Dear Research Diary,

I had a great day. I met with Ilaria Gianni and we discussed the paper I wrote for her and she said it was great. Then we talked a little about the fact that Celant, unlike Tzara, Breton, or Marinetti who were artists themselves and drafted manifestoes for the avant-gardes, Celant was an outsider. This probably contributes a great deal to its difference in regards to the other movements of the 20^th century as well as of course, it’s 60’s time frame after the economic boom and the age of isolation.

Later I met with Professor Capoferri. We talked about Pasolini and how if I think something is Pasoliniano but they refuse to acknowledge his influence, it probably was because everyone hated him for being gay and were embarrassed about him until the 80’s, 5 years after his death! We talked about his participation in the warehouse in Turin when all the artists decided to leave after inviting him to talk. I also thought of a new idea, in order to compress my thesis as well as having a better question what if I focus just on the Roman scene! This would just be Pascali, Kounellis, and Boetti but I would be able to see the difference in their practice when compared to the Northern artists who didn’t have the influences of Twombly or Sonnabend.

Later I went to the galleria Federica Schiavo where I got an internship. Cool!

Then, I read the first chapter of Guy Debord’s Society of Spectacle and my mind was blown! This is almost as cool as when I read McLuhan’s The Medium is the Massage. Anyway, if every day was like this I would be really cool.

Oh hey guys