Matera's MAtera INtermedia Festival: Interview with Giulio Colangelo
The MAtera INtermedia festival, dedicated to electronic music, sound, and video art and curated by LOXOSconcept, wrapped up on December 6, 2017, in Matera, which will be the European Capital of Culture in 2019. Giulio Colangelo, a member of LOXOSconcept and composer, shared insights into the festival's objectives. Over the course of three days, attendees enjoyed six concerts, a sound installation called Midnight Sound by Roberta Platania, and a listening/visual room at Fondazione Sassi. A jury evaluated nearly 400 submissions in 2016 and similar figures in 2017. Colangelo highlighted the importance of intermediality, focusing on the intersections of different media. The festival concluded at Casa Cava, with the collective planning "futuro remoto" for Matera 2019, emphasizing the Palombaro Lungo.
Key facts
- Second edition of MAtera INtermedia festival concluded December 6, 2017
- Curated by LOXOSconcept collective (Giulio Colangelo, Donato Corbo, Valerio De Bonis)
- Held at Auditorium Casa Cava, Fondazione Sassi, and Conservatorio Duni in Matera
- Matera was European Capital of Culture 2019
- Festival included six concerts, sound installation by Roberta Platania, and a listening/visual room
- International jury selected works: Yun Du, Fabrizio Casti, Christina Kubish, Robert Normandeau, Valerio Murat, Cat Hope, Marta Gentilucci, Pierre Jodlowski, Oscar Bianchi, Panayiotis Kokoras, Silvia Lanzalone, Agostino Di Scipio
- Collaboration with Spaziomusica in Cagliari for new voice and electronics compositions
- Received nearly 400 works from 50 countries in 2016 call
- Focus on intermediality rather than multimedia
- Future project 'futuro remoto' centered on Palombaro Lungo cistern
Entities
Artists
- Giulio Colangelo
- Donato Corbo
- Valerio De Bonis
- Roberta Platania
- Eleonora Claps
- Yun Du
- Fabrizio Casti
- Christina Kubish
- Robert Normandeau
- Valerio Murat
- Cat Hope
- Marta Gentilucci
- Pierre Jodlowski
- Oscar Bianchi
- Panayiotis Kokoras
- Silvia Lanzalone
- Agostino Di Scipio
- Salvatore Sciarrino
- Francis Dhomont
- Vincenzo Santarcangelo
- Walter Benjamin
Institutions
- LOXOSconcept
- Auditorium Casa Cava
- Fondazione Sassi
- Conservatorio Duni
- Spaziomusica
- Politecnico di Torino
- IED Milano
- LabOnt
- Università di Torino
Locations
- Matera
- Italy
- Basilicata
- Cagliari
- Palombaro Lungo