Alberto Savinio
Study Days

Organized by CIMA's fellows in residence, this conference provides a rare opportunity for scholars from around the world to meet and share new research on Savinio while surrounded by a large body of the artist's work. More information on CIMA's website.

Registration:
http://www.italianmodernart.org/events/alberto-savinio-study-days/

Streaming online at http://www.facebook.com/CIMANYC/


PROGRAM

Friday, April 27
1:30pm – 2pm
Viewing of the Alberto Savinio Exhibition and Registration


2pm – 5pm
Visual and cultural sources in Savinio's literature: Myths and Doubles
Chair: Alice Ensabella
Franco Baldasso
Alberto Savinio and the Myth of Babel: Multiplicity, Genealogies and Translation in Hermaphrodito
Nicole Gercke
Savinio's Hybrid Bodies, Incorporating Science and Techne
Nicol Mocchi
Savinio and the Enigma of the Double: Sources and Symbols in his Musical, Literary and Pictorial Production
Serena Alessi (CIMA Fellow)
Mothers, Models and Other Myths in Savinio's Theater
Q&A
5pm – 6pm
Prosecco aperitivo reception


6pm – 7:30pm
KEYNOTE: Paola Italia
A Creative Power Station: A Journey into Savinio's Laboratory through Manuscripts, Papers and Drafts


Saturday, April 28
10:30am – 11am
Alberto Savinio Exhibition Viewing and Registration
11am – 12:30pm
Savinio the artist and his relationship with the international avant-garde
Chair: Elena Salza
Alice Ensabella (CIMA Fellow)
Alberto Savinio and French Surrealism
Carlos Segoviano
Alberto Savinio: A Bridge between Metaphysical Painting and Mexican Modern Art
12:30pm – 2pm
Lunch


2pm – 3:30pm
Savinio and art criticism and Savinio as critic: Ritorno all'ordine, Romanticism and Fantastic Art
Chair: Serena Alessi
Lucilla Lijoi
Alberto Savinio and the "Years of Consent": The Experience of "Colonna" (1933-1934)
Martin Weidlich
Drammaticità di Leopardi (1938): A stage on Savinio's Route to a More "Romantic" Italy
Giulia Tulino (CIMA Fellow)
Alberto Savinio critic and artist: A New Reading of Fantastic Art and Post-Metafisica in relation to Surrealism between Rome and New York, 1943-1946
3:30pm – 4pm
Coffee break


4pm – 6pm
Savinio's Production and Legacy in the Postwar Years
Chair: Giulia Tulino
Chiara Mari
Alberto Savinio's Life and Work on Television: Programs by the Italian Public Broadcaster Rai between the late 1970s and early 1980s
Elena Salza (CIMA Fellow)
Alberto Savinio's Re-appraisal in the 1970s and 1980s

Q&A – Concluding Roundtable with All Speakers