All about Italy US_#2.2019

CULTURE, HISTORY, TOURISM, POLITICS, FASHION, FOOD, MUSIC, ART & LEISURE

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Marco Gallotta

“I CUT PAPER TO SHARE EMOTIONS” On the Lagoon

VENETIAN INSPIRATION Vintage Car

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPIDER EVER Sicily in a week

THE FOOD AND WINE GRAND TOUR OF SICILY

EDITORIAL

CREATIVITY: AN ITALIAN WONDER

In a world that changes at increasingly high speed, the Made in Italy brand - in all its aspects responds, on one hand, by protecting and preserving its prized heritage, and on the other, by developing its strengths. The brand has an innate ability to reinvent itself in the international arena based on the winds of change. An instinctive ability when you consider how Italy’s notable products in gastronomy and other fields reflects a tradition and a history that has been handed down for centuries, yet are increasingly prevalent and recognized around the world. As an example, look at the masterpieces of art and architecture in Venice, a unique and jagged city, a beauty that floats and is always tied to the tricolor.

This cultural and artistic heritage constantly reminds us and our readers of the many reasons why Italy is appreciated and admired all over the world. This heritage includes the brilliant work of creative minds unique in the world. Like Marco Gallotta, an Italian from Battipaglia - in the province of Salerno - who chose a simple medium such as paper to express himself and leave messages. Unwritten messages, but engraved and immersed in the Italian character and art culture that gave him his inspiration.

This is the same identity that we want to strengthen with our commitment to sharing important and accurate information about Italian know-how and attention to quality, and to spreading knowledge about the country and her authentic traditions.

Editor in Chief Franco Del Panta

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The Interview

98. EMMANUELE F. M. EMANUELE OF VILLABIANCA: PIONEER OF OUR DAY 4 PHOTOREPORTAGE 6 PHOTOREPORTAGE 8 PEOPLE 10 TOURISM 12 CINEMA 14 FOOD & FASHION 16 WINE 18 ARCHITECTURE 20 ITALIAN TALENT 22 TECHNOLOGIES 24 ON THE ROAD 26 ICONS Emmanuele F. M. Emanuele of Villabianca 106 ARTEMEST

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Staff writers & Photos M. Morelli, L. Mancini, E. Pasca, A. Creta E. Rodi, M.Bertollini, M. Pituano, J.Daporto, E.Della Croce, S.Riva, S.Mallinckrodt, D.Proietto, I.C. Scarlett, Y.Leone, M.Baffigi, K. Carlisle Cover Marco Gallotta

PHOTOREPORTAGE

VILLA CARLOTTA, A HEAVEN FOR ART AND BOTANY LOVERS ON LAKE COMO Villa Carlotta is a rich museum surrounded by a magnificent botanical garden located in Tremezzo on Lake Como. Here guests have the opportunity to take pleasure in seeing art and natural masterpieces that cover an area of 70.000 square meters.

The beautiful villa was built at the end of the XVII century by the Milanese Giorgio Clerici (1575-1660) in a natural basin between the lake and the mountains, facing the dolomite Grignas and the peninsula of Bellagio. The architect created an important but solemn building, with an Italian garden embellished with sculptures, stairs, and fountains. In 1801, the villa was bought by Gian Battista Sommariva, a famous politician, businessman, and patron of arts, thanks to whom it attained the summit of its splendor and became one of the most important halting-place of the Grand Tour. He acquired works by Canova, Thorvaldsen, and Hayez - ‘Palamedes’, ‘Eros and Psyche’, ‘Terpsichore’, ‘The last kiss of Romeo and Juliet’ – and transformed part of the park into a fascinating romantic garden. The villa was sold, in 1843, to Princess Marianne of Nassau, Albert of Prussia’s wife, who gave it as a present to her daughter Carlotta, hence the name, in occasion of her wedding with Georg II of Saxen-Meiningen, who contributed to increase the historical and environmental value of the park by enriching it with new species.

The botanical gardens are famous for the spring flowering of rhododendrons and azaleas, of which there are over 150 different varieties. However, they are worth a visit throughout the year thanks to the ancient varieties of camellias, century-old cedars and sequoias, huge planes, tropical plants, the Rock garden, and the Ferns valley, the Rhododendrons wood, the Bamboo garden, and the agricultural tools museum.

Margherita Pituano

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PHOTOREPORTAGE

PORTICO DI SAN LUCA: BOLOGNA’S AMAZING COVERED WALKWAY One of the treasures of Bologna is the famous Portico di San Luca, which starts at Porta Saragozza and connects with an uninterrupted covered walkway the city to the Sanctuary of the Madonna di San Luca on top of the Colle della Guardia hill. With a total of 3.8 km – and an elevation rise of 215 meters – this is the longest portico in the world, and walking it is the quintessential Bolognese experience. Indeed, it is not only walked by tourists, but many locals also use the portico to keep fit, walking briskly or running, while others still use it the same way as pilgrims have done for hundreds of years, stopping at each of the 15 chapels along its path.

The first part of the portico runs along the houses, shops, bars, and restaurants in Via Saragozza, from Porta Saragozza until the Arco del Meloncello, a Baroque overpass that allows people to continue walking along the portico without having to cross the street. The Baroque arch also marks the beginning of the uphill part of the portico, a 2-kilometer ascent, with a 10% incline and the final steepest stretch that features a long series of steps. The history of the portico begins in 1192, when a young woman, Angelica de Caicle, founded an hermitage on Colle della Guardia hill, which in time became a female monastic community dedicated to guard an image of the Virgin with Child - which was said to have been painted by Luke the Evangelist (hence the name Madonna di San Luca) – and welcome the many pilgrims that came to see it. During the centuries, the cult of the Madonna di San Luca grew, and, in 1655, the locals asked for a portico to be built to reach the sanctuary where the icon was kept. This was also thought to shelter the Madonna during the solemn and heartfelt annual procession that took it into the city. The city did not have enough money for such an imposing structure, so, in 1674, the Bolognesi themselves helped pay for its construction, which took 40 years to complete.

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PEOPLE XXX EROS RAMAZZOTTI’S WORLD TOUR XXX XXX Eros Ramazzotti‘s sold out ‘Vita ce n’è World Tour‘ (There is life) started with great success; debuted in Munich with two concerts on February 17 and 18. The world tour, produced by Radiorama in collaboration with Lemon & Pepper and organized by Vertigo has already sold over 400 thousand tickets. The Italian singer’s engagements are in over ninety dates in thirty countries. From Russia to the United States, from Europe to South America, the Italian singer takes with him thirty-five years of success with thirty songs including historical hits and songs from the new successful album released in Italian and in Spanish on November 23 in 100 countries. The new album and the tour share the title as an auspice of good life, and the show opens on the notes of ‘Vita ce n’è’ and with the image of the tree of life. With its three elements (roots, trunk, and leaves), the tree of life, in many cultures is considered a mystical symbol representing the source of life. The same image that Eros Ramazzotti chose to tattoo on his arm to always take his family with him. With him, on stage for the whole tour, are two great choristers – Monica Hill and Giorgia Galassi – and seven exceptional musicians: Luca Scarpa (musical director, piano), Giovanni Boscariol (keyboards), Giorgio Secco Christian Lavoro (guitar), Paolo Costa (bass), and three new international entries Corey Sanchez (Guitar), Eric Moore (Drums), and Scott Paddock (Saxophone).

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TOURISM

THE SPLENDID TREASURES OF THE ITRIA VALLEY Between Salento and Bari, in the Apulia region, lies the Karstic depression known as the Itria Valley – Valle d’Itria in Italian.

Here, among Trulli and centuries-old sculpture-like olive trees, there is a wealth of small traditional villages called ‘masserie‘: clusters of rural buildings developed around farms.

Many of them today welcome tourist with a varied offering of excellent restaurants, self-catering hotels, and deluxe resorts, to stay, eat and experience the authentic Apulia. One of the most luxurious resorts, located by the crystal clear waters of the Adriatic Sea and surrounded by olive trees and beautiful scenery, is Borgo Egnazia, which has Madonna as a regular guest and was chosen by Jessica Biel and Justin Timberlake to celebrate their wedding. Even if this borgo was built from scratch, the careful design and the variety of the services –

including a Michelin-starred restaurant, ‘Due Camini’ – make its atmosphere magical and unique. Another jewel of the valley is Torre Coccaro, a masseria built in the seventeenth century by the Knights of Malta to protect themselves from Saracen invasions. This location maintains its centuries-old charm and offers top quality accommodations and dining experiences. There is also Masseria Aprile, dated 1700, that, with excellent service, welcomes the lucky guests of its nine apartments, and can be admired from the promenade of Locorotondo that overlooks the valley. While ‘Sotto le Cummerse’ is the refined self-catering hotel that enhances the traditional architecture of the Apulian borgo where it is set.

Ilona Catani Scarlett

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CINEMA

JAMES BOND IN MATERA The 24 James Bond movies have been set all over the world, with the agent traveling throughout Europe, America, and Asia. In Italy so far, 007 has carried out missions in Cortina, Venice, Siena, and Rome, but the next one will take him further south to Matera, the 2019 European Capital of Culture.

‘Bond 25‘ (this is how the titleless movie is currently being referred to), will once more star Daniel Craig as Her Majesty’s secret agent, under the direction of Cary Fukunaga who replaces Danny Boyle. According to Variety, the town of 60,000 people will provide the setting for what is expected to become “Bond 25’s” prologue action sequence, similar to “Spectre’s” opening segment in Mexico City during Day of the Dead celebrations. Apparently, at the end of December, the production signed an agreement with the local Council to start shooting on April 6th in the vicinity of the cathedral, Piazza del Sedile, Via Ridola and Piazza San Francesco among other areas.

The stunning Sassi di Matera consists of a labyrinth of cave dwellings, churches, and monasteries dating back over 9000 years are in the districts of Sasso Caveoso and Sasso Barisano – better known as the ‘Sassi di Matera’ – and make it one of the oldest living cities in the world. Moreover, with its crown of honey-stoned houses perched above a ravine, Matera can boast a unique landscape.

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FOOD & FASHION

ARMANI/DOLCI

BY GUIDO GOBINO, STILISH AND DELICIOUS Mâitre chocolatier Guido Gobino, ‘king’ of the Turin gianduiotto and Italian leader of the artisan segment, signed a long-term licensing agreement for the production and distribution of Armani/Dolci products all over the world. The line, called Armani/Dolci by Guido Gobino, is on sale, in the new Emporio Armani Caffè and Ristorante in Milan and in twelve stores abroad – from Paris to Kuala Lumpur.

Guido Gobino inherited the lab from his father Giuseppe, owner of a small chocolate and candy factory that in the eighties was converted into a small company specializing in the production of chocolate and focusing on typical Turin products such as Gianduiotto, the Gianduia Chocolate spread and Chocolate with Hazelnut. The highest quality raw materials – cocoa beans from Venezuela, Ecuador, Sao Tome, and Mexico, IGP hazelnuts from the Langhe, and milk from Piedmont – and cutting-edge production techniques, earned Gobino numerous international awards, and today it is a Made in Italy chocolate brand known throughout Europe, the United States, and in Japan. Giorgio Armani commented: “I am pleased with this new collaboration. A natural consequence of the meeting between the desire to offer my customers a top-quality product and the sophistication of Guido Gobino’s artisanal chocolate, which is recognized all over the world.”

While Gobino said: “It is an honor to collaborate with Giorgio Armani, who is internationally recognized for his prestige”.

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WINE

FIVE SUPER TUSCAN WINES The English portal Wine-Lister measures the strength of wine brands by evaluating the frequency with which they are researched on Wine-Searcher and their presence in the wine list of Michelin-starred restaurants. The result is the ‘Brand Score‘ ranking for each country. In the latest Italian edition, as reported by Wine News, the top five positions of the ranking are occupied by as many iconic Tuscan wines: Sassicaia, Tignanello, Ornellaia, Solaia, and Massetto.

The gold medal goes to Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia, with 998 points out of 1000, which it also happens to be No. 1 of the ‘Top 100‘ of ‘Wine Spectator‘ with the 2015 vintage, and received a score of 100/100 for the 2016 vintage by ‘The Wine Advocate‘.

The second-ranking is Antinori Tignanello, with 995 points, the first Sangiovese to be aged in barriques, and the first modern red wine blended with non-traditional varieties, such as Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc. On the bottom step of the podium, there is Ornellaia, another major player in

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the luxury, wine market with 991 points. These are followed

by Solaia, another leading label by Antinori, with 988 points, and Masseto, a wine that dominates, among Italian wines, in international auctions.

Following the five Super Tuscan wines in Wine-Lister’s top 10 brands, there are five important wines from Piedmont.

At number 6, is Gaja Barbaresco, with 975 points, in front of Giacomo Conterno Barolo Monfortino Riserva, at number 7 with 969 points. In 8th position, there is another piece of enology history from the Langhe, Bartolo Mascarello Barolo with 962 points, followed by Giacomo Conterno Barolo Cascina Francia with 955 points. The last position of the top 10 is occupied by two great wines, both with 954 points, Gaja Barolo Sperss and Fontodi Flaccianello della Pieve, another Tuscan wine.

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ARCHITECTURE

RENZO PIANO’S ACADEMY MUSEUM OF MOTION PICTURES IN LOS ANGELES Since 2008, over 10 years before its opening, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures has been acquiring three-dimensional motion picture objects. In 2012, Renzo Piano completed the projects conceptual sketches.

In 2015, construction began on the site. In 2017, the project with detailed plans of the new building was unveiled in New York, and by the end of 2019 the museum will be opening its doors. Located in Los Angeles, the museum design consists of two distinct buildings for a total area of 300,000 sq ft.

With this museum, Piano succeeded in what he defined as an “incredible challenge” to give a home to something like cinema, which is at the same time “contemporary art but also history, longevity, time.” He did so by housing the two souls of the Academy Museum in two different buildings connected by elevated corridors. The historical wing is in the Saban building, a transformed 1939 Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument described by Piano as “a wonderful example of Streamline Modern style, which preserves the way people in 1939 imagined the future”.

This area of the museum – featuring more than 50,000 sq ft of exhibition galleries, a state-of-the-art education studio, a 288-seat theater, a restaurant and café, a store, and public event spaces – will open with a long-term exhibition that explores the evolution of film as well as a temporary one dedicated to Japanese animator Hayao Miyazaki.

A second building named ‘the sphere’, is devoted to the present and the future of the movie industry. A soaring globe-shaped addition that will include a 1,000-seat theater and will host a range of performances, screenings, premieres, and events. At the top, an expansive terrace will bestow sweeping views of the Hollywood hills.

John Daporto

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DAVIDE DATTOLI, AMONG EUROPE’S TOP 30 UNDER 30 IN TECHNOLOGY Forbes compiled its 2019 edition of Europe’s 30 Under 30 in Technology and among them, it listed 28-year-old from Brescia, Davide Dattoli, the founder and CEO of coworking and education space Talent Garden; one of the most promising tech business platforms in Europe. The mission of Talent Garden, the largest European coworking network with 28 locations in 8 countries, is to bring together techies, freelancers, investors, and anyone with a stake in the technology sector to create blossoming relationships, products, and careers. Dattoli, who’s raised $12 million for his enterprise to date, explained: “I come from a family of entrepreneurs: my father opened several restaurants in the city where I was born and my mother organizes events, and just by working in the restaurant I learned what ‘hospitality’ means.” From this starting point, he said “we are trying to create a place where the entire ecosystem can meet, can connect between each other, and try to stay together. In Talent Garden what we try is not only to create a coworking space

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but to really create a place where people feel at home. Where we can really feel and grow connections between each other and feel well.” This is how Dattoli’s ‘global family’ was born, and how it trains between 200 and 500 young programmers every year, big data experts, digital marketers, and managers ready to jump into new opportunities. The young CEO reacted to the coveted Forbes listing writing in a Facebook post: “I want to say thank you to our incredible team. Today it’s official: I have been selected as one of the top 30 under 30

by Forbes and this wouldn’t have been possible without the incredible work of all the Talent Garden team! It’s incredible where Talent Garden brought all of us in the last past years!

Thanks to all our community of coworkers, students, and corporates who believe in us. The Forbes under 30 list selects the top 30 of the brightest young entrepreneurs, leaders, stars all over Europe. The other persons in the list are really incredible!”

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TECHNOLOGIES

AUTHENTICO, THE ALL-AROUND APP DEDICATED TO TRUE ITALIAN FOOD Authentico is the free app to help you recognize the authenticity of Italian food by scanning the barcode on the package with your smartphone. Italian food lovers deserve only authentic products, everywhere, even in restaurants.

With this in mind, the latest feature of the app was presented at the Sanremo Festival. Through the app, it is possible to discover in a simple and fast way where the ingredients used to create the dish they are about to eat come from. Affiliated restaurants provide a bar code for the Authenico App to scan, which will then give access to a digital menu where it will be possible to discover the Italian dishes available and the origins of the raw materials used by the chefs. The app is one more way that can directly fight against the Italian Sounding Phenomenon, which refers to the practice of giving foreign products Italian names and packaging to trick consumers into thinking that they are buying something that is Made in Italy. By presenting the new app feature dedicated to Italian food, Authentico says that “restaurants, pizzerias, and other general eateries are the privileged places to promote the consumption of Italian food.” Adding that “the counteroffensive to the Italian Sounding Phenomenon can only come from the table.”

The other features of the app include detailed and original Italian recipes; an accurate Italian restaurant locator, to identify the authentic ones; extra information about genuine Italian food, their production areas, their territory, and see the video of how a product is made, and even invitations for free tastings from the best Italian food and wine producers.

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Il Terzo Pilastro su scala internazionale per un nuovo sviluppo sociale, economico e culturale.

La Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Internazionale, presieduta dal Prof. Avv. Emmanuele F. M. Emanuele, è la naturale evoluzione della Fondazione Terzo Pilastro – Italia e Mediterraneo, in quanto si fa portatrice e sintesi, su più ampia scala e senza alcun vincolo territoriale, delle due strategiche direzioni di intervento originarie: il Terzo Settore (o Terzo Pilastro, il non profit) e le tematiche urgenti ispirate dall’osservazione di ciò che accade al di fuori del mondo Occidentale, con uno sguardo che va oltre l’area mediterranea per approdare nei Paesi emergenti in Medio ed Estremo Oriente, futuri protagonisti della nostra Storia.

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ON THE ROAD

THE FIRST 3D-PRINTED E-MOTORBIKE The motorcycle of the “New ERA” is ‘NERA’, the first functional prototype of a completely customizable electric bike printed in 3D by Marco Mattia Cristofori. The project involved designing NERA from the ground up, with every aspect of traditional motorcycle engineering and production being rethought.

28-year-old Cristofori moved from Ascoli Piceno (a town in the Marche region) to Rome to study architecture, then to London, Istanbul and New York, before arriving in Berlin to be with his partner. As he explained to an Italian magazine: “Berlin’s air changes you. Here everyone can do everything. It does not matter where you come from, what color you are, how you dress, what you have studied. Be yourself and do what you like.” In Berlin, there are hundreds of creative startups looking for creative people and he started to work for BigRep, a company that produces large scale 3D printers.

They were looking for a designer able to prove the great potential of their printers, and they definitely found him.

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Working on large-scale projects allowed him to think and design pieces that others did not think of before. Like tires or even a motorcycle. “I saw that several big companies are betting on airless tires. For any type of vehicle. But nobody had tried to print a functional one in 3D for a bicycle. Perhaps due to lack of equipment. I researched a lot, I modeled and printed several small tests to be able to have the same behavior as a normal bicycle tire. Then I succeeded.” And probably while pedaling on his colleague’s bike on which he had mounted the airless tires, that he envisioned NERA for the first time.

When asked about his relationship with Italy, Cristofori replied: “I am madly in love with my city I brought friends from all over the world to visit it, and everyone is dazzled by it.

My family still lives there. Ascoli is a city of talent.” www.bigrep.com Sascha Mallinckrodt

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ABARTH CELEBRATES ITS 70TH ANNIVERSARY WITH 3 SPECIAL EDITIONS It was March 31st, 1949, when the Italian-Austrian engineer Carlo Abarth (former director of Cisitalia), together with the pilot Guido Scagliarini, founded Abarth & C, destined to produce and race competition cars. 70 years later, the brand, part of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles, celebrates its anniversary and the success achieved in the last year – a 36.5% increase compared to units sold in 2017 – with the launch of the special edition models of the 595, 124 spider, and 124 GT. All the special edition cars will be fitted with a commemorative ‘70th Anniversary‘ badge for the 2019 model year. The 595 Competizione and Pista will also come with an updated seven-inch touchscreen featuring Abarth Telemetry, a Koni suspension, and a Record Monza exhaust. Each model in Abarth’s 124 series – 124 Spider and 124 GT – will also receive a Record Monza exhaust as well as a series of exclusive paint colors, with names such as ‘Turini 1975 White’ and ‘Costa Brava 1972 Red’ which celebrate Abarth’s success in racing. Moreover, Abarth’s “70th Anniversary” edition 124 GT will come with a carbon-fiber folding hardtop, 17-inch OZ Ultra-Light alloy wheels, gun-metal mirror caps, and a gun-metal splitter.

The series debuted at the opening of the 2019 Monte Carlo Rally and at the event Luca Napolitano, director of the Fiat and Abarth brands for the EMEA region, pointed out that in 2018 Abarth hit a historical sales record, “we have achieved excellent results in many markets, for example, the British one with over 5,600 units and 26.8% growth, a new sales record in itself; and the Spanish one with 1,450 units and 26.6% growth. I am very proud of these results which demonstrate the internationality and appeal of the brand outside national borders, in addition to the fact that we have a series that perfectly meet the needs of an ever-wider target market.”

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ALL ABOUT ITALY | The art form

He has created portraits of famous people, from David Bowie to Lady Gaga, from Obama to Spike Lee. Marco Gallotta is an artist who creates works of art by cutting paper. Like a surgeon he gives life to faces under which the inner self lies hidden.

“I cut paper to share emotions” M

arco Gallotta creates art from paper. He does so with devotion, attention to detail and an incredible aesthetic sense. He is an Italian from Battipaglia - in the province of Salerno.

Marco chose paper to express himself and leave messages. He does not write on paper, but rather cuts it in a surgical way through the paper cutting technique that has now become his trademark. In his studio in Harlem, Gallotta chooses faces, some famous, some not. They are the central character of his work. Different faces sharing a sense of the extraordinary, not to be indifferent towards society. Marco Gallotta is indeed a portrait artist, who creates portraits in which the paper he uses is cut, assembled and superimposed, creating a unique effect that is not limited to just aesthetic, but becomes a metaphor of the human essence. Behind the layers of paper that he uses are glimpses of the purity of the ego and it is also for this reason that no portrait is the same. When using his scalpel to carve the works he creates, the cuts never follow a drawn line because his hand is led by sensations and spontaneity. The incisions that are created become in some way the pulsating veins of the piece. In New York Marco is in his element, fueled by the vitality that the city offers, but he’s managed to keep his Italian identity which has given him the culture of art and inspiration. Today his artistic language is global, intense and emotional, it’s enough to stop and observe to understand him.

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From the Italian province to New York, from Battipaglia to West Harlem, what does this move represent in your artistic story?

When I chose to leave my city, I did it mainly because of a desire for adventure. I have always wanted to know new things, discover new places and experience cultures different from my own.

New York, with its multi-ethnic and multicultural life, has undoubtedly been the place that has allowed me to enrich myself and has played a very important role in my career.

When I arrived in New York, at the end of the ‘90s, I started to visit artists, mostly illustrators, and from there I discovered a new world. The energy was incredible, the art was everywhere and in different forms. It is here, that, after a short break, I started drawing again. My subjects were no longer the landscapes of Trentino and Veneto, where I had spent earlier years, but the chaos of the metropolis with all its souls running around quickly. New York was - and still is - one of my greatest sources of inspiration. New York is the ideal stage for artistic expression, it is a rare place where the creativity of vast cultural movements converge, creating synergies and new stimuli. The emotions I feel watching what happens every day, the people and inspiring architecture, are reflected in my works. It’s unavoidable.

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Paper is the material you have chosen to express yourself. What led you to prefer a fragile and distinct material like this?

I’ve loved paper since I was a kid. I remember that I often visited a friend’s father’s typography and I was happy. I could wander around pallets full of sheets of paper. There was the smooth paper, the rough, the colored, the parceled ... for me this place had something magical. Now I use any type of paper, photographs, pages of books, old movie posters, newspapers and magazines, paper that I find by chance. My excisions - which I carry out with blades, fire and waxes - alter the visual and written material, loading it with new meanings.

How did you work to innovate the papercutting technique?

My technique is the result of unceasing research and experimentation. My approach has been to transform an ancient technique, which has roots in the fourth century, and make it modern and above all unique. My work, like in a surgical operation, is carved with a scalpel. The result is a superimposition of images, to which I sometimes add layers of color and wax.

The cutting becomes the tool to create works of art. Do subtracting and overlapping become the formulas that deliver your personal vision of the world?

The goal of my cuts is to go beyond mere appearance and grasp the pure essence of my subjects. My works reveal the extraordinary and the meticulous cuts and the overlap of images are a metaphor to represent the fragmentary nature of the truth and its evolution.

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You have portrayed famous people like Will Smith and Leonardo Di Caprio. How do you choose your subjects and what message do you want their faces to tell?

In some cases, like the Will Smith and Samantha Bee portraits were commissioned. In general, the subjects I choose for my works are united by the fact that each of them is committed to the community and the environment. Among the most famous portraits are Lady Gaga, Freddie Mercury, Obama and Spike Lee. Through my work I try to entice the observer to linger and study the meticulous details. My subjects are deconstructed and decomposed. The portrait thus becomes a medium through which the most intimate emotions of the subject are explored.

A desire to communicate a positive message emerges from your research as an artist. Does art have the power to change the world?

I do art not only for pure aesthetic appearance, but for the positive message that the viewer can grasp by viewing my work. I believe that even small actions can contribute to generating big changes. Quoting Paulo Coelho, “every action of a man is sacred and full of consequences.� I consider myself an artist engaged in social work, who makes art to build a better world. I often put my art at the disposal of charitable associations involved in various fields ranging from the fight against exploitation to human trafficking, to those committed to respecting and safeguarding nature.

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