V edition From 13 to 26 June 2026
Torre dell’Orso (Lecce)

Two weeks in the heart of Salento. Rituals, dances, songs, discoveries and deep listening.

It is said that before the stars found their place in the firmament, there were only feathers suspended in the void. They were fragments of primordial light, carrying ancient memories and future possibilities. When they began to vibrate, the sky ignited: the first constellations were born. In 2026, those feathers awaken once again along the shores of Torre dell’Orso during the fifth edition of the BAROQUE BLUE art residency with the project “Constellations: The Awakening of the Star Feathers”, guided by the visionary curatorship of Dores Sacquegna and organized by Primo Piano LivinGallery. The journey culminates on June 25 with “The Feather of Alliance”, a final ceremony celebrating the encounter between the artists, the land, and the transforming sky.

An Atlas of Light and Metamorphosis

“Constellations: The Awakening of the Star Feathers” is a journey along the subtle threshold between fragility and immensity. Each artist receives an archetype—a direction‑feather, a seed of vision that becomes compass, mirror, and promise. Their trajectories do not simply add up: they amplify one another, like waves recognizing themselves in the same sea. Torre dell’Orso becomes a symbolic harbor: the rock holds memory, the sea holds origin, the wind carries the message, the night reveals. It is a landscape that bears the memory of the sky. Here, the artists move like metamorphic stars, called to embody a gesture that is both intimate and cosmic.

Guiding the journey is Dores Sacquegna, in the role of cosmic cartographer. Together with Maria Maddalena Armenise, she activates the Feather of the Alliance, an echo of the North Star, marking the completion of the journey of the eight stellar feathers (the Feather of the Guardian, of the Sea, of Sound, of the Wayfarer, of the Oracle, of Silence, and of Fire). Feathers that become paths through the landscape, inspiring artists to create their works on site. An atlas of light that takes shape through gestures, presences, and contemporary art.

The Stars of the Journey

Seventeen artists/archetypes—nine international and eight from Apulia—compose a sky in motion. The international artists bring shifting visions, metamorphoses, thresholds, and fluid memories: they are the wandering stars, energies that traverse and open boundaries. They are

Nancy Barwell (The mobile border), Philip Barwell (The Architect of Time), Lark Pilinsky (The Dreamer), Laurence Vettes (The storyteller), Tatiana Yartseva (The Metamorphosis), Victoria Williamson (The flame), Julie Moss (The Healer), Amanda Keegan (The sentinel) e Karen Partridge (The liquid memory).

Artists from Apulia embody roots, matter, symbols, and depth. They are the fixed stars, the energies that sustain, structure, and ground, forming a “cosmic body” in harmony with the shifting trajectories of the international guests. They are Maria Maddalena Armenise (The guardian of the passage), Ugo Bordanza (The Armonizer),  Claudio Rizzo (The Wanderer), Gabriella Marra (The Alchimist),  Gianni Chiriatti (The son of the Earth),  Alberto Nick Bolettieri (The Resonator),  Daniela Cecere ( The quiet Light), and Claudio Longo (The visionary).

THE STAR FEATHERS

Activities

  • Workshop on Traditional and Experimental Lino-cutPrintmaking (curated by Dores Sacquegna)
  • Sessions of yoga, guided meditation, shamanism, and celebrations (curated by Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza)
  • On-site creation of artworks
  • Dinners and banquets of the light-bearers
  • Land and sea tours of the Salento region
  • Dialogue between Apulian and international artists
  • Sound performances
  • Final exhibition of the created works

The Keeper’s Feather (Torre Dell’Orso, June 14)

Amid the scent of pine trees, a space for meditation opens up. It is a deep listening to the breath of nature. Impurities dissolve in the waves, which transform and purify. The sea becomes medicine: the sailors prepare for rebirth. Rituals with Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza

  • Purification and Thanksgiving to the Great Mother (Brunese Cave)
  • The Breath of the Forest and the Sea (Pine Forest).
  • Rebirth of the Archetypes in the Waters (Bay).

