Federico Italiano
@federicoitaliano.bsky.social
poet, curator & professor
Stay strong Greenland! 🇬🇱
March 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Stay strong Greenland! 🇬🇱
'The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.'
—Elon Musk 2025
'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.'
—Hannah Arendt 1951
—Elon Musk 2025
'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.'
—Hannah Arendt 1951
March 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
'The fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.'
—Elon Musk 2025
'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.'
—Hannah Arendt 1951
—Elon Musk 2025
'The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism.'
—Hannah Arendt 1951
The haunting landscapes of New Zealand surrealist painter Brent Wong (born 1945)
February 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
The haunting landscapes of New Zealand surrealist painter Brent Wong (born 1945)
A photograph by Félix Thiollier (c. 1899)—quite possibly my favourite photograph of all time
February 15, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A photograph by Félix Thiollier (c. 1899)—quite possibly my favourite photograph of all time
Painting by London-based self-taught artist Neil Carroll
February 14, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Painting by London-based self-taught artist Neil Carroll
Schwarzwald (Black Forest)
December 29, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Schwarzwald (Black Forest)
In my personal interpretation of Asimov's Foundation, the aesthetic resembles something like this:
[Trade Union Congress Building, London, designed by David Aberdeen, 1948-56]
[Trade Union Congress Building, London, designed by David Aberdeen, 1948-56]
December 18, 2024 at 7:25 PM
In my personal interpretation of Asimov's Foundation, the aesthetic resembles something like this:
[Trade Union Congress Building, London, designed by David Aberdeen, 1948-56]
[Trade Union Congress Building, London, designed by David Aberdeen, 1948-56]
A bit of poetry today at the book fair #piùlibripiùliberi
December 7, 2024 at 6:11 PM
A bit of poetry today at the book fair #piùlibripiùliberi
Hyperbolic dystopias in the paintings of Michael Kerbow
December 3, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Hyperbolic dystopias in the paintings of Michael Kerbow
Mike Pangrazio's matte painting for Jabba's palace ('Return of the Jedi', 1983)
December 1, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Mike Pangrazio's matte painting for Jabba's palace ('Return of the Jedi', 1983)
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One of my favourite scenes in recent film history
November 16, 2024 at 6:22 PM
One of my favourite scenes in recent film history
'Allegory of Medical Science' (1914) by Robert Auer
December 1, 2024 at 12:04 PM
'Allegory of Medical Science' (1914) by Robert Auer
An abandoned home in Belgium, overtaken by moss—just love that Plexiglas sunroom
December 1, 2024 at 7:16 AM
An abandoned home in Belgium, overtaken by moss—just love that Plexiglas sunroom
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Spiderman by Moebius (1994)
November 15, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Spiderman by Moebius (1994)
'Moka' (2023) by Kenny Harris
November 29, 2024 at 7:14 PM
'Moka' (2023) by Kenny Harris
Abandoned scientific institute in Katowice
November 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Abandoned scientific institute in Katowice
Alpine landscape by Hugo Hodiener
November 24, 2024 at 10:52 PM
Alpine landscape by Hugo Hodiener
Clearest photograph of Venus ever taken
November 21, 2024 at 7:22 AM
Clearest photograph of Venus ever taken
Cityscape by Tomoaki Okada
November 19, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Cityscape by Tomoaki Okada
Autumn on the bridge... Ponte Milvio
November 19, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Autumn on the bridge... Ponte Milvio
Harkonnen submarine
November 17, 2024 at 10:00 PM
Harkonnen submarine