PIANETA
POESIA 2009/2010
a
cura di Franco Manescalchi
Performing
and multimedial poetry edited by
Liliana
Ugolini
“Adoptive Florentines”
Tuesday
the 2nd of March 2010
Performance
by
Ivano
Vitali
”Yellow in Florence”
(the Italian pun giallo= thriller is untranslatable)
critical
text by Elena Ginanneschi
Music
by Laura Manescalchi
readings
by Maddalena Ghini
Through a ludic-didactic performance, Ivano Vitali intends to transmit his passion both for printed paper, in particolar that of newspapers and for tradition with the techniques of weaving, knitting, crocheting etc.
Ivano
Vitali: ecologist, sculptor and performer was born in Campotto di Argenta ( Ferrara). Since
1974 he has worked with installations in poor materials and experimentations
on new materials in various places and on different occasions.
In
2000 he presented Defilè
della Performance at the Limonaia di Villa Strozzi on the occasion of
the Festival della Performance which he himself created. Since 2002
he has been creating fabric for
his garments wearing them on
special events. He opened Artnest
studio where he organizes various performing occasions. He started by transforming newspapers into thread balls without using
scissors or glue. In 2003 he took part as a performer in the project
Brain Accademy Apartment at the Biennale Arti visive di
Venezia. He went on with his activity participating
in important exhibitions in Belgium and Holland. Recently in Italy at the
Pecci Museum in Prato.