The Feather of the Sea (June 16)

The sailors set out on their journey toward the sacred depths, following in the footsteps of Aeneas after his flight from Troy. “It is a return to the primordial womb, a journey to the ends of the world…” (Virgil – *Aeneid*).

  • Tour of the caves/marine sanctuaries of Santa Maria di Leuca
  • Visit to the Zinzulusa Cave
  • Visit to the Temple of Athena and the Archaeological Museum of Castrum-Minervae
  • Visit to the Prince’s Palace / Borgo Terra and the prisons featuring graffiti of ancient ships in Muro Leccese
  • Ritual at the 8-pointed star in Castrignano dei Greci (with Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza)

The Feather of the Ancestors (June 18)

Every journey is a return to one’s roots, to a connection with the sky and with one’s deepest self.

  • Tour of Acaya Castle (Archaeological Museum of the Grotta della Poesia).
  • Tour of the Roca Vecchia archaeological site
  • Tour of Masseria La Millenaria in Melendugno

The Feather of Sound (June 19)

  • “EIGHT: The Resonances of Wandering Color,” a sound painting by Daniela Cecere and Maestro Alberto Nick Bolettieri

The Wanderer’s Feather (June 20)

A Journey Through Millennia of Culture in the Land of Otranto

  • Tour of the city of Otranto (Cathedral and Castle)
  • Tour of the bauxite quarry (Orte-Otranto)
  • Tour of the Megalithic Garden in Giurdignano
  • Tour of the Hill of Children and Nymphs/Massi della Vecchia in Giuggianello

The Feather of the Oracle (June 21)

At the summer solstice, the winds mark the directions, and light and shadow balance each other. It is the rite of rebirth: the purified and initiated sailor is reborn as a child of the Sea, the Sky, and the TERRA D’OTRANTO. Ritual with Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza

  • Moonlit Solstice: Reborn as Children of the Sea (Bay)

The Feather of Fire (June 24)

During the time of the Solstice, the Feather of Fire becomes a bridge between opposites: between light and shadow, between fervor and stillness, between the rising fire and the embracing water. In the symbolic dance between the sun and the moon, between fire and water, this archetype holds the mystery of cyclical rebirth, of the return to one’s luminous origin.

  • Gathering herbs, preparing water, and performing the fire ritual on the night of St. John

The Feather of the Alliance (June 25)

The Feather that seals the journey: a feather that becomes a bridge, a sky that opens up. It is the culminating moment in which individual paths intertwine into a single luminous map. A moment of pure magic, in which sky and earth, gesture and breath, art and ritual come together in a single vibration.

  • Exhibition of works created during the residency, curated by Dores Sacquegna.
  • The Song of the Archetypes: The Cosmic Body, led by Maria Maddalena Armenise (Ceremony featuring a living constellation of archetypes)
  • The Rhythm Chant of the Celestial Cycles (meditation on integration) – Sound performance by Maestro Alberto Nick Bolettieri
  • FLAG DINNER: Sharing of dishes titled “A World on a Plate.”
  • Awards ceremony with a Certificate of Recognition, curated by Dores Sacquegna.

V edition From 13 to 26 June 2026
Torre dell’Orso (Lecce)

Two weeks in the heart of Salento. Rituals, dances, songs, discoveries and deep listening.

It is said that before the stars found their place in the firmament, there were only feathers suspended in the void. They were fragments of primordial light, carrying ancient memories and future possibilities. When they began to vibrate, the sky ignited: the first constellations were born. In 2026, those feathers awaken once again along the shores of Torre dell’Orso during the fifth edition of the BAROQUE BLUE art residency with the project “Constellations: The Awakening of the Star Feathers”, guided by the visionary curatorship of Dores Sacquegna and organized by Primo Piano LivinGallery. The journey culminates on June 25 with “The Feather of Alliance”, a final ceremony celebrating the encounter between the artists, the land, and the transforming sky.

