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May 10, 2024 – 4:00 PM
(New York time)
CIMA – Center for Italian Modern Art
New York
Conceived by CIMA and Joseph Tedeschi, Stile Olivetti: Between Art and Design brings together Olivetti scholars and enthusiasts for an afternoon of study, dedicated to an Italian company that shaped the history of office machines, labor practices, product design and communications, and cultural patronage. The event will include lectures, a film screening, and a hands-on workshop with historic Olivetti typewriters.
PROGRAM
4:00 PM: Greetings from Gaetano di Tondo, President, Associazione Archivio Storico Olivetti
4:10 PM: Beniamino de’ Liguori Carino, Fondazione Adriano Olivetti: The Olivetti Universe
4:20 PM Fabio Mongelli, Director, Rome University of Fine Arts: The Importance of Education at Olivetti
4:50 PM: Emanuele Cappelli, Cappelli Identity Design: Olivetti and Design: Typewriters, Typefaces and Brand Communication.
5:20 PM: Lindsay Caplan, Brown University:Olivetti and the Arts: Computers as Model.
6:00 PM-7:00 PM: typewriting workshop with original Olivetti typewriters, facilitated by Joseph Tedeschi.
7:00 PM-7:30 PM: Light refreshments
7:30 PM: Film screening, Paradigma Olivetti (dir. Davide Maffei, 2020, 88 minutes). In Italian with English subtitles
For more information about the event, please visit the CIMA website.
