Unpainting Collodi’s Fireplace

Unpainting Collodi’s Fireplace unpacks the ‘unrepresentability’ of Pinocchio by removing the ‘illusory bandage’ applied over the tear between reality and representation inherent in the painted, illusory nature of the fireplace featuring at the beginning of Le avventure di Pinocchio.

'Pinocchio, Puppets and Modernity' reassesses "Pinocchio's genealogy and progeny, as well as illuminating both the wider context and more specific cultural manifestations of the mechanical-human interface in the domains of theatre, the fine arts, literature, radio, and even virtual reality coherently with the digital metamorphosis of our times."
(Source: http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415890960/)