INTERVIEWS
Interviews
An interview with Janice Gordon
Exploring the link between art and medicine
Is
there a connection between art and medicine? New York-based artist Janice
Gordon has been exploring the relationship between these two seemingly
dissimilar disciplines. In her art (see www.janicegordon.net), Gordon takes the
viewer on a border crossing journey into and out of the human body …
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Imco Brouwer
Defending human rights in Florence
Dutch
by birth, Florentine by choice, Imco Brouwer had just been named director of
the RFK Training Institute in Florence of the Robert F. Kennedy Center for
Justice and Human Rights (RFKC; www.rfkcenter.org) when TF interviewed
him. Although new to the RFKC, it is clear …
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Andrea Davis
Building community through the Tuscan American Association
Andrea Davis came to Florence in the mid-1980s,
a bright, young lawyer from Boston who was looking to take a career break and
live the dolce vita in Italy. It was
her original intention to stay for a year. Twenty years later, she is …
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Italy: Love it or leave it?
A trip around the Boot with Luca and Gustav
If you have recently questioned
the true meaning of the famous expression il bel paese, you should
definitely take 75 minutes to watch the documentary Italy: Love It or
Leave It? As the title suggests, there is no grey area when it comes to …
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Introducing Florens 2012. TF talks to Davide Rampello
TF x FLORENS 2012
One of the most
exciting events of the year, the International Week of Cultural and
Environmental Heritage, organized by the Florens Foundation, returns this year
from November 3 to 11. For this second edition, with the theme From the Grand
Tour to the Global Tour, …
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A pyramid of excellence
Florence's Accademia Italiana celebrates another year of success
One of the leading fashion and
design schools in Italy, the Accademia Italiana (www.accademiaitaliana.com) was established in Florence in 1984.
Headquartered in the historic Palazzo Temple-Leader facing Palazzo Pitti, it
also has a campus in Rome and cooperates with some of the most prestigious
universities …
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The German 'house for artists' in Florence
An interview with Angelika Stepken
For more
than a century, Villa Romana has been the Florence base for artists visiting
from Germany. Often still early in their careers, these artists are recipients
of the Villa's annual fellowship, the Premio. From their creative presence
comes the atmosphere of experiment, production and …
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Shifting perceptions
An interview with Arabella Natalini
Arabella Natalini has been one of the leading figures in contemporary
art in Tuscany for more than 10 years. Part of the team that bid successfully
to transform the vacant auditorium on viale Giannotti into the exhibition venue
EX3, Natalini started 2012 with her …
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Talking bikes with Giampiero Gallo
A longtime resident in Florence, Giampiero Gallo has a very busy career as professor of economics, which has given him the opportunity to live and work in many different cities across Europe and the United States. Married, with two children, he has lived in …Interviews
Knitting generations together
A BettaKnit and Europe Direct event on February 22
Did you know
that 2012 is the European Year for Active Ageing and Solidarity between
generations? Florence's Europe Direct office is a center for the communication
of European Community activities. The Florentine, along with Prato-based start-up BettaKnit, will be
holding an event with Europe Direct's …
Interviews
Sara Milne
Florence's new Honorary Consul and director of the British Institute
Sara Milne took her post as director of the British Institute of Florence in March 2011. As the founder of the London-based company Science and Media, Milne worked with Britain's Science Museum to tap the commercial potential of its collection and …
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Vintage instants
Rediscovering old-fashioned fun
In the age of digital cameras, the photo-booth experience leaves nothing to the imagination, producing flatly lit low-resolution printouts of the image you choose for official documents. If you were born in the 1970s or earlier, you may recall the joy …
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TED comes to Florence
Innovation and optimism are key
‘TED' stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design. It's a conference format that started in California in 1984 as a platform for the interdisciplinary exchange of ideas. The 18-minute talks are by far the most fascinating conference talks you'll ever see, partly …
Interviews
Cerca trova
Join the quest for Leonardo's long-lost masterwork
A freelance photographer based in Milan, Dave Yoder has an ambitious fund-raising goal for an equally ambitious project: raising over 250,000 U.S. dollars to build a super high-tech camera that can ‘see' Leonardo da Vinci's fabled painting The Battle of Anghiari …
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Inside the Maggio Musicale
An interview with Francesca Zardini
Study and career have brought Francesca Zardini, originally from Turin, to some of Europe's biggest and most dynamic cities. With a degree in classical studies and an M.Phil in ancient Greek literature and archaeology, Zardini has worked in an array of …
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