A photographic trove sheds new light on Italy's 1968

One of the photographs portraying the group "Gli Uccelli" Source: Gabriele Milelli

Il nido degli uccelli (The Bird's Nest) is the exhibition that opens tonight at the Italian Cultural Institute Melbourne, curated by Fabrizio Urettini.

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Curator Fabrizio Urettini has brought to Australia a series of previously unpublished photos by Gabriele Milelli, who was a student in Rome in the 1960s. Through his photographs a little known story emerges, shedding new light on what 1968 meant for Italy and Europe in general.

Click on the audio player for the full interview (in Italian).

Fabrizio Urettini (centre) setting up the exhibition Source: courtesy of Laura Napolitano

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