Abstract: Bruno Salvatore Latella, aka LBS, is a young visual artist born in the city of Reggio Calabria, Italy, in 1999. Gabriele Romeo interviewed him on the occasion of his recent donation in the Municipality of Crotone, during the commemorative anniversary dedicated to the migrants who were victims of that very violent shipwreck, which occurred in Italy, on the Calabrian coast, on February 26, 2023. His artwork refers to the news value that the research of the visual arts in the new languages of Street Art assumes in relation to the ferment of activism and the multiple fundamental democratic languages of civil rights, in a dialogue open to all social classes to raise awareness of public opinion, Italian, European, world, so as to help it reflect and raise awareness of the many victims and the many misfortunes that immigration often entails.
Keywords: art, streetart, Calabria, Italy, freedom, activism, Bruno Salvatore Latella, Gabriele Romeo
BIO
Gabriele Romeo
He was born in Palermo, Sicily, in 1983. After obtaining a high school diploma in applied art from the State Institute of Mosaic Art in Monreale, he graduated in Art Science and Technology from the Faculty of Arts and Philosophy of the University of Palermo, and later obtained a Master›s degree in History of Art (contemporary curriculum) from the Faculty of Literature and Philosophy at the Alma Mater Studiorum (University of Bologna). In 2014 he specialized in the curation of photographic images, attending the advanced training course called ICON at the Modena Photography Foundation. In 2017 he was appointed curator of the Pavilion of the Plurinational State of Bolivia at the 57th International Art Biennale in Venice. In 2021 he was elected president of the AICA Italia section (International Association of Art Critics) and holds the position of President of the Italian Scientific Committee. For several years he taught various academic subjects: History of contemporary art, Multimedia Languages, History of applied arts, History and methodology of art criticism. He is a permanent professor, 1st level (Full Professor) in Phenomenology of contemporary arts, teaching the same at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin, Piedmont. He also taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Reggio Calabria, Calabria.For several years he has taught various academic subjects: History of contemporary art, Multimedia Languages, History of applied arts, History and methodology of art criticism. He is a tenured professor, 1st level (Full Professor) in Phenomenology of contemporary arts, teaching the same subject at the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts in Turin, Piedmont. He has also taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Reggio Calabria, Calabria.
In addition, he has also held several workshops related to those involved in the ERASMUS+ Teaching Mobility programme: University of the Arts, Helsinki (2018); TAI, Escuela Universitaria de Artes y Espectáculos, Madrid (2019); Athens School of Fine Art (ASFA), Polytechnic, Athens (2020-2021); Javna Ustanova Univerzitet Crne Gore, Podgorica, Faculty of Fine Arts (Montenegro), (2022); Panepistimio Dytikis Attikis / University of West Attica (2023). Gabriele Romeo is the president of Nuova Aica Italia.
