Categoria: MEMO | Maddy Bee

In the past weeks in which the covid-19 has forced us all home, art, as well as the world of culture, music and entertainment in general, have not stopped. This does not count the museums or exhibitions that have become virtual from places and physical objects, including special visits and meetings with streaming artists and curators. One of the most original was the Women exhibition. A changing world organized by National Geographic in collaboration with Genus Bononiae. In this virtual journey Marco Cattaneo, director of National Geographic Italy, tells in clip some of the most emblematic shots among the over 70 on display. Images of the great reporters of the National that tell about changes and challenges, achievements and goals still to be achieved by women at all latitudes and in 100 years of history. All videos are still available on Genus social channels.

The next Fashion Week will be entirely digital. This was announced by the National Chamber of Fashion, which has decided to take a leap into the virtual world to support the fashion sector which has also been in difficulty by the coronavirus. The Milan Digital fashion Week with the men’s spring summer 2021 collections and the men’s and women’s pre collections for spring 2021 will be presented online from 14 to 17 July. Through a digital platform it will be possible to access the photographic contents, videos, interviews and backstage of the creative moments, following in-depth webinars with leading figures of the fashion System.

The festival that tells the world of skate and surf becomes virtual.
Skate and Surf Film Festival, an event that tells the world of skate and surf, is also back this year for its fourth edition. A new version of the festival will have Vans as its major sponsor and will be staged from today until 10 May, maintaining its original concept and adapting it in virtual form. Everything will be broadcast live on the official website, on Vimeo, Facebook and with implementations on Instagram, also offering a concrete contribution to Emergency by donating the proceeds from the sale of the most beautiful author photos from the festival archives. Together with Kampaay, official food and beverage partner, Skate and Surf Film Festival also organized the delivery service of a survival kit with drink-food and personalized gadgets only for the city of Milan.

Unpublished images and videos allow the public an intimate and engaging experience. With the launch of the hashtag #innerviews, Fondazione Prada proposes a virtual visit to the Storytelling exhibition created by the curator Udo Kittelmann and exhibited in Milan since January. The Peking artist is suspended between a fairytale atmosphere and subtle irony, with an incessant dialogue between the Eastern and Western world in a narrative plot that combines literature, art history and popular culture, with exciting and surprising results. Inner Views replaces the physical visit of the “Storytelling” exhibition with a virtual learning and knowledge experience.

The world of design has canceled fairs and appointments like the Salone del Mobile has chosen a virtual dimension. From the Triennale Decameron that every day, at 5pm, tells a character, an exhibition, through the museum’s social accounts, at the design festival organized by Dezeen which will offer meetings, interviews and new product launches until 30 June. And from June get ready for the new fuorisalone.tv platform.

Today the United Nations, together with all the countries in the world, celebrate the 50th Anniversary of World Earth Day, the awareness raising event for the protection of the most impacting planet in the world. This year the important and demanding task for Italy, given the emergency situation in which everyone lives, to open the World celebrations. From today #OnePeopleOnePlanet will be a multimedia marathon in which several modules dedicated to the most important aspects of the Planet and to the people who inhabit it will intersect. Singers, influencers, famous people from the world of politics, entertainment, and many faces and well-known names, take turns within the schedule with a special moment dedicated to children, the future of this planet. #OnePeopleOnePlanet the Multimedia Marathon is waiting for everyone to live together the first day dedicated to the Earth, which does not want and must not be alone.

Building something at a time when the world seems to have stopped due to the health emergency by channeling the energies towards a goal put on stand-by for lack of time. This could be one of the plans to carry out during the quarantine. Travel and culture enthusiasts could devote themselves to the study or improvement of a foreign language, taking advantage of the schools and learning platforms that populate the network and which in this period offer a completely free service. How about?

Due to the ongoing health emergency, we are always within our four walls, and the celebrations and atmosphere of Easter day were also experienced in a different spirit and in different ways. In this period there are always many musical initiatives of great artists who entertain us on social networks during our days, but in recent days there has been an incredible event that has involved the whole world, the Bocelli concert. In fact, on April 12 the great tenor Andrea Bocelli performed in an extraordinary concert from Milan broadcast in streaming, which echoed between the naves of the Cathedral with sacred music. The success of “Music for hope” was very great, with a voice symbol of Italian art in the world.

Since the 800 period, eating habits have changed, resembling more and more to ours, both in the “what” and in the “how” we ate. On important occasions – such as Easter – the use of the “Russian service” became more widespread: the dishes were served directly at the table in large serving dishes, following an order similar to that of today. The conclusion was always with dessert, a name that derives from the French word “desservir”, that is, to be canceled, and therefore indicated the last dish of the dinner. An Easter cake is the Colomba born from the desire of a Milanese pastry chef to create a cake similar to panettone but destined for the Easter holidays, the Colomba soon spread to all Italian regions, even if with different characteristics. We are sure that despite the prescription period we are going through, we will all have a good and peaceful Easter!

Why the choice of fish? An explanation takes us back in time to Cleopatra and the hoax she made against Roman lover Marco Antonio during a fishing competition. Antonio, in order not to run the risk of a humiliating defeat, had instructed a slave to secretly attack his prey on the hook, but the Queen of Egypt, discovered the deception, had a giant fake leather-covered fish attached to the hook of crocodile, and Marco Antonio was served!