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From June of 2010 the ex-kindergarten in Bruzella has been converted into an exhibition space for photographic exhibitions promoted by the Rolla Foundation. The photographs are from the private collection of Rosella and Philip Rolla who have decided to share their interest and passion for the photographic medium.
Bruzella
The historic town of Bruzella, in the Valle di Muggio, about 10 km from Chiasso and 26 km from Lugano, is now part of the new Breggia community (Mendrisio). At an elevation of 600 metres on a terraced hillside the kindergarten is situated on the first floor of the former Town Hall, in front of the San Siro parish church.
Tra due mondi. Storia di Philip Rolla
Between two worlds. Story of Philip Rolla
Between two worlds. Story of Philip Rolla
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With great pleasure we present the book/biography of Philip Rolla written by Maria Grazia Rabiolo.
When Philip Rolla left California after graduating from university, the trip he took was diametrically opposite to that of his grandparents, who had arrived in California in the early twentieth century from Piedmont. His professional adventure began in Turin and continued in Italian-speaking Switzerland. A craftsman-engineer, he is the inventor of the most high-performance propellers in the world. His name is linked to powerboat racing and to boats in general. On top of that, he has always nurtured a great passion for contemporary art and photography. He has lived all his life between the United States, which he has never forgotten, and Europe, in particular Switzerland. In Bruzella, in the Valle di Muggio, where he lives with his wife Rosella. he has assembled an important art collection and a foundation that holds reqular photography exhibitions in the former kindergarten. Unquestionably, Phil Rolla's life has been both special and interesting. This biography written by Maria Grazia Rabiolo goes back over it stage by stage with both precision and a sense of participation. What emerges is the portrait of a man, a professional, and a collector who is, to say the least, unique, and inimitable
Maria Grazia Rabiolo was born in 1957 in Lausanne (Canton Vaud) and grew up in Viganello (Cantone Ticino). She earned a degree in Humanities from the University of Milan. As a cultural journalist she has worked for the RSI - Radiotelevisione svizzera di linqua italiana for thirty-four vears. She has lived in Bruzella with her husband since 2002.
Sylvia Notini was born in Boston and grew up in nearby Lexington. After receiving a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University she moved to Bologna, Italy, where she raised a family while teaching English at the university and working as a freelance translator.
Supported by
Maria Grazia Rabiolo
Between two worlds.
Story of Philip Rolla
translation Sylvia Notini
pp.128
210 x 148 mm
ISBN 978-88-947158-2-8
price 20 Chf/Euro
You can buy the book by writing an email to contact@rolla.info.
Soon it will also be available in various bookstores and on amazon.
When Philip Rolla left California after graduating from university, the trip he took was diametrically opposite to that of his grandparents, who had arrived in California in the early twentieth century from Piedmont. His professional adventure began in Turin and continued in Italian-speaking Switzerland. A craftsman-engineer, he is the inventor of the most high-performance propellers in the world. His name is linked to powerboat racing and to boats in general. On top of that, he has always nurtured a great passion for contemporary art and photography. He has lived all his life between the United States, which he has never forgotten, and Europe, in particular Switzerland. In Bruzella, in the Valle di Muggio, where he lives with his wife Rosella. he has assembled an important art collection and a foundation that holds reqular photography exhibitions in the former kindergarten. Unquestionably, Phil Rolla's life has been both special and interesting. This biography written by Maria Grazia Rabiolo goes back over it stage by stage with both precision and a sense of participation. What emerges is the portrait of a man, a professional, and a collector who is, to say the least, unique, and inimitable
Maria Grazia Rabiolo was born in 1957 in Lausanne (Canton Vaud) and grew up in Viganello (Cantone Ticino). She earned a degree in Humanities from the University of Milan. As a cultural journalist she has worked for the RSI - Radiotelevisione svizzera di linqua italiana for thirty-four vears. She has lived in Bruzella with her husband since 2002.
Sylvia Notini was born in Boston and grew up in nearby Lexington. After receiving a Ph.D. in Romance Languages and Literatures from Harvard University she moved to Bologna, Italy, where she raised a family while teaching English at the university and working as a freelance translator.
Supported by
Maria Grazia Rabiolo
Between two worlds.
Story of Philip Rolla
translation Sylvia Notini
pp.128
210 x 148 mm
ISBN 978-88-947158-2-8
price 20 Chf/Euro
You can buy the book by writing an email to contact@rolla.info.
Soon it will also be available in various bookstores and on amazon.
Turnè tra due mondi
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Turné (weekly magazine of the RSI online newspaper) travels between two worlds to tell you the story of the inventor and art collector Philip Rolla through an exhibition and a biography written by Maria Grazia Rabiolo.
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SPECTRUM was founded in 1996 as the Association of Swiss Photographic Institutions. It promotes communication and networking between various institutions, museums, galleries, collections, archives, libraries and schools, and supports political and cultural policy lobbying. ASIP campaigns for the significance of photography in Swiss cultural life.
https://photography-in-switzerland.ch/about-spectrum