Giorgio Armani in Rome on the new building “Armani Teatro” designed by Tadao Ando.
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Mexican artist Teresa Margolles’ work deals with violence as raw matter. “What else could we talk about?” at the Mexican Pavilion in the 2009 Venice Biennale, chronicled the violence provoked by the battles of drug traffic organizations and their prosecution in Mexico at the present. 
Susumu Shingu is a Japanese sculptor. He is a living legend of kinetic art together with Calder and Tinguely. He moved to Italy in the 1960’s and stayed there ever since. In this video he explains (in Italian) the relevance of bringing nature and mind together through a water-propelled kinetic sculpture. 
Italian sculptor Mario Merz, who died only a few years ago, had an affinity towards dome structures which are popularly known as “igloos”. Here is a video showing the construction of one of these in 2002 on top of a railway line in Turin, Italy. 
Wolfgang Laib is a German artist who works with essential natural materials such as rice, milk, wax or polen. This video shows his exhibition at the Fondazione Merz in Torino, Italy. 
Studio Banana TV interviews Italian architect Benedetta Tagliabue from the studio Miralles-Tagliabue (EMBT) in Barcelona on the occasion of their exhibition “4 quarters” at the European University of Madrid. Interview realised with the sponsorship of the European University of Madrid. 
Italian photographer Gabriele Basilico is one of the most renowned documentary photographers in the world. 
Paola Pivi is an Italian artist working in a variety of mediums. 1000 is a performance work at Tate Modern in London. 
Studio Banana interviews Carmen Cantón, one of the most peculiar Spanish women-artists. 
Korean artist Kimsooja makes installations that deceive our perception through spectacles full of beauty. |
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