To coincide with the recent publication of In the Studio: Visual Creation and its Material Environments, STUDIOTEC’s Sarah Street joined the book’s editor Brian R. Jacobson and two other contributors, J.D. Connor and Rielle Navitski, in a conversation about studios organized and hosted by Light Industry, a venue for film and electronic art in Brooklyn, New York. It wasContinue reading “Conversations about Studios”
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Making Italian cinema great again (and again): Founding ceremonies and inaugurations of Italy’s film studios (and their politics)
By Carla Mereu Keating ‘An unforgettable day’: The inauguration of the Cines-Pittaluga studios Showcasing state-of-the-art infrastructure and technology, the highly mediated re-opening of the historical Roman studios Cines by entrepreneur Stefano Pittaluga inaugurates not only the beginning of Italy’s sound film production but also a long-lasting entanglement between the film and media industries and theContinue reading “Making Italian cinema great again (and again): Founding ceremonies and inaugurations of Italy’s film studios (and their politics)”
Eating in the Studios: Dining with the Stars?
As we research the many maps, plans, images and contemporary accounts of the studios it becomes clear that as well as being factories of film production they were complex social communities employing a large, varied workforce. As well as practical workspaces including stages, workshops, stores and dressing rooms, many studios housed canteens, bars and restaurants.Continue reading “Eating in the Studios: Dining with the Stars?”
Studiotec: Film Studios: Infrastructure, Culture, Innovation in Britain, France, Germany and Italy, 1930-60 