{"id":954,"date":"2025-06-13T16:41:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T14:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/mural-the-eternal-illusion\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T00:04:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T22:04:52","slug":"mural-the-eternal-illusion","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/mural-the-eternal-illusion\/","title":{"rendered":"Mural: The Eternal Illusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f <strong>TAP <\/strong>9<\/strong><br\/>Corso Umberto I, 96<br\/> MURAL<strong>THE ETERNAL ILLUSION &#8211; Andrea Buglisi<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Now we invite you to walk down Corso Umberto I towards Piazza Triona, at number 96 you will find a work by <strong>Andrea Buglisi<\/strong>, a Sicilian painter born in Palermo in 1974.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Buglisi is actively involved in <strong>urban regeneration<\/strong> projects and is distinguished by a style he calls &#8220;<strong>a kind of visual trap<\/strong>.&#8221; His works are immediately striking thanks to an eye-catching use of color and composition, inspired by the <strong>world of design and advertising<\/strong>. But beware: beneath this seductive surface there is always a critical message, conveyed with irony, that<strong> questions the social conventions <\/strong>and collective neuroses of our time.  <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The mural in front of you is inspired by Frank Capra&#8217;s film &#8220;<strong>You Can&#8217;t Take It With You<\/strong>,&#8221; released in Italy as &#8220;<strong>The Eternal Illusion<\/strong>.&#8221; The film, which won the<strong>Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director in 1938<\/strong>, is a brilliant comedy that exalts individual freedom against the logic of greed and economic power.<br\/>The character depicted is <strong>Ann Miller<\/strong>, an actress and dancer, who in the film played <strong>Essie Carmichael<\/strong>, a waitress and aspiring dancer, a role for which she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her figure is portrayed in a light but plastic pose that manages to blend realism and imagination.<br\/>In front of her you may notice a raven: it is <strong>Jimmy<\/strong>, <strong>a<\/strong> trained <strong>imperial raven<\/strong> who appears in more of Capra&#8217;s films. Here, the silent dialogue between Miller&#8217;s gaze and the raven&#8217;s creates a suspended, almost surreal atmosphere.   <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The message of the play and the film is clear: <strong>true happiness is not found in money or success, but in following what makes us authentically happy, even though it may seem like an illusion in the eyes of the world<\/strong>. A theme that, today as then, remains relevant. <br\/><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">n this stage, our &#8220;Walking with Frank Capra&#8221; itinerary comes to a close. If you like, you can return to visit the places that impressed you most or discover the village of Bisacquino with new eyes in light of this journey between cinema, memory and territory. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f TAP 9Corso Umberto I, 96 MURALTHE ETERNAL ILLUSION &#8211; Andrea Buglisi Now we invite you to walk down Corso Umberto I towards Piazza Triona, at number 96 you will find a work by Andrea Buglisi, a Sicilian painter born in Palermo in 1974. Buglisi is actively involved in urban regeneration projects and is distinguished [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-954","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-03 04:57:43","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"translation_priority","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=954"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":956,"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/954\/revisions\/956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bisacquino.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}