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Art is a universal language, with visual and cognitive codes which can be understood by anyone being, as it is, without ethnic, cultural or social restriction.

The artistic life often depends on the social and political condition of a country. With the presence of wars, abuses of power and an oppressive atmosphere, the social and political life gets deeply disturbed and then transformed at an alarming rate. This brings about an inevitable transmutation, where optimistic and pessimistic feelings follow concurrently day by day, at a quickening pace. The artistic life is inevitably affected by this. If in the past Art was existing in favorable conditions, being considered a  luxury and not a necessity, as time passes the situation has changed more and more, and it has become the object of deep analysis to show the discomfort, the internal unease, the constrictions and oppressions and therefore giving rise to the need to express these sensations, in all forms. Even in writing, we see new points of view in the narration, which becomes the verbal translation of the raw and unspoiled sensations. The power of words has a more and more relevant role in a society where one of the main problems is communication and the manipulation of the communication.

This review was born with the purpose of raising again the value, the quality and the role of art today, as a strong channel of communication of the incommunicable, to reaffirm the indispensability of art.

In questo numero

We exceptionally decided to dedicate the first number to the feminine universe, to underline the position of the woman, - and the woman artist – in society today, and to discover the talent, the courage and the artistic force of some important, but less known, protagonists of the artistic and international world.

Shirin Neshat, impressing visual artist from Iran;  Anna Seghers, suggestive writer of the post-war period;  Sachi Hamano, courageous Japanese director; Anna Domino, international singer and composer of the years ‘80s; Maja Bajevic, young and very interesting Bosnian performer;  Tina Modotti, revolutionary and photographer in Messico of the years '20s;  Valie Export, provocative medial artist from Austria.

We also would like to draw your attention to the special section Focus, a window on Sofia, with the reportage of our local correspondents.

next issue will be online on 15/03/2007      
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