# Roberto Masnata at Istituto Italiano di Cultura, August 4, 2016

[IIC](http://www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/iic_sanfrancisco/en/gli_eventi/calendario/2016/08/pino-masnata-futurist-a-life-in.html) presents Pino Masnata, Futurist: A Life in Science and Art featuring [Roberto Masnata](http://www.studiomasnatavercesi.andinet.it/) with [Charles Amirkhanian](http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Amirkhanian.shtml), [Margaret Fisher](http://www.mafishco.com/) and [Andrew Joron](http://creativewriting.sfsu.edu/Andrew-Joron)  
2016-08-04  
[Istituto Italiano di Cultura](http://www.iicsanfrancisco.esteri.it/IIC_SanFrancisco/)  
[601 Van Ness Avenue, Suite F, San Francisco, CA 94102 USA](http://maps.google.com/maps?q=601+Van+Ness+Avenue,+Suite+F,+San+Francisco,+CA+94102+USA&hl=en)  
6:30 PM, Thursday, August 4, 2016

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## One Set

01. [6:30 PM] Andrew Joron: theremin performance
02. [6:34 PM] Welcome by Paolo Barlera
03. [6:40 PM] Introductory Comments by Margaret Fisher
04. [6:44 PM] Talk by Roberto Masnata, with technical assistance from Luisa Pellegrini
05. [7:26 PM] Follow-up talk by Margaret Fisher about RADIA
06. [7:34 PM] Margaret Fisher introduces Molly Bentley of [Big Picture Science](http://www.bigpicturescience.org/)
07. [7:35 PM] Molly Bentley tries to relate Big Picture Science radio to RADIA
08. [7:49 PM] Round Table discussion moderated by Margaret Fisher, featuring Charles Amirkhanian, Molly Bentley, Andrew Joron, Roberto Masnata, Julia Nelson, and Danielle Simon
09. [8:28 PM] Q&A Session  
[show ends 8:48 PM; we recess for drinks and dessert]


## Performers

* [Charles Amirkhanian](http://www.otherminds.org/shtml/Amirkhanian.shtml): composer, vox;
* [Margaret Fisher](http://www.mafishco.com/): artist, translator, poet;
* [Andrew Joron](http://creativewriting.sfsu.edu/Andrew-Joron): theremin, poetry;
* [Roberto Masnata](http://www.studiomasnatavercesi.andinet.it/): poet;  
others TBD.

## Notes

My initial temptation in asking Ting whether she wanted to attend this event was to hear the theremin, although I was certainly also interested in learning more about Pino Masnata's visual poetry.

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