To celebrate together the release of Eki 04, dedicated to spiritual light, we organized three Launch parties, in the cities of Bologna, Florence and Rome. Each Launch was introduced by a talk, during which we delved into the upcoming issue, then ranged between performances and DJ sets, in theme with our magazine and the light it talks about in this issue.
The challenge of Eki 04 is to tell the story of the iconography of spiritual light, its interpretation and depiction in the world of the arts, throughout time and space. The architecture of places of worship, exchange and gathering, and art more generally, from East to West, from the ancient world to contemporary photography and cinema, have shown a constant commitment to the research and study of light, so much so that it is finally inseparable from the very representation of the divine.
Bologna – 01/13/24 – at Spaghetti Digitali
21.00 Launch & talk with Digital Spaghetti
22.00 Performance by Plastikhaare, sound by Stylosphaera. Plastikhaare was born as an ironic thought by Giulia Querin and Rachele Tinkham two young artists who, attracted by the desire to play with their own identity, opened a reflection on the behaviors of today’s fluid and ever-changing society, which is losing the naturalness of childish and carefree play.
23.00 Dj set by Jana Alvarega dj, musician and vocal/rhythmic facilitator: a fluid sound explorer focused on finding the relationship between emotions and sound.
Rome – 19.01.24 – at Kobo Studio
19.00 Launch & talk w Francesco Pascucci
20.00 Performance by Yalda Pakzad Afshar. Independent artist who has focused particularly on site-specific performances in recent years. Her latest projects are based on the phenomena of home, hospitality, connection and intimacy. Selected by the Impulstaz contemporary dance festival in Vienna in 2016, she has made performances in Iran, Romania, Vienna, Zagreb and Italy.
22.00 Dj set by Guenter Råler. Irene Cassarini è unƏ producer musicale, DJ, visual artist e ricercatorƏ indipendente con radici bolognesi, attualmente residente nei Paesi Bassi. Ha conseguito il suo master in Tecnologia Musicale e Music Design presso l’HKU di Utrecht.