Years ago, my heart was stolen by a tiny character inhabiting a miniature world of railway crossings, flower-filled gardens, colourful houses and tenderness. That simple, familiar story followed the conventions of the tales we loved as children: a character in love but too shy to make the first move, trapped in the dull routine yet longing for something different, who encounters seemingly impossible obstacles, but finds the courage to fulfil his dreams. As Propp teaches us in Morphology of the Folktale (1928), this is the material from which fairy tales…
Venice Immersive’ 10⎜Ricardo Laganaro: making space for new voices without losing our memory
