Hard cinema becomes theater, posters and films at auction

(ANSA) – TURIN, NOV 26 – Old posters, some autographed, and films banned for 18 auctioned to give birth to a place of culture. It is the initiative of the new managers of Maffei, former theater and then red light cinema in the San Salvario district, in the heart of Turin, who launch a crowdfunding campaign to support the reopening of what will become the Cinema Teatro Maffei in the new year. , a new space of Turin culture. ‘Forbidden visions: auction of Maffei’s pornographic art’, the title chosen for the event, scheduled for 8 December at the Casa del Quartiere, which is not only aimed at collectors, curious and nostalgic, but also at those who want to support a new cultural challenge in the city.

“We want to give back to the neighborhood – explain the members of the Maffei collective – a space of innovative culture, which will host theater, cinema, music, exhibitions and exhibitions. And to do so we start from the roots of this old building, recognizing its artistic role in the past. Our goal – they continue – is to open up to the independent artistic panorama, with an eye to Italian productions. There are many reviews around Italy that find no space outside their own regional borders and which are worth spreading ” . Exceptional auctioneer of the auction, the artist Gipo Di Napoli, known as ‘the mayor of San Salvario’. (HANDLE).

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