Jo Møller

Jo Møller participates in KØBENHAVN/BERLIN, an exhibition of works by the group KBH. together with guest artists from Berlin at Copenhagen Town Hall from June 16 through June 29, 2010. See www.jomo.dk.

Il premio Mogensen-Bruno

The Mogensen-Bruno prize was awarded on June 8 at the Palazzo Alario for the three best essays written by students at the Scuola Media in Ascea based on a short story by Francesco Bruno (1899-1982), a well-known author and literary critic who was born and grew up in Ascea. The prize is established by Else Mogensen in collaboration with the Bruno family. The winner in 2010 was Mattia Capitani. Second prize went to Annagrazia Mautone and the third to Ines Naso. See http://brunopremioascea.blogspot.com

Thomas Oldrup

Thomas Oldrup's new book "Agtigt", Forlaget Bagland, comprises 19 short stories about being thirty something today. Parts of the book are written here in Ascea. See www.forlagetbagland.dk

Marietta Leis

Marietta Leis has a new studio in Alburquerque, New Mexico. See www.mariettaleis.com

Leila Rasheed

Monday 26th April was the launch of Leila Rasheed's novella, The World Turned Upside Down, which was commissioned by the Stratford-Upon-Avon Literary Festival. A reception was held at Stratford Civic Hall. The cover of the book was designed by 16 year old Alex Pritchard, a local art student.

Karen Bernard

Dixon Place presents
3 FEMMES
CYNTHIA BERKSHIRE | KAREN BERNARD | JIL GUYON
May 20, 2010, at 8:00 pm

Karen Bernard's dance performance Ouette | (ō' et) is loosely based on the François Ozon movie Swimming Pool. Bernard's character parallels the film's protagonist, an elderly English novelist who becomes involved in a dangerous sexual fantasy that is part her fiction and part her desire. Using a laptop and projector, different spaces evoking the imagined and real experiences are created. With video footage of floor tiles, patterned fabrics and human silhouettes, Bernard creates a heightened film noir that is quickly fractured by the non-performative technical tasks of manipulating the laptop and projector. Bernard worked on Ouette during her stay in Ascea. See www.dixonplace.org. Photo by Sheilagh O'Leary.

La Petite Soirée

April 1, Salvatore Carbone organized a soirée at the restaurant Zia Rosa with a video-showing af Lars and Mazzola's acting in Carbone's play Homo Sapiens, reading of poetry by 5 poets, including 2 poems by Else Mogensen, and typical Cilentan dishes.