2011 blogs

Organisers’ blog Bologna ’11 – Day 4

Organisers' blog Bologna '11 - Day 4

Share As we get closer to the final day – tomorrow – things get more hectic. Yesterday, which day 4, today and tomorrow are only going to get more and more intense. As such there isn’t really a proper blog for yesterday as I only spent a few hours with the guys in the music [...]


Artists blog Bologna ’11 – Day 3

Artists blog Bologna '11 - Day 3

Share We continue our series of video blogs with the artists taking part in Original Cultures’ 2011 production The Formula. On the beginning of day 3 we got a few more impressions and words from the crew, and a quick chat with our special guest Architeq about Bologna, the show and good food. Remember you [...]


Organisers’ blog Bologna ’11 – Day 3

Organisers' blog Bologna '11 - Day 3

Share So I got lost on my way to pick up the musicians today, and somehow found myself on the other part of town in front of Gelatauro – the ice cream place I’ve been banging on about. Genuine mistake or subconscious desire to start the day with a tub of the city’s best ice [...]


Organisers’ blog Bologna ’11 – Day 2

Organisers' blog Bologna '11 - Day 2

Share And on to day 2 of this year’s edition of Original Cultures. Check the video above for a little additional insight into what happened. With the soundcard fixed the musicians hit the ground running with the rehearsals today, running through the tracks to tighten up arrangements and structures and giving Sam Architeq time to [...]


Artists blog Bologna ’11 – Day 1

Artists blog Bologna '11 - Day 1

Share We’re changing things up a little this year with the artists blog – instead of words we’re going to try and bring you a short video of impressions from the artists every day. And so we start with day 1 and some words from the musicians – namely B.Kun, the producer behind the live [...]


Organisers’ blog Bologna ’11 – Day 1

Organisers' blog Bologna '11 - Day 1

Share It’s good to be back. Having Sam Architeq with us this year is really good too. Firstly because it brings the project back to its original ideas of cultural and artistic exchange between international artists, but also because – as we can already see after only a few hours together – he’s fitting in [...]


Corporal Fluidity

Corporal Fluidity

Share Corporal Fluidity is a story written by Valerio Evangelisti which forms the basis for Original Cultures’ 2011 production The Formula. Based on this story both musicians and visual artists will work together over the space of a week to create a live show that is inspired by the story. The story is available – [...]