THE EMBASSY OF ITALY IN RABAT, THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY IN CASABLANCA AND THE ITALIAN CULTURAL INSTITUTE OF RABAT

Cordially invite you to the presentation of the book "A day with Lucia" by Olivia Fincato and Renato D’Agostin

Book presentation followed by the exhibition of photographs and by a video based on the encounter with Dr. Lucia Servadio Bedarida (1900-2006)

The joungest jewish female doctor in Italy who moved, after the promulgation of the “racial law” of 1939 from Rome to Tangier, from Tangier to New York. Lucia worked in Morocco for more than fourty years and her assistance as surgeon, gynaecologist and obstetrician was extremely precious, everybody now remember her as “Mama Rida”

PROGRAM:

18.30 Opening remarks by S.E. Ambassador of Italy in Rabat, Umberto Lucchesi Palli

With the partecipation of:

Nicola Lener, General Consul of Casablanca, Giorgio Salerno, Director of the Italian Cultural Institute of Rabat, Olivia Fincato, journalist and Renato D’Agostin, photographer, Paola, Mirella, Adria, Lucia Bedarida’s daughters, Charles Zalber, Director of the Gallery PHOTO4 in Paris

Followed by:

The projection of the video “Mama Rida” by Olivia Fincato 

Memories of “Mama Rida” generation

Opening of the photo exhibition

Cocktail

Palace of the Italian Institutions (ancien palace Moulay Hafid)

23, Rue Mohammed Ben Abedelouhab, 90000 Tangier

The photo exhibition will be on view at Foundation Lorin from April 4th to May 31st 2009, 44 rue Touahine -Médina, Tangier

5 March 2009, 6 pm

Launch of 0.00 Night Moleskine.
A Partnership between Zeropuntozerozero Edizioni and Moleskine®, an interactive exhibit and limited edition Moleskine notebook curated by journalist Olivia Fincato with photographs from the italian photographer Renato D'Agostin.
0.00 Night is the carefully selected result of over 200 personal answers to the question “What is Night for you?”. Visitors to the VIP Armory Show event at the Italian Cultural
Institute will be encouraged to continue featuring their own photographs, drawings, sketches and quotes that express the ways they feel about and experience the night.
All submissions will be collected for the potential use in future collaborations.