E Trallerallera - A tribute to James Joyce's Ulysses

"E Trallerallera is a further initiative implemented by our foundation to celebrate the centenary of the publication of James Joyce's Ulysses in Paris on 2 February 1922 by Sylvia Beach's 'Shakespeare & Company’.

From my conversations with the artist Susanna Baumgartner – on this multifaceted book, on the biography of the author and that of Sylvia Beach, on the intricate events of the writing of the text, its printing and the related translations - the common desire to create a choral project, which also involved other artists, arose: to place at its centre the poetry, the lightness, the musicality, the playfulness, inherent in Ulysses: E Trallerallera, in fact, an exhibition curated by Susanna Baumgartner and a book published by Artphilein Editions.

The publication E Trallerallera, by Artphilein Editions, emerges at the end of the exhibition: it keeps a mnemonic trace of the works on display, to complete and expand them with conversations conducted by Marco Arrigoni, Carla Burani and Orio Vergani. The graphic design is a tribute to ancient Irish Celtic symbols and is deliberately inspired by the colours and typefaces of early publications of Ulysses. E Trallerallera is an artist's book, not a mere catalogue: it invites us to pick up James Joyce's Ulysses in order to continue the dialogue with further, future interlocutors."

Caterina De Pietri
Director of the De Pietri Artphilein Foundation

Artists involved: Susanna Baumgartner, Martina Corà, Ermanno Cristini, Diana Dorizzi, Elena El Asmar, Luisa Figini, Cosimo Filippini, Giulio Lacchini, Elisa Macellari, Marco Andrea Magni, Piritta Martikainen, Concetta Modica, Mara Palena, Francesca Romana Pinzari, Alessandro Rolandi, Carlo Rusca, Fosco Valentini, Serena Vestrucci