Mimmo Paladino and Sergio Givone Discuss Quijote on Artribune Podcast
Artribune has released a podcast episode featuring artist Mimmo Paladino and philosopher Sergio Givone, who explore the theme of Don Quixote through the concepts of enthousiasmòs and páthos. The conversation delves into the interplay between reality and unreality, drawing parallels between Cervantes, Marcel Duchamp, and Joseph Beuys. Paladino, a leading figure of the Transavanguardia movement, is known for his permanent urban installations such as Hortus Conclusus in Benevento and Porta d’Europa in Lampedusa. He was awarded an honorary membership by the Royal Academy of London in 1999. Givone, a professor emeritus of aesthetics at the University of Florence, has written extensively on Dostoevsky, European nihilism, and tragic thought, and contributes to the newspaper La Repubblica. The podcast is part of the series 'Contemporaneamente' curated by Mariantonietta Firmani, which hosts dialogues at the intersection of art, science, literature, and philosophy.
Key facts
- Mimmo Paladino is a key exponent of the Transavanguardia movement, theorized by Achille Bonito Oliva in 1980.
- Paladino created permanent installations Hortus Conclusus in Benevento and Porta d’Europa in Lampedusa.
- Paladino was made an Honorary Member of the Royal Academy of London in 1999.
- Sergio Givone is a philosopher and academic who taught at Perugia, Turin, and Florence.
- Givone is a Humboldt Fellow at the University of Heidelberg.
- Givone writes for the Italian daily La Repubblica.
- The podcast is curated by Mariantonietta Firmani as part of the series 'Contemporaneamente'.
- The episode's theme is 'Quijote tra enthousiasmòs e páthos'.
Entities
Artists
- Mimmo Paladino
- Sergio Givone
- Achille Bonito Oliva
- Marcel Duchamp
- Joseph Beuys
- Miguel de Cervantes
- Fyodor Dostoevsky
- William Blake
- Immanuel Kant
Institutions
- Artribune
- Royal Academy of London
- University of Florence
- University of Heidelberg
- University of Perugia
- University of Turin
- La Repubblica
- Parallelo42 contemporary art
Locations
- Paduli
- Italy
- Benevento
- Lampedusa
- London
- New York
- Berlin
- Rome
- Basel
- Bologna
- Venice
- Fukuyama
- Dublin
- Tel Aviv
- Naples
- Zurich
- Los Angeles
- Budapest
- Buronzo
- Perugia
- Turin
- Florence
- Heidelberg