Series
Essere MAXXI
Documentary
Five masters of Italian art and culture give a masterclass inside Rome's MAXXI museum, telling their own story in their own words: the craft, the creative process, and the beginnings, encounters and setbacks behind the work.
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Seasons & episodes
- 1Letizia Battaglia14 Sept 2022 · 28mPhotographer Letizia Battaglia, the first Italian woman to work as a photojournalist, looks back on a career spent documenting Palermo under the mafia and the ordinary city behind the violence.
- 2Mario Cucinella21 Sept 2022 · 28mArchitect Mario Cucinella explains how his international studio of architects and engineers puts energy and environmental questions at the centre of every project, and how a building can carry the beauty and the resources of the place it stands in.
- 3Michelangelo Pistoletto28 Sept 2022 · 29mOne of Italy's foremost living painters and sculptors traces the road from his beginnings in advertising, through his encounter with American pop art, to the invention of Arte Povera.
- 4Nicola Piovani5 Oct 2022 · 26mThe Oscar-winning composer talks about what it takes to write for the screen, how he came to work with Italy's leading directors, and how music can move an audience without ever turning cheap. Addressed in large part to younger listeners.
- 5Piero Lissoni12 Oct 2022 · 27mMilan, New York, Paris: the designer's studio works across architecture, product design, graphics and visual communication, from private houses and yachts to residential schemes and large hotels.
Details
- Created by
- Ernesto Assante
- First aired
- 14 Sept 2022
- Last aired
- 12 Oct 2022
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- Italian
- Episodes
- 5
Cast
- LLetizia BattagliaSelf
- MMario CucinellaSelf
Michelangelo PistolettoSelf
Nicola PiovaniSelf- PPiero LissoniSelf
