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Magic art, where fantasy and reality collide

20 Saturday May 2017

Posted by italiangirlinlondon in Art and Design, Little Black Book

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art, Block Universe, life, performance, Robina Doxi, Shoreditch, SKC

This week I finally reconnect with the world of art and guess what, I am a lot happier for that. It all started in a very corporate way, attending a conference in Munich where I heard catastrophic predictions about the Trump administration and the Titanic act that Brexit will represent for the UK. Luckily the balmy weather, the sunshine and the good company I was with tempered these feelings of fear and negativity. On my way back in London, welcomed by November rain, I headed to the South Kensington club for the presentation of Block Universe, London’s international performance art festival running, which is about to start in a week. And I am genuinely excited about the programme and the performances that will see in few days.

Performance followed in the other part of town, in trendy and not so grungy anymore Shoreditch, at STRUCTURED MAGIC, an exhibition of visual and performing art where fantasy and reality collide. IMG_5498

If Block Universe makes references to the world of Physics and the notion of time, “the Structure of Magic” is a psychotherapeutic term, which involves offering new models of being in an imaginary context. This is a method intended to transform a person’s perception of the world and their place in it, on a fundamental level – literally expanding their reality, by demonstrating that there are always more choices than initially perceived. Hence making the invisible visible.

All humans experience the world differently and each of us creates a different model and therefore a different reality. In this exhibition, dominated by the great work of my friend and talented artist Robina Doxi, the artist invites the viewers into her inner world and experiences the magic of her fantasies and dreams. Her pieces take you on a journey that seems to tell you a story, sometimes a fairy-tale, sometimes a dream, sometimes a sci-fi narrative, condensed with abstraction and dystopian imagery.

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During the exhibition, I had a chat with Madame Echo, a performer who gifted me of a little bottle of champagne, with a wish of happiness protection. The magic is going to happen after the election in the UK, on the 8th of June. I would never say no to happiness and champagne. In fact, they often go hand in hand. Merci Madame E. IMG_5518

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

www.blockuniverse.co.uk

http://www.southkensingtonclub.com

www.doxi.org

 

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Burro e Salvia, fresh and delicious pasta. Welcome to Shoreditch

13 Tuesday Aug 2013

Posted by italiangirlinlondon in Food and cooking, Lifestyle, Little Black Book

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gnocchi, pasta, ravioli, Shoreditch, tagliatelle

Fridays were the days for fish and fresh pasta. Mothers, aka chief family managers, were used to plan ahead for the meals of the following days. Gnocchi for Friday, noodles for Saturday and quadrucci for the light supper on Monday. Light supper, as diets always start on Mondays.

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Those are the days when hours were long and stretched, when school holidays set the calendar and a pastificio was a little shop. The pasta machines were visible, just in the background, managed by two generations of the same family. They were running together the front and the back of the shop. Few products on sale, fewer were added along the line in the last few years.

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Press the forward button and we are in 2013. East London. Burro e Salvia is the 2.0 version of the traditional Italian pastificio (literally the place where they make pasta), cleverly positioned in the hippest corner of Shoreditch. The design is minimal and sophisticated. Everything you see is carefully chosen: the coffee cup, the label, the aprons, Aesop hand soap in the loo.

Pasta, ravioli, gnocchi are prepared daily in front of the customers, behind a beautiful Corian working top, ready to be taken home and cooked to perfection, following the instructions that Gaia Enria, the owner, will put in your shopping bag. Or, even better, served in the dining area of the pastificio.

9356_560236757352806_984769726_nThe menu of Burro e Salvia offers a good seasonal selection of traditional Italian pastas. Sometimes with a surprising twist. I had some lovely ricotta and spinach gnocchi, a perfect meal for a not so hot British summer day. Prepared following the traditional recipe, the twist is delivered by a tip of mint. Perfect to enjoy in the bright dining area or al banco, sitting on a stall, looking at never boring world that strolls outside. It is Shoreditch, so people watching cannot be boring.

Burro e Salvia is a place where I want to take some Italian friends, in London forever or here just for few days, so I can show them how some Italian traditional pillars can be exported, revitalised and rejuvenated. How? Adding attention to details, to the customer experience and a splash of good design. And remember that something as simple as pasta can be divine. All it needs is attention, care, and a good setting.

BTW pasta doesn’t make you fat and it boosts the production of serotonin. So drop the Xanax and have a bowl of tagliatelle.

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