Fludd Interviews / 15. Piero Martinello

A) nome / name: Piero Martinello

B) nazionalità / where are you from?: Italy

C) età / how old are you?: 25

D) area d'azione / your sphere of interests: Photography.
E) studi / studies: ISFAV (Padova); Fabrica (Treviso).

F) qualcos'altro dal tuo curriculum / could you please tell us a little bit about what do you do/have you done?: One summer as a waiter in pizzeria Marechiaro. Two Summers as a metal worker in a gates engines factory, it wasn't actually the main factory, but just a small branch run by a Serbian family, good friends of mine; 4 years as a pizza pony in Pizza New, full time during summertime, only at weekends during the rest of the year. 2010 has been great, I spent 3 months in New York City assisting Mary Elle Mark, 4 in London (where I'm currently living) assisting Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin,  and 2 weeks in Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. Now I'm working on my own and pay taxes.

G) 3 maestri / 3 masters: Renzo Saviolo, Richard Avedon, Bob Dylan.

H) 1 città d'ispirazione / 1 inspiring city: Asolo (Vicenza) - A memorial tablet written by Gabriele D'Annunzio, is on Eleonora Duse's house, and it says: "A Eleonora Duse 
figlia ultimogenita di S. Marco 
apparizione melodiosa 
del patimento creatore 
e della sovrana bontà". This is a pretty damn inspiring city.

I) dove il prossimo viaggio? / a place you'd love to visit soon:  Normandie.

J) 1 museo speciale / 1 special museum: The Frick Collection, New York.

K) 1 link da consigliare / 1 recommended web-site:  malvestite.net. No, this actually sucks.

L) gusto di gelato favorito / favorite ice cream flavour: Liquorice.

M) un negozio che approvi / a shop you love:  Burberry outlet in Hackney, London. I'm in love with Burberry.

N) 2 oggetti che ti piacciono / 2 objects you like: liquorice sticks and Impulse records.

O) la tua colazione ideale / your ideal breakfast: Eels and liquor with mash.

P) un bel posto nelle tue vicinanze / somewhere nice to go in your neighbourhood: East Ham Market! You've got to discover East Ham, come and visit me when you pop up in London.

Q) cosa stai leggendo ultimamente? / last books you have read:  Roland Barthes "Fragments d'un discours amoureux", Dostoevskij "Karamazov brothers".

R) cosa ti ispira attualmente? / what are a few things inspiring you at the moment?: Tom Zè 1972 album "Se o caso e chorar", Piero della Francesca's women, Saints pictures (especially Our Ladies).

S) qual'è la principale difficoltà per un 'giovane creativo' oggi? / which is the main difficulty for a young creative today?:  Don't get drunk and desperate on Sunday night.

T) dimensione collettiva nell'arte e nella creatività: si, no, come? / what do you think about the collective dimension of art and creativity?:  Ask Panda Bear.

U) cosa stai cercando? / what are you looking for?: To choose ways of not acting was ever the concern and scruple of my life.

V) di che cosa non vedi l'ora? / what are you looking forward?: Going back to the place where I came from.

W) progetti per il futuro (esagera!) / projects for the future (exaggerate!): Meet the 100% perfect girl. And also make my family happy.

X) cosa ti piacerebbe studiare da vecchio? / what do you like to study when you'll be old?: I'd like to study teenagers behaviors and write a Paolo Crepet kinda book.

Y) un buon proposito per il 2011 / a good purpose for 2011: Learn to cook, I seriously need to learn it.

Z) la parola "fludd" cosa ti fa venire in mente? / what the word "fludd" suggests you?: Never heard about "Astrakan"?

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