An Atlas of Light and Metamorphosis

“Constellations: The Awakening of the Star Feathers” is a journey along the subtle threshold between fragility and immensity. Each artist receives an archetype—a direction‑feather, a seed of vision that becomes compass, mirror, and promise. Their trajectories do not simply add up: they amplify one another, like waves recognizing themselves in the same sea. Torre dell’Orso becomes a symbolic harbor: the rock holds memory, the sea holds origin, the wind carries the message, the night reveals. It is a landscape that bears the memory of the sky. Here, the artists move like metamorphic stars, called to embody a gesture that is both intimate and cosmic.

Guiding the journey is Dores Sacquegna, in the role of cosmic cartographer. Together with Maria Maddalena Armenise, she activates the Feather of the Alliance, an echo of the North Star, marking the completion of the journey of the eight stellar feathers (the Feather of the Guardian, of the Sea, of Sound, of the Wayfarer, of the Oracle, of Silence, and of Fire). Feathers that become paths through the landscape, inspiring artists to create their works on site. An atlas of light that takes shape through gestures, presences, and contemporary art.

The Stars of the Journey

Seventeen artists/archetypes—nine international and eight from Apulia—compose a sky in motion. The international artists bring shifting visions, metamorphoses, thresholds, and fluid memories: they are the wandering stars, energies that traverse and open boundaries. They are

Nancy Barwell (The mobile border), Philip Barwell (The Architect of Time), Lark Pilinsky (The Dreamer), Laurence Vettes (The storyteller), Tatiana Yartseva (The Metamorphosis), Victoria Williamson (The flame), Julie Moss (The Healer), Amanda Keegan (The sentinel) e Karen Partridge (The liquid memory).

Artists from Apulia embody roots, matter, symbols, and depth. They are the fixed stars, the energies that sustain, structure, and ground, forming a “cosmic body” in harmony with the shifting trajectories of the international guests. They are Maria Maddalena Armenise (The guardian of the passage), Ugo Bordanza (The Armonizer),  Claudio Rizzo (The Wanderer), Gabriella Marra (The Alchimist),  Gianni Chiriatti (The son of the Earth),  Alberto Nick Bolettieri (The Resonator),  Daniela Cecere ( The quiet Light), and Claudio Longo (The visionary).

THE STAR FEATHERS

Activities

  • Workshop on Traditional and Experimental Lino-cutPrintmaking (curated by Dores Sacquegna)
  • Sessions of yoga, guided meditation, shamanism, and celebrations (curated by Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza)
  • On-site creation of artworks
  • Dinners and banquets of the light-bearers
  • Land and sea tours of the Salento region
  • Dialogue between Apulian and international artists
  • Sound performances
  • Final exhibition of the created works

The Keeper’s Feather (Torre Dell’Orso, June 14)

Amid the scent of pine trees, a space for meditation opens up. It is a deep listening to the breath of nature. Impurities dissolve in the waves, which transform and purify. The sea becomes medicine: the sailors prepare for rebirth. Rituals with Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza

  • Purification and Thanksgiving to the Great Mother (Brunese Cave)
  • The Breath of the Forest and the Sea (Pine Forest).
  • Rebirth of the Archetypes in the Waters (Bay).

The Feather of the Sea (June 16)

The sailors set out on their journey toward the sacred depths, following in the footsteps of Aeneas after his flight from Troy. “It is a return to the primordial womb, a journey to the ends of the world…” (Virgil – *Aeneid*).

  • Tour of the caves/marine sanctuaries of Santa Maria di Leuca
  • Visit to the Zinzulusa Cave
  • Visit to the Temple of Athena and the Archaeological Museum of Castrum-Minervae
  • Visit to the Prince’s Palace / Borgo Terra and the prisons featuring graffiti of ancient ships in Muro Leccese
  • Ritual at the 8-pointed star in Castrignano dei Greci (with Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza)

The Feather of the Ancestors (June 18)

Every journey is a return to one’s roots, to a connection with the sky and with one’s deepest self.

