Gabriele Tinti presents his ekphrastic poetry series and a talk on this form of writing.
Tinti will introduce some videos of readings of his poems by Willem Dafoe, Abel Ferrara, Robert Davi, Joe Mantegna, and Jamie McShane. These videos are the documentation of a series inspired by ancient and modern myths, which has involved some of the best-known artists of our time and major world museums, such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, the LACMA, the British Museum, the Capitoline Museums, the Ara Pacis Museum, the Colosseum and the National Roman Museum, amongst others.
Special guests to include actors Robert Davi and Joe Mantegna, Getty Museum curator Kenneth Lapatin, and LACMA educator Chelo Montoya.
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