‘Ghost’ | Barokthegreat’s analytical journey through Chicago footwork
Incorporating the sonic legacy of disco, techno and house, footwork is a musical genre and dance style born in Chicago in the 1990s. Created and promoted by pioneers such as RP B..
French ‘prince of voguing’ Kiddy Smile | “I don’t think about myself as an advocate”
Pierre Hanffou, aka Kiddy Smile, is one of a kind. Gifted and talented to the core, his unparalleled talent has made him an icon across the French ballroom scene and has gained h..
Kader Attia | The postcolonial body
Kader Attia is many things, but currently, he is an incredulously prolific man. Within the space of a dozen months, he managed to fit biennials in Gwangju, Shanghai and Venice, a..
100% POP | In conversation with Nora Chipaumire
Having just arrived from her base in New York, via Switzerland, Nora Chipaumire is settling in, making breakfast in her AirBnB in an area of Rome that tourists rarely venture to ..
‘Taste of the Heavens’ | Joviale gives us a glimpse of paradise in her new video
The young and enigmatic London-based Nigerian singer Joviale has recently made her very elegant debut into the British avant-pop scene, and with her new video Taste of the Heaven..
‘Omg’ | Sampa The Great’s new album ‘The Return’ is addictive
“Oh my God” is the first thing you think about when watching and listening to Sampa The Great’s new single OMG, taken from her debut album, The Return, which is set to be release..
Sama’ | The palestinian DJ who uses techno as a means of resistance
The 2010s will be remembered as the decade of the victory of the female universe, as the years when women finally found the right lever to destroy the crystal ceiling which, bein..
‘Zero’ | Antonio Distefano’s Netflix series unveils a young generation of black Italians
A few days ago, Netflix announced the release of a new original series in 2020, Zero. This is a very hot piece of news for two reasons: the series will be written by Antonio Dike..
“Black Models. From Géricault to Matisse” is the exhibition we needed
A couple of months ago, I came across the image of a painting as I scrolled through my timeline on Facebook. It’s a painting I must have seen at least ten times in the past few y..
‘Mirrors’ | Contemporary Dance, Video Art, Music recount “Italia, Culture, Africa”
Last October, on the occasion of the ‘Italy-Africa’ Conference in Rome and the private visit of 250 guests to the African Metropolis exhibition at MAXXI museum, we presented a te..