Matera 2019: Silent City and Invisible Pavilions
The European Capital of Culture for 2019, Matera, showcases initiatives focused on themes of silence, invisibility, and cultural heritage. The opera 'Silent City' involves 150 participants and is directed by Vania Cauzillo and Alessandra Maltempo, with support from Fondazione Matera Basilicata 2019, Compagnia Teatrale l'Albero, Orchestra Senzaspine, Opera Circus, and Open Design School. The music is composed by Nigel Osborne, Fabrizio Festa, Peter Nelson, Matera Elettrica, and the University of Edinburgh. Additionally, Roberto Latini's 'Mangiafoco' is a collaboration among Fondazione Matera Basilicata 2019, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, and Compagnia Lombardi-Tiezzi. 'Suoni di pietra' presents reinterpretations of Lucanian folk music by European composers, while 'Padiglioni Invisibili' features 'Beyond Heritage Fixing' regarding Matera's underground cisterns. SEADS introduces 'Geotrauma Lab,' and 'Phreatic Bank' is a creation by ENSA Bourges. Lastly, 'Tessuti Digitali' was developed by Lucio Fumagalli and Gabriella Gilli.
Key facts
- Silent City involves 150 participants and multiple artistic directors and organizations.
- The opera's score was created by Nigel Osborne, Fabrizio Festa, Peter Nelson, Matera Elettrica, and University of Edinburgh.
- Roberto Latini's Mangiafoco is co-produced by Fondazione Matera Basilicata 2019, Piccolo Teatro di Milano, and Compagnia Lombardi-Tiezzi.
- Suoni di pietra features eight composers from across Europe reinterpreting Lucanian folk music.
- Concerts for Suoni di pietra will be held at Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi (Matera) and Cattedrale di San Gerardo (Potenza).
- Padiglioni Invisibili includes Beyond Heritage Fixing exhibition by Fondazione SoutHeritage on Matera's 15th-century cisterns.
- Angelo Vermeulen will live in isolation in a cistern for Geotrauma Lab.
- Tessuti Digitali maps emotional evolutions in digital conversations about Matera.
Entities
Artists
- Vania Cauzillo
- Alessandra Maltempo
- Nigel Osborne
- Fabrizio Festa
- Peter Nelson
- Roberto Latini
- Ambrogio Sparagna
- Caterina Pontrandolfo
- Marco Iamele
- Carlo Goldstein
- Angelo Vermeulen
- Nils Faber
- Eric Aupol
- Thomas Bontemps
- Ferenc Gróf
- Kyo Kim
- Clara Noseda
- Giuseppe Fanizza
- Matteo Balduzzi
- Lucio Fumagalli
- Gabriella Gilli
- Milo Rau
- Pier Paolo Pasolini
- Carlo Collodi
- Leo de Berardinis
Institutions
- Fondazione Matera Basilicata 2019
- Compagnia Teatrale l'Albero
- Orchestra Senzaspine
- Opera Circus
- Open Design School
- Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Edimburgo
- Conservatorio E.R. Duni
- University of Edinburgh
- Piccolo Teatro di Milano
- Compagnia Lombardi-Tiezzi
- Ateneo Musica Basilicata
- Fondazione SoutHeritage
- SEADS (Space Ecologies Art and Design)
- ENSA – École Nationale Supérieure d'Art di Bourges
- Istituto Popolare Panorama
- Istituto Nazionale di Sociologia Rurale
- 4changing
- Artribune
Locations
- Matera
- Italy
- Edimburgo
- Regno Unito
- Portogallo
- Ungheria
- Slovacchia
- Chiesa di San Francesco d'Assisi
- Cattedrale di San Gerardo
- Potenza
- Bourges
- Francia
- La Valletta
- Malta