Shows
Overmorrow’s LibraryElemire Zolla, "Children's Awe" and Cristina Campo, "The Flute and the Rug"Federico Campagna presents the philosophical take on children’s world-view and culture in Elemire Zolla’s 1994 “Children’s Awe” and Cristina Campo’s 1971 “The Flute and the Rug”.Image credits: Ivan Bilibin, Stage-set design for Scene Two, Act Four of the opera the "Tale of the Lost City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia" by Rimsky-Korsakov, 1929.2021-03-0419 min
Overmorrow’s LibraryPavel Florenksy, "Reversed Perspective"Federico Campagna presents Russian theologian (and mathematician, engineer and philosopher) Pavel Florensky’s 1920 essay “Reversed Perspective” and his interpretation of the language of sacred forms. Image credits: Andrey Rublev, The Trinity or The Hospitality of Abraham, 1411-1427. 2021-02-1826 min
Overmorrow’s LibraryRussel Hoban, "Riddley Walker"Federico Campagna presents Russel Hoban’s 1980 science-fiction masterpiece “Riddley Walker” and the problem of post-future life and culture. Image credits: Punch with the Judge and the Hangman, 1870. Litograph.2021-02-0417 min
Overmorrow’s LibraryHenry Corbin, "History of Islamic Philosophy"Federico Campagna presents Henry Corbin’s 1964 “History of Islamic Philosophy” and his esoteric interpretation of philosophy and of religion. Image credits: Sultan Mohammed, The Miraj of the Prophet, 1539-1543. Opaque watercolor and ink on paper.2021-01-2826 min
Overmorrow’s LibraryFrances Yates, "The Art of Memory"Federico Campagna looks at Frances Yates’ work on the philosophy of mnemotechnics in her 1966 book “The Art of Memory”.Image Credits: Giulio Camillo, Memory Theatre, 1510.2021-01-0821 min
Overmorrow’s LibraryStefano Gualeni, "Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools"Federico Campagna looks at Stefano Gualeni’s books “Virtual Worlds as Philosophical Tools” (2015) and “Virtual Existentialism” (2020) and at the cosmogonic function of play.Image credits: The Royal Game of Ur, 2600BC-2400BC. Wood game-board. © The Trustees of the British Museum2020-12-1023 min
Overmorrow’s LibrarySimone Weil, "The Iliad or the Poem of ForceFederico Campagna presents Simone Weil’s 1939 essay "The Iliad or the Poem of Force" in the context of her mystical existentialist philosophy. Image credits: Virgilius Solis, The Suicide of Ajax , 1563. 2020-12-0225 min
Overmorrow’s LibraryFranco Berardi Bifo, "The Third Unconscious"Federico Campagna presents Bifo’s 2021 book “The Third Unconscious” in the context of the decades-long work of the Italian Autonomist philosopher. Image credit: Jean Frédéric Schnyder, Dritchi IV, 1985. Courtesy de Kunstmuseum Bern, Toni Gerber Collection.2020-12-0221 min
Overmorrow’s LibraryOvermorrow’s LibraryFederico Campagna introduces the “Library for the Day After Tomorrow”. A podcast series on worlding, worlds, apocalypses, apocatastases and post-future culture. Image credits: The Gilgamesh Tablet (Library of Ashurbanipal), 7th c. BCE. The British Museum, London. © The Trustees of the British Museum.2020-12-0118 min