Matera 2019: Armin Linke, Corrado Veneziano, and Virgilio Sieni in the Capital of Culture

Matera, European Capital of Culture 2019, presents three major exhibitions. Armin Linke's 'Blind Sensorium. Il Paradosso dell’Antropocene' at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale Domenico Ridola explores climate change through a decade of research with scientists, politicians, and activists, using photographs, documents, interviews, and projections. Corrado Veneziano's 'Leonardo Atlantico' displays thirty works combining phrases and images from Leonardo da Vinci's Codex Atlanticus, running from September 10 to 17, 2019, at the same museum. Virgilio Sieni curates 'Thauma, Atlante del gesto' as part of the I-DEA project, an archive of gestures from the Lucanian tradition, involving anthropologists, diarists, architects, archivists, photographers, videomakers, and citizens. The exhibition opens September 12 at Cava Paradiso. These events highlight art as a tool to rediscover cultural roots and traditions.