12 nuovi libri da non perdere a gennaio 2025

Key facts

• Giorgio Andreotta Calò's performance 'In girum imus nocte' took place on December 4, 2014, in Sulcis Iglesiente, Sardinia.
• The performance involved ten miners and ended with a boat burning at Punta Trettu.
• The event occurred on the night of Santa Barbara, patron saint of miners, as mines were closing after over a century.
• Lauren Berlant's 'Cruel Optimism' is translated into Italian for the first time.
• Maher Charif and Issam Nassar's 'I palestinesi' covers Palestinian history from the Ottoman period to today.
• Ugo Mulas's 'La fotografia' is a new edition of his classic work on photography.
• Roberta Vanali's 'Creature. Mitologia Sarda' features 28 Sardinian illustrators reinterpreting mythological creatures.
• The Enrico Castiglioni monograph includes 182 project records and a photographic campaign by Marco Introini.
• Paolo Stellino's 'Nietzsche sullo schermo' analyzes Nietzsche's influence on films by Welles, Kurosawa, Herzog, Hitchcock, Bong Joon-ho, and Béla Tarr.
• Valentina Valentini's monograph on Bill Viola is structured in six chapters and includes conversations with curators and museum directors.
• Ilona Staller's 'Memorie' is a photographic memoir covering her career in adult film, politics, and art.
• Ledo Prato's 'Cultura è cittadinanza' discusses cultural policies and public-private partnerships in Italy.