The symposium Burri Prometheia at University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) will examine the heritage of the Italian artist Alberto Burri through the largest work he created outside of Italy, the Large Black Crack, on the fortieth anniversary of its gifting to UCLA.
On January 10th at 6:30 pm the IIC will host a screening of Alberto Burri and Piero della Francesca: the two revolutions (2015, 52′. In Italian with English subtitles) by Luca Severi followed by a reading and a discussion with filmmakers, artists and historians.
PROGRAM – Monday, January 9, 2017
Royce Hall , UCLA, 3:30 PM
Video address by Bruno Corà, President of the Alberto Burri Foundation
Screening and discussion of Variations: A Visual Polyphony from the Lost Book of Alberto Burri and Emilio Villa by Giuseppe Sterparelli
Discussion of Emilio Villa and his Seventeen Variations by Gian Maria Annovi
Dicussion of Burri, ecology, and eco-sustainability by Nurit Katz
F.D. Murphy Sculpture Garden, 5PM, in front of the Large Black Crack
Open-air Reception
Welcoming remarks by Italian Consul General Antonio Verde
Percussion by John Densmore, drummer of The Doors, writer and activist
Site-specific video installation and light performance projected onto Burri’s “Grande Cretto Nero” by visual artist and researcher Alessandro Marianantoni
Readings Emilio Villa on Burri, by Paul Vangelisti, Thomas Harrison, and others
PROGRAM – Tuesday, January 10
Italian Cultural Institute, Hilgard Avenue, 6:30-8PM
Screening and discussion of Alberti Burri e Piero della Francesca, the two revolutions (2015, 52′) by director Luca Severi
Round-table discussion of Burri’s art by Professor Thomas Harrison, Producer Valentina Martelli, Director Luca Severi and Filmmaker Giuseppe Sterparelli
Organized by UCLA Department of Italian, UCLA College of Letters & Science, Division of Humanities, UCLA Department of Art History, Fondazione Palazzo Albizzini Collezione Burri & IIC with the patronage of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism (MiBACT) of Italy.
Alberto Burri e Piero Della Francesca. Le due rivoluzioni – trailer from Artribune Tv on Vimeo.