3. Matteo D’Ambrosio (Università di Napoli “Federico II”), Gli scritti di Marinetti sulle arti visive
Postface: Claudia Salaris, Marinetti, artista globale
Respondent: Stefano Albertini (New York University)
Reading: Gian Maria Annovi (Columbia University) excerpts from Ventre di donna
Organized by Paolo Valesio - Columbia University
Dedicated to the memory of Luce Marinetti Barbi (1932-2009)
The event will continue at Yale University in New Haven, CT, where the Beinecke Rare Book Library and the Departments of Italian, Slavic and Film Studies will host Futurismo/Futurizm: The Futurist Avant-Garde in Italy and Russia. The sister conference will take place on November 13-14, 2009. For more information please visit the conference website.
