Black and White. Like the buildings of the historic center of Catania, Garibaldi as the door to the west of the city code daily orange sunsets Etna, as the dress of devotees of Saint Agatha, the patron saint of the city at the foot of Etna observed every year in February by a big party, a collective ritual and cross for hundreds of thousands of people.
Black and white, on film, is the language chosen by the photographer Anthony Parrinello for the exhibition, organized in collaboration with the Municipal Department of Culture and Major Events, is housed in Platamone of Catania from January 31 to February 20, 2011 . Entitled "Sant'Aituzza", as the tender and familiar name by which the faithful turn to the patron saint, the Christian girl of noble family in 251 AD to escape the dangers of Quinziano governor, was arrested and tortured: the breast was torn before he died in prison. In thirty-five shows snapshots of medium format (50x70) printed on paper for a much more natural. Monday, January 31, at 18, the inauguration in the presence of the mayor of Catania, Raffaele Stancanelli, city councilor for culture, Marella Ferrera, and the Commendatore Luigi Maina, a lover of the traditions of St Agatha.
"Tale of the festival, the devotees, the common people - says Parrinello, photojournalist and photographer for several films - the children of Civita with boxes of fruit to build their mini-road candelore ten years and already mimicking the greats. Li story with photos taken with wide-angle to help keep the image always in the set: the monuments of Catania. Images collected over the past decade and printed on film in black and white: I have deliberately given up to the plasticity and the perfection of digital flattens the image to get as close as possible to the real. "
The exhibition is supported by a small catalog (Publisher Synthesis) with a preface by Marella Ferrera and Salvo Russo, artist and professor of painting at the Fine Arts and the University of Catania, and with the support of the Commander Maina . Supporting the initiative, the Authority Port of Catania, the magazine Glider, Strange Light Division, Planet Holidays and Caltabiano & C.
"Sant'Aituzza" Platamone Palace is open daily from 9 to 13 and from 15.30 to 19.30, Sundays from 9 to 13. On days 3, 4 and 5 February - the feast of the patron saint - the hours will be 9-24. Admission is free.
"Sant'Aituzza. Photos of Antonio Parrinello
January 31> February 20, 2011
Platamone
Palace Via Vittorio Emanuele, 121 - CATANIA
HOURS: Daily 9-13, 15:30 to 19:30 Sunday
3-4-5 9-13 February 9-24 Free admission
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Editor: RENZO DE SIMONE
Event Information:
Start Date: January 31, 2011 Date
End: 20 February 2011
Tickets: Free
Location: Catania, Palazzo Platamone
Open every day from 9 to 13 and from 15:30 to 19:30, Sundays from 9 to 13
Where:
Catania, Palazzo Platamone
City: Catania
Address: Via Vittorio Emanuele 121
Province: (CT)
Region: Sicily
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