  • Tour of Acaya Castle (Archaeological Museum of the Grotta della Poesia).
  • Tour of the Roca Vecchia archaeological site
  • Tour of Masseria La Millenaria in Melendugno

The Feather of Sound (June 19)

  • “EIGHT: The Resonances of Wandering Color,” a sound painting by Daniela Cecere and Maestro Alberto Nick Bolettieri

The Wanderer’s Feather (June 20)

A Journey Through Millennia of Culture in the Land of Otranto

  • Tour of the city of Otranto (Cathedral and Castle)
  • Tour of the bauxite quarry (Orte-Otranto)
  • Tour of the Megalithic Garden in Giurdignano
  • Tour of the Hill of Children and Nymphs/Massi della Vecchia in Giuggianello

The Feather of the Oracle (June 21)

At the summer solstice, the winds mark the directions, and light and shadow balance each other. It is the rite of rebirth: the purified and initiated sailor is reborn as a child of the Sea, the Sky, and the TERRA D’OTRANTO. Ritual with Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza

  • Moonlit Solstice: Reborn as Children of the Sea (Bay)

The Feather of Fire (June 24)

During the time of the Solstice, the Feather of Fire becomes a bridge between opposites: between light and shadow, between fervor and stillness, between the rising fire and the embracing water. In the symbolic dance between the sun and the moon, between fire and water, this archetype holds the mystery of cyclical rebirth, of the return to one’s luminous origin.

  • Gathering herbs, preparing water, and performing the fire ritual on the night of St. John

The Feather of the Alliance (June 25)

The Feather that seals the journey: a feather that becomes a bridge, a sky that opens up. It is the culminating moment in which individual paths intertwine into a single luminous map. A moment of pure magic, in which sky and earth, gesture and breath, art and ritual come together in a single vibration.

  • Exhibition of works created during the residency, curated by Dores Sacquegna.
  • The Song of the Archetypes: The Cosmic Body, led by Maria Maddalena Armenise (Ceremony featuring a living constellation of archetypes)
  • The Rhythm Chant of the Celestial Cycles (meditation on integration) – Sound performance by Maestro Alberto Nick Bolettieri
  • FLAG DINNER: Sharing of dishes titled “A World on a Plate.”
  • Awards ceremony with a Certificate of Recognition, curated by Dores Sacquegna.

V edition From 13 to 26 June 2026
Torre dell’Orso (Lecce)

Two weeks in the heart of Salento. Rituals, dances, songs, discoveries and deep listening.

It is said that before the stars found their place in the firmament, there were only feathers suspended in the void. They were fragments of primordial light, carrying ancient memories and future possibilities. When they began to vibrate, the sky ignited: the first constellations were born. In 2026, those feathers awaken once again along the shores of Torre dell’Orso during the fifth edition of the BAROQUE BLUE art residency with the project “Constellations: The Awakening of the Star Feathers”, guided by the visionary curatorship of Dores Sacquegna and organized by Primo Piano LivinGallery. The journey culminates on June 25 with “The Feather of Alliance”, a final ceremony celebrating the encounter between the artists, the land, and the transforming sky.

An Atlas of Light and Metamorphosis

“Constellations: The Awakening of the Star Feathers” is a journey along the subtle threshold between fragility and immensity. Each artist receives an archetype—a direction‑feather, a seed of vision that becomes compass, mirror, and promise. Their trajectories do not simply add up: they amplify one another, like waves recognizing themselves in the same sea. Torre dell’Orso becomes a symbolic harbor: the rock holds memory, the sea holds origin, the wind carries the message, the night reveals. It is a landscape that bears the memory of the sky. Here, the artists move like metamorphic stars, called to embody a gesture that is both intimate and cosmic.

Guiding the journey is Dores Sacquegna, in the role of cosmic cartographer. Together with Maria Maddalena