Le Notti dell’Angelo

“Le Notti dell’Angelo” was an original art and culture TV format as well as a new way to make TV, which later became a model for many other programmes. For the first time the authors themselves - Maddalena Bregani, Michele De Mieri, Alessandra Galletta, Anton Giulio Onofri, Marco Senadi and Francesca Tomasin – were responsible for the production. MiniDV cameras were used and not by a specialised crew. For the first time, a programme was edited at the network with a PC and the newly available AVID programme. This group of writers produced monographic episodes on cultural themes with an interdisciplinary approach, original interviews and video clips, edited with existing material and film extracts. “Le Notti dell’Angelo” experimented with a then new language able to convey complex meaning – on contemporary art, philosophy and literature – without the aid of a presenter or voice over.

Some episodes included:

Arte e Gnocchi alla Biennale (Art and (Gene) Gnocchi at the Biennial). 47. Venice Biennial special, with the surreal but to the point guide of Gene Gnocchi, accompanied by his old grandmother, Maria Ravanetti – late Orlandelli. It included interviews with curator Germano Celant and artists Ettore Spalletti, Enzo Cucchi, Gino De Dominicis and "Leone d' oro alla carriera" Emilio Vedova.

Sensation. Nuova arte inglese, (Sensation. New British Art). The whole episode was shot in London as reportage on the exhibition “Sensation” at the London Royal Academy. It includes an interview with artists Jake & Dino Chapman in their London studio.

Il catalogo è questo. Archivi del caos e dell'ordine (This is the catalogue. Archives of chaos and order) It includes interviews with writer Daniele del Giudice and artist Marc Dion.

Il Nulla. Da Platone a Macao (The Void. From Plato to Macao) It includes interviews with philosopher Emanuele Severino and television critic Also Grasso.

Fuori Luogo – Non Luoghi contemporanei (Out of place- contemporary non-spaces) With anthropologist Marc Augé, artist Vito Acconci, comic actor Claudio Bisio and singer-songwriter Enrico Ruggieri.

L’amore moderno (Modern Love) Includes interviews with writer Ian MacEwan and poet Franco Marcoaldi.

Gola profonda. La cultura va in cucina (Deep throat. Culture in the kitchen) With writer Manuel Vasquez Montalban and comic actor Alessandro Bergonzoni.

Credits
Programme by Gregorio Paolini
Writers: Maddalena Bregani, Michele De Mieri, Alessandra Galletta, Anton Giulio Onofri, Marco Senaldi, Francesca Tomasin
Years: 1995/1997