SEMPRE+CAVA

SEMPRE+CAVA: from 11 to 14 January 2023
We are celebrating Osvaldo Cavandoli the creator of La Linea and Pupilandia.

Four days of panels, studio visits and workshops are scheduled to narrate the work of one of the best-known Italian "craftman" and question his legacy. Among the appointments on the agenda, the preview of a video installation by the artist Eleonora Oreggia (alias xname) with unpublished material featuring Cavandoli and a focus on Carlo Bonomi (the voice of the Linea) and Pupilandia world.

Conceived by the independent curator Anna Dusi and by the artist and writer Eleonora Oreggia (alias xname), in collaboration with the illustrator and animator Piero Tonin, and organized in collaboration with Compagnie Malviste, the event included workshops, guided tours, talks and the first official presentation of the book "Il segno audiovisivo. Cinema d'animazione e nuovi linguaggi" (The audiovisual sign. Animated film and new languages), published by Meltemi Editore in April 2022. The book launch features the intervention of Lucia Corrain, researcher, lecturer and authority in Semiotics of Art from University of Bologna. On 13 January 2023 a special panel reflecting on the legacy of the book with the author Eleonora Oreggia and Tiziana Migliore, associate professor from University of Urbino and researcher in contemporary art and the relation between semiotics, linguistics and rethoric.