Federico Campagna in Conversation with and Chiara Ambrosio Part I

What are the different meanings of magic? How can imagination empower us? Does solidarity require an identity, a social or political filiation?

This is part one of a conversation with Federico Campagna and Chiara Ambrosio, where we discuss Federico’s book Magic and Technic: the Reconstruction of Reality (Bloomsbury 2018), and Chiara Ambrosio’s film La Frequenza Fantasma (The Phantom Frequency, 2014). Both authors posit magic as a frame of reality for understanding and experiencing the world, and subverting social hierarchies.

Federico Campagna is a philosopher and writer based in London. His research combines metaphysics, theology and cultural studies, with the aim of exploring fundamental strategies for emancipation in the 21st century.

Chiara Ambrosio is a filmmaker and visual artist based in London, working with animation, documentary, sound and the printed matter.

Curated and hosted by Andrea Cetrulo
Intro music by William Messenger and Sophrosyne
Illustration by Sophie Rogers for Theatrum Mundi
Design by Marcos Villalba

Sound Editor: William Messenger