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April 11, 2007 —
Magazine Roma is a periodic magazine born with the goal to document a great metropolis by means of chronicles, people, faces and places. To do this we have chosen to use images, written words and sounds because a city is made of all of this at the same time.
We have employed all of what technology offers at the moment, but mostly the need is the same of that which in every era has...
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posted by Federico Pace —
April 11, 2007 —
It always starts from an ending. This time it starts from Friday evening. The working week has exhausted its power and each of us rushes for the supermarket. Usually it means to shop for a single meal or for something more...
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posted by Antonio Carbone —
April 17, 2007 —
If currently in Rome one newborn in ten is foreign, by 2020 the relationship could be destined to change arriving at one newborn in three. There is no doubt that the foreign presence in Rome has assumed an elevated character of stability...
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posted by Federico Pace —
April 25, 2007 —
To put into action the trolley bus project that from here to a year should cross Via Laurentina, the City Council foresees to sweep away a good number of pines. From fifteen to sixty. Closely examined the trunks of these trees, blackened by smog are thin and ancient, makes you think about the streaked skin of a prehistoric animal...
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posted by Antonio Carbone —
May 02, 2007 —
In a hypothetical classification of the city areas at risk, Termini station would probably not be in one of the last positions. Even though not lacking dangers, it presents an internal resident population in which it is hard to distinguish who needs help from who is simulating a necessity...
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posted by Antonio Carbone —
May 09, 2007 —
The unstable times of these last days emphasize the metaphysical atmosphere that generally hangs over Aldo Moro square. Early morning and late afternoon are the best moments. The light falls sharply on the travertine creating vast and dense shades...
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posted by Federico Pace —
May 15, 2007 —
A diffuse light illuminates still but not for long of what remains on the border of the evening. When all ends, it seems that the things show their more intimate face. Without anymore superfluous modesty...
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posted by Antonio Carbone —
May 23, 2007 —
We met a few weeks ago at a rally of bicycle lovers organized by the BiciRoma association in Piazza San Cosimato. What made me curious was his clothing, above all the woollen waistcoat on his shirt. It had nothing to do with the hyper technical suits of those who usually go by bicycle, apart from the age. As soon as I got closer he said something to me, he asked if I was a cross...
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posted by Federico Pace —
May 30, 2007 —
Right in the middle of Largo Argentina, in front of a well known bookstore, there is for some time a new shelter. A long crystal roof that covers it darkens with the rays of the sun. Inside, under there, if have a look, you can see the faces of whom has tried to sit and wait.You can see faces of frowning pigeons that are lined up in a row...
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posted by Monica Pietrangeli —
June 05, 2007 —
At the Pigneto library a few days ago, the section of the Chinese language was inaugurated. It contains books ranging from classic to contemporary novels that are available for the components of the Chinese community...
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posted by Antonio Carbone —
June 13, 2007 —
The gaze went from the window to the courtyard. But there wasn’t even a fugitive caged bird to capture attention. Much less, on the terrace, you could catch a glimpse of someone with an intention to bring in the clothes hanging in the sun...
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posted by Federico Pace —
June 20, 2007
Even tomorrow the sky will be clear. Forecasts say the temperature will reach a maximum of 32 degrees. The sun will rise at 5.36 and set at 20.47. Fifteen hours of light. It’s the summer solstice...
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posted by Antonio Carbone —
June 27, 2007 —
Living in Rome without being harassed with politics is almost impossible. Yet there is a multitude that is learning to do so, organising its time regardless. They feel a kind of indifference for anyone who governs them...
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posted by Antonio Carbone —
August 01, 2007 —
It’s not only because today is the first of August, a reason for which not many people arrived this morning to pay their last homage in the mortuary chapel prepared in the Capitol. Different in comparison with the crowd of people the day Alberto Sordi died...
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posted by Federico Pace —
August 09, 2007 —
These evenings you cannot stay indoors. A kind of fever moves your feet. It’s not very warm and the city is not empty as in other years. But when the light of day starts to burn out you really cannot remain between four walls...
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posted by Antonio Carbone —
August 20, 2007 —
Perhaps a tour from above is what is needed to observe this city with different eyes. On the other hand this has to be why people are more indulgent and continue to arrive despite the reception leaves a lot to be desired...
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posted by Federico Pace —
August 29, 2007 —
When you arrive on the waterfront, you can see the horizon and you feel some relief. The expanse of water seems a silent tired giant. An endless animal of a thousand faces. A greater reassurance comes when your gaze is lost in the distance, for that which is not seen or imagined: a sail or the reflections on the waves...
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posted by Antonio Carbone —
September 09, 2007 —
Yesterday at six in the afternoon, in Villa Borghese, everything was ready for the usual dawn ritual at the Pincio. It only meant waiting twelve hours. A usually endless time that many have instead spent sleepless, roaming the city...
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posted by Federico Pace —
September 17, 2007 —
There is long a kind of snake made of steel and toxic fumes that crosses the city. An endless grey metalized line that, without rest, winds its heavy and bulky body among the narrow urban streets. An animal that moves to a slow rhythm puffs and leaves its waste...
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posted by Antonio Carbone —
September 23, 2007 —
Every city has its Palestine. In Rome it runs along the cycle track that borders the Tiber. It just has to be understood when the evacuation operation will also start here. To then transfer in a short time the evacuees in the new camps that are being finished...
Friday evening at the supermarketIt always starts from an ending. This time it starts from Friday evening. The working week has exhausted its power and each of us rushes for the supermarket. Usually it means to shop for a single meal or for something more...
Piazza Vittorio, the stream nearbyIf currently in Rome one newborn in ten is foreign, by 2020 the relationship could be destined to change arriving at one newborn in three. There is no doubt that the foreign presence in Rome has assumed an elevated character of stability...
The pine trees on the Laurentina and villainous mathematicsTo put into action the trolley bus project that from here to a year should cross Via Laurentina, the City Council foresees to sweep away a good number of pines. From fifteen to sixty. Closely examined the trunks of these trees, blackened by smog are thin and ancient, makes you think about the streaked skin of a prehistoric animal...
Die at TerminiIn a hypothetical classification of the city areas at risk, Termini station would probably not be in one of the last positions. Even though not lacking dangers, it presents an internal resident population in which it is hard to distinguish who needs help from who is simulating a necessity...
The streets of MoroThe unstable times of these last days emphasize the metaphysical atmosphere that generally hangs over Aldo Moro square. Early morning and late afternoon are the best moments. The light falls sharply on the travertine creating vast and dense shades...
Piazza San Giovanni in an evening of MayA diffuse light illuminates still but not for long of what remains on the border of the evening. When all ends, it seems that the things show their more intimate face. Without anymore superfluous modesty...
The cross country riderWe met a few weeks ago at a rally of bicycle lovers organized by the BiciRoma association in Piazza San Cosimato. What made me curious was his clothing, above all the woollen waistcoat on his shirt. It had nothing to do with the hyper technical suits of those who usually go by bicycle, apart from the age. As soon as I got closer he said something to me, he asked if I was a cross...
Largo Argentina, what remains of a shelterRight in the middle of Largo Argentina, in front of a well known bookstore, there is for some time a new shelter. A long crystal roof that covers it darkens with the rays of the sun. Inside, under there, if have a look, you can see the faces of whom has tried to sit and wait.You can see faces of frowning pigeons that are lined up in a row...
The Pigneto, the experiment and the preyAt the Pigneto library a few days ago, the section of the Chinese language was inaugurated. It contains books ranging from classic to contemporary novels that are available for the components of the Chinese community...
A particular dayThe gaze went from the window to the courtyard. But there wasn’t even a fugitive caged bird to capture attention. Much less, on the terrace, you could catch a glimpse of someone with an intention to bring in the clothes hanging in the sun...
The solstice in summer and the sky over RomeEven tomorrow the sky will be clear. Forecasts say the temperature will reach a maximum of 32 degrees. The sun will rise at 5.36 and set at 20.47. Fifteen hours of light. It’s the summer solstice...
The bicycle, Veltroni and the crisis in politicsLiving in Rome without being harassed with politics is almost impossible. Yet there is a multitude that is learning to do so, organising its time regardless. They feel a kind of indifference for anyone who governs them...
Bergman and Antonioni departed togetherIt’s not only because today is the first of August, a reason for which not many people arrived this morning to pay their last homage in the mortuary chapel prepared in the Capitol. Different in comparison with the crowd of people the day Alberto Sordi died...
The river and the borderThese evenings you cannot stay indoors. A kind of fever moves your feet. It’s not very warm and the city is not empty as in other years. But when the light of day starts to burn out you really cannot remain between four walls...
The foreign cityPerhaps a tour from above is what is needed to observe this city with different eyes. On the other hand this has to be why people are more indulgent and continue to arrive despite the reception leaves a lot to be desired...
Ostia, the waterfront and the afternoon fishermenWhen you arrive on the waterfront, you can see the horizon and you feel some relief. The expanse of water seems a silent tired giant. An endless animal of a thousand faces. A greater reassurance comes when your gaze is lost in the distance, for that which is not seen or imagined: a sail or the reflections on the waves...
The long night and the dead souls of GogolYesterday at six in the afternoon, in Villa Borghese, everything was ready for the usual dawn ritual at the Pincio. It only meant waiting twelve hours. A usually endless time that many have instead spent sleepless, roaming the city...
The bite of the steel snakeThere is long a kind of snake made of steel and toxic fumes that crosses the city. An endless grey metalized line that, without rest, winds its heavy and bulky body among the narrow urban streets. An animal that moves to a slow rhythm puffs and leaves its waste...
Indicator of firesEvery city has its Palestine. In Rome it runs along the cycle track that borders the Tiber. It just has to be understood when the evacuation operation will also start here. To then transfer in a short time the evacuees in the new camps that are being finished...