Christian Caliandro's 'Trappole dell’acting (VIII)' Reflects on Cultural Worth and Urban Regeneration
In the eighth installment of his series 'Trappole dell’acting', art historian Christian Caliandro (born 1979) offers a personal manifesto on what makes life worth living, listing cultural touchstones from Kubrick films to Pink Floyd albums, and from Pollock paintings to Virginia Woolf novels. He critiques contemporary urban regeneration, citing Milton Glaser's 2019 interview where Glaser laments the transformation of New York's Lower East Side and the rise of Hudson Yards as a luxury enclave. Caliandro argues that regeneration is driven not by virtuous goals but by angry, experimental, and self-destructive individuals. He expresses optimism that taste, currently absent, will return. The article also promotes three newsletters: 'Incanti' on the art market, 'Render' on urban regeneration, and 'PAX' on cultural tourism. The piece is published on Artribune and references previous installments in the series.
Key facts
- Christian Caliandro wrote the eighth installment of 'Trappole dell’acting'.
- Caliandro is an art historian born in 1979.
- The article includes a list of cultural works deemed worth living for.
- Milton Glaser is quoted from a 2019 interview in 'il Venerdì'.
- Glaser criticized Hudson Yards and preferred the old Lower East Side.
- Caliandro argues urban regeneration comes from angry, experimental people.
- Three newsletters are promoted: Incanti, Render, and PAX.
- The article is published on Artribune.
Entities
Artists
- Christian Caliandro
- Milton Glaser
- Stanley Kubrick
- Federico Fellini
- Jack Kerouac
- Charles Bukowski
- Brian Eno
- Robert Fripp
- Pink Floyd
- Jackson Pollock
- Vincent van Gogh
- Michelangelo
- Willem de Kooning
- Francis Bacon
- George A. Romero
- John Carpenter
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Anna Maria Ortese
- Goffredo Parise
- Virginia Woolf
- Francesco Borromini
- Martin Scorsese
- James Ellroy
- Gianni Celati
- Carlo Emilio Gadda
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- Henry Miller
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Valerio Zurlini
- Alberto Moravia
- David Foster Wallace
- U2
- Passengers
- Slipknot
- Elena Ferrante
- Pablo Picasso
- David Cronenberg
- Pietro Germi
- Dino Risi
- Mario Monicelli
- Nanni Loy
- Ettore Scola
- Mario Schifano
- Franco Angeli
- Richard Matheson
- Sarah Kane
- Public Image Limited
- Soft Machine
- Matching Mole
- Robert Wyatt
- Deftones
- Giosetta Fioroni
- Eva Hesse
- Lynda Benglis
- Hunter S. Thompson
- Shane Stevens
- Jim Thompson
- Stephen King
- Chuck Palahniuk
- Arshile Gorky
- Robert Rauschenberg
- Claes Oldenburg
- Peter Saul
- Pino Pascali
- Andrea Pazienza
- Federico De Roberto
- Giovanni Verga
- Carlo Levi
- Roberto Rossellini
- Francesco Rosi
- Sergio Citti
- Matteo Garrone
- Pearl Jam
- Jean Dubuffet
- Mike Kelley
- Cindy Sherman
- Quentin Tarantino
- Leone di Lernia
- Gino De Dominicis
- Salvo
- Antonio Albanese
- Tobe Hooper
- Francis Ford Coppola
- George Lucas
- Melvins
- Stone Temple Pilots
- Kyuss
- Valerie Solanas
Institutions
- Artribune
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze
- Symbola Fondazione per le Qualità italiane
- il Venerdì
- Hudson Yards
Locations
- New York
- Lower East Side
- Hudson Yards
- Firenze
- Italia