Marco Dallari on Aesthetic Exercises for Quarantine

In an interview with Annalisa Trasatti for Artribune, educator Marco Dallari discusses aesthetic exercises during quarantine. He cites Albert Camus's 'The Stranger' as a formative influence, emphasizing divergence and rebellion as core to creativity, referencing Caravaggio, Einstein, Marcel Duchamp, and Galileo. Dallari argues art should be integrated across disciplines, not treated as a specialist subject. He recommends self-care through reading, cooking, and drawing, and suggests books: 'Il silenzio è cosa viva' by Chandra Candiani (Einaudi), 'Aver cura di sé' by Luigina Mortari (Raffaello Cortina), and illustrated books like Wolf Erlbruch's 'L'anatra, la morte e il tulipano' (Edizioni E/O), 'La pantera sotto il letto' by Andrea Baiani and Mara Cerri (Orecchio Acerbo), 'Il cuore di Chisciotte' by Gek Tessaro (Cartusia), and the magazine DADA (Artebambini). He looks forward to reconnecting in person, a pizza dinner, and a day at the beach.