event
Thursday 13 April 2023 7.00 PM - 8.00 PM

film screeningBig screen portraitsBlue + A Day in the Archives of Piero Bottoni

MAXXI auditorium
€ 5

From an underground journey to the archive of a great architect and artist, two Milanese stories by two of the most exciting documentary filmmakers on the international scene.

Blue recounts the nocturnal, underground journey inside the TBM (Tunnel Boring Machine), the machinery used to dig tunnels and subways worldwide.

A Day in the Archives of Piero Bottoni tells of a multifaceted and socially committed artist who dedicated his life and worked to infuse dreams and enchantment into reality, using the contribution of all the arts.

projections
Blue
by Massimo D’Anolfi e Martina Parenti, Italy 2018, 20’
film in Italian with no subtitles

A Day in the Archives of Piero Bottoni
by Massimo D’Anolfi e Martina Parenti, Italy 2022, 35’
film in Italian with no subtitles

“Big screen portraits” is a five-appointment series on visionary characters who, in different eras, have changed our outlook on art, life, the city and the world we live in: Piero Bottoni, Nan Goldin, Franco Grillini, Frank Gehry.

In co-production with Fondazione Cinema per Roma.


individual seats reserved and free of charge for myMAXXI card holders by writing to mymaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it, by the day before the event