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PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): “FACING THE SEA, HAPPINESS IS A SIMPLE IDEA” (#5)

© Roberto Alborghetti  The heart of Marseille.” When you say “Marseille”, words, images, places, characters and things come to mind. Here is a list, drawn up somewhat haphazardly and imprinted, of what is connected to “Marseille” (leaving aside clichés and stereotypes applicable to every metropolis): the French national anthem (the Marseillaise), the largest port in… Read More PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): “FACING THE SEA, HAPPINESS IS A SIMPLE IDEA” (#5)

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PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): IF, THE CASTLE OF “THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO” (#4)

Foto:  © Roberto Alborghetti “The Count of Monte Cristo”: the charm and relevance of a great novel that knows no decline. There are numerous television and cinematographic “transpositions” (about twenty) that offer rereadings of the work of Alexandre Dumas senior (1802-1870) who set the initial story of Edmond Dantès in Marseille, and in the Castle… Read More PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): IF, THE CASTLE OF “THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO” (#4)

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PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE: THE AMAZING “VIEILLE CHARITÈ” IN THE OLD “PANIER” NEIGHBORHOOD (#3)

Photos: © Roberto Alborghetti The second day visiting Marseille can be dedicated to the area of ​​the north bank, animated by the very popular Panier district, to be discovered in the labyrinth of alleys and small squares. Once a place of disrepute, now rehabilitated and recovered, it hosts three architectural and artistic centers to visit:… Read More PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE: THE AMAZING “VIEILLE CHARITÈ” IN THE OLD “PANIER” NEIGHBORHOOD (#3)

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PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): ART, HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE TO DISCOVER WHILE WALKING (PART #2)

Photos: © Roberto Alborghetti Walking and walking. It’s the best way to visit Marseille. If you have at least 3 full days available, it is possible to plan a reasoned tour of the city – which is not small at all: it has almost 900 thousand inhabitants and is the second largest in France, after… Read More PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): ART, HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE TO DISCOVER WHILE WALKING (PART #2)

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PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): THE OLD PORT AS A “MIRROR” OF A LONG HISTORY (PART #1)

Photos: © Roberto Alborghetti  The Old Port of Marseille has always been the nerve center of the city, the second largest in number of inhabitants in France, after Paris. The first to settle here were, in 600 BC, Greek colonists who left Phocaea (Asia Minor), attracted by the shape of the place: an almost symmetrical… Read More PLACES / VISITING MARSEILLE (FRANCE): THE OLD PORT AS A “MIRROR” OF A LONG HISTORY (PART #1)

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“LES ETOILES TERRESTRES” / THE MAGIC OF CRYSTAL FROM NORTHERN VOSGES (FRANCE)

*   Five centuries ago, a few nomadic glass-blowers built a makeshift kiln in a rugged valley of the Northern Vosges. These pioneers were to be the very first in the extraordinary industrial and artistic adventure which continues today. Nestling in adjacent valleys, 3 exceptional sites have undertaken to make their sagas known in the… Read More “LES ETOILES TERRESTRES” / THE MAGIC OF CRYSTAL FROM NORTHERN VOSGES (FRANCE)

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GAMERZ 2012 / A AIX-EN-PROVENCE (FRANCE) LE FESTIVAL DE LA CREATION CONTEMPORAINE: 50 ARTISTES DANS 6 LIEUX DE LA VILLE

En ces temps marqués par les crises financières et économiques, la surpopulation, le risque nucléaire, les dérèglements climatiques, les dérives idéologiques et les prophéties apocalyptiques, le festival GAMERZ de 2012 (du 19 au 28 octobre) interroge des artistes afin de présenter au public des productions marquant le présent, donnant un reflet de ce tournant unique… Read More GAMERZ 2012 / A AIX-EN-PROVENCE (FRANCE) LE FESTIVAL DE LA CREATION CONTEMPORAINE: 50 ARTISTES DANS 6 LIEUX DE LA VILLE

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IHEAP (BIENNALE DE PARIS): 20 STUDENTS WANTED TO INVESTIGATE CRUCIAL ISSUES OF ART IN 21ST CENTURY

In 1983, the Mayor of Paris, Jacques Chirac, gave Pontus Hulten the task of creating a graduate school for research in contemporary art. Its antecendents were to be the Weimer Bauhaus School and Black Mountain College in the U.S., and it was meant to function as an alternative to Paris’s École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts.… Read More IHEAP (BIENNALE DE PARIS): 20 STUDENTS WANTED TO INVESTIGATE CRUCIAL ISSUES OF ART IN 21ST CENTURY

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