Seminar

At a critical time when the climate crisis is making indelible changes to our agricultural systems, immigration patterns, food security, safety, and access, the American Academy in Rome presents a two-part event dedicated to reflecting on the roles of producers, consumers, creatives, and thinkers, and their practices, processes, and hopes for the future. The first part of the event will host two Conversations/Conversazioni between culinary projects and local wine producers actively engaged in the principles of zero waste and a zero-kilometer philosophy, committing to spreading the message of emergency. The second part will offer a pairing experience curated and executed by the Rome Sustainable Food Project kitchen in collaboration with the guest panelists, demonstrating how we can consciously, sustainably, and deliciously find a new path forward.

6:00–7:00pm

Conversations/Conversazioni
Christina Bowerman from Hostaria Glass (Rome) and the RSFP kitchen representatives: Fausto Ferraresi, Sara Levi, and Giorgia Lauri
Moderated by Aliza Wong

7:00–8:00pm

Conversations/Conversazioni
Marco Cirese and Alice Gargiullo from the winery Noelia Ricci (Romagna), Giuseppe Mottura from the winery Sergio Mottura (Lazio), and Guillaume Gelly from the winery Paolo e Noemia d’Amico (Lazio)
Moderated by Tina Cancemi

8:00–10:00pm

Pairing Dinner
Three dishes created by the RSFP kitchen combined with three different types of wine selected by our panelists directly from their wineries

Sign up to the public closed on February 6, 2024.

The event will be held in English.

This seminar workshop explores how partnerships and dialogue can transform, reconfigure, and allow us to think differently about artistic production in Italy. Short papers and live conversations consider the couple as a constantly shifting social/cultural paradigm by exploring what it makes visible and what it obscures. In doing so, we reflect on established models as well as alternative ways of working and making art.

The workshop is open to American Academy in Rome Fellows and invited guests.

Welcome

3:00pm

Marla Stone, Andrew W. Mellon Humanities Professor, American Academy in Rome

Introduction

3:05pm

Sharon Hecker, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano; and Teresa Kittler, University of York

Part I: Couples across the Atlantic

3:20pm

Melanie Masterton Sherazi, California Institute of Technology and Terra Foundation Affiliated Fellow
“Interracial Intimacies and the Transnational Modern Couple: William and Lucia Drudi Demby’s Collaborative Work in the Postwar Italian Cinema in Congo vivo (1962)” (via Zoom)

Raffaele Bedarida, Cooper Union
“Moglie e Buoi dei Paesi Tuoi: Virginia Dortch, Piero Dorazio, and Cultural Translation between Italy and the USA” (via Zoom)

Followed by a discussion.

Part II: Collaborative Erasures and the Legacy of Italian Feminism

4:20pm

Charlotte Matter, University of Zürich
“Colonial Erasures: Elvira Banotti and Rivolta femminile”

Roberta Minnucci, Bibliotheca Hertziana - Max Planck Institute for Art History
“Out of Focus: Anna Piva’s Creative Contribution to the Work of Giulio Paolini”

Followed by a discussion.

Part III: Working Together Today

5:10pm

Hilary Sample and Michael Meredith (2023 Fellows), MOS Architects, New York, in conversation with Teresa Kittler (via Zoom)

Carla Subrizi, Università di Roma Sapienza and President of Fondazione Baruchello, in conversation with Sharon Hecker

Ottonella Mocellin and Nicola Pellegrini, Berlin artists, in conversation with Chiara Mannarino, Independent Curator, New York

Followed by a discussion.

Aperitivo

6:10pm

In this seminar we take the opportunity to bring participants of three of the AAR Affiliated Archaeological Projects together to present the results of their investigations: excavations at Gabii, Porta Stabia at Pompeii, and Contrada Agnese at Morgantina. Each is in a different stage of progress. Gabii, directed by Nicola Terrenato, is by far the largest and longest running, with its AAR affiliation going back to 2009. The project has already published some results in an innovative new digital format hosted by the University of Michigan. The Porta Stabia Pompeii Project, led by Steven Ellis (2013 Fellow, 2016 Affiliated Fellow), has been running since 2005. Excavations finished in 2018 and the project is currently in publication phase. The Contrada Agnese Project at Morgantina, directed by Alex Walthall (2013 Fellow), began in 2013 and is part of the longstanding American excavations at Morgantina. Each project submits a report to AAR every two years: in this year of COVID-19 they will instead present their reports to a wider audience via Zoom.

Participants from each project will present a twenty-minute paper focusing on the major outcomes of the project and how they affect our understanding of the broader context of the site. After the presentation, a panel consisting of two senior members of each team will discuss goals for the future, the role of new technologies in their projects, and major takeaways for future excavations.

“Gabii Archaeological Project 2009–2020”
Nicola Terrenato, University of Michigan
Laura Banducci, Carleton University

“Publishing the Porta Stabia Excavations at Pompeii”
Steven Ellis, University of Cincinnati
Allison Emmerson (2019 Fellow), Tulane University

“American Excavations at Morgantina: Contrada Agnese Project 2014–2021”
Alex Walthall, University of Texas at Austin
Anne Truetzel, Davidson College

This seminar, to be presented on Zoom, is free and open to the public. Please register in advance. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

The start time of the seminar is 6:00pm Central European Time (12:00 noon Eastern Time). It is being recorded and will be edited and posted on the AAR website at a later date.

This event is sponsored by Flyover Zone: The Virtual Tourism Company.