“Il futuro alle spalle”

For three days, students will be able to engage with the writer Lisa Ginzburg. The workshop will be a shared reflection on the future, starting with Paul Klee’s painting, Angelus Novus. A discussion on the notion of the ‘future’ separated from its darkest and most pessimistic interpretations. Participants will be asked to each find a word to inspire their work, so as to build together a “Lexicon for a possible new future”. The first day will begin with the presentation of the workshop and the discussion with the writer. The technical/artistic guidelines to be followed will be given, and the first sketches will begin. On the second day, the drawings will be processed and the first prints will be made using the monotype technique. On the third day, the printing phase will be completed and there will be a group critical session on the work carried out and the results obtained. At the end, an artist’s portfolio will be produced in a limited edition of 3 copies.

Lisa Ginzburg

Lisa Ginzburg lives and works in Rome. She has published the novels Desiderava la bufera (Feltrinelli 2002), Per amore (Marsilio 2016) translated in France, Cara pace (Ponte alle Grazie 2020, nominated for the Strega Prize 2021, Chianti Prize 2021, translated in Brazil, France, Germany, Spain); Una piuma nascosta (Rizzoli 2023, Maiella Prize 2024, translated in Brazil and Spain), the collections of short stories Colpi d’ala (Feltrinelli 2006, Teramo Prize 2007) and Spietati i mansueti (Gaffi 2016, Renato Fucini Prize 2017); the memoirs Malia Bahia (Laterza 2007), Buongiorno mezzanotte, torno a casa (Italo Svevo 2017) and Pura invenzione. Dodici variazioni su Frankenstein di Mary Shelley (Marsilio 2018); the biographies Anita. Storia di Anita Garibaldi (e/o 2005) and Jeanne Moreau. La luce del rigore (Giulio Perrone 2021). She collaborates with Avvenire, L’Espresso, Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, Nazione indiana.