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Donna Tartt, the glowing feather

Donna Tartt by AFANTINI on deviantART

 Donna Tartt (2014)
Oil on canvas, 30x40 cm.

My personal tribute to the author of "The Secret History", "The Little Friend" and "The Goldfinch", whose universe of narrative details describes the inner lives of every reader, like a glowing feather enlightening the windows of countless apartments in the nocturnal palace of existence.

2014

Bryant's ode

Alessandro Fantini - Bryant's ode (2013)

A poem in audiovisual verses and psychogenic visions dedicated to the city of New York as experienced by AFAN Alessandro Fantini's multimedianic brain.

Bryant's ode is my first attempt at translating into a living audiovisual mosaic of spoken feelings and unspoken moods my journey through the most iconic metropolis on earth, the "chess-board city" of New York, following the perpetual beat of street telling the secret heartbeat of mica-schist. Imbued by the spirit of the American poet William Cullen Bryant who promoted the creation of Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I wrote my personal ode to the city by using a kaleidoscopic ink made of music, words, images and sounds gathered during my wanderings around the most recognizable as well as less famous spots of the city, transforming the eponymous park into my own writing desk, in order to recapture the echo of that "still voice" coming from "Earth and her waters".

Conceived, directed, edited and produced by Alessandro Fantini.
Poem, voice, cinematography and special effects by Alessandro Fantini.

AFAN Pictures 2013.

The numinous chains of American life

American life wizardry. 

On my way to Washington D.C. on 16th October I took some photos of Baltimore skyline from the bus window and I uploaded one of them to Instagram with the title “Never more, never more… Baltimore” as a citationistic tribute to Edgar Allan Poe, one of the main writers (Lovecraft and Le Fanu being the others) who inspired me to start writing tales during my childhood. The next morning I happened to visit the Capitol, right on the first day after the end of government shutdown, and while I was entering the rotunda, a photographer took some pics of my visitors group. The same day I spotted out by chance Alec Baldwin posing for a photo session behind the Smithsonian Castle just after I've been interviewed by a tv news crew along the National Mall. Eager to complete my American tour of Vermeer’s paintings started by visiting The Metropolitan Art Museum and the Frick Collection in New York, in the early morning of the 18th I reached out the National Gallery. While I was waiting for the museum to open, I glanced at the dozens of newspaper front pages displayed outside the Newseum on the opposite side of the road. On the The Sun of Baltimore an iconic photo of people entering the Capitol Rotunda illustrated the main article “Back to work and on to next deadline”. When I realized that the man in brownie jacket and hat portrayed in that photo was not my doppelganger, I instinctively asked to a person near me if there was a way to buy a copy of that newspaper in Washington. He enthusiastically answered that he was from Baltimore and that he could easily send me a copy. Yet this has been just one of the many numinous chains of coincidences I experienced during my USA adventure.

Bryant's ode

Alessandro Fantini Bryant's ode - A multimedianic poem to New York Trailer

 A poem in audiovisual verses and psychogenic visions dedicated to the city of New York as experienced by AFAN Alessandro Fantini's multimedianic brain. Conceived, directed and edited by AFAN Alessandro Fantini. Music and cinematography by AFAN Alessandro Fantini. AFAN pictures 2013

Grab the cab

Trailer Grab the cab - LearnItaly New York

 The trailer of the upcoming series dedicated to the story of Massimo Veccia and the fulfillment of his dream started and nurtured in New York City: LearnItaly, the Italian school and center for promotion of Italian culture in USA and Europe.

 Starring Massimo Veccia
Directed by Alessandro Fantini

www.learnitalygroup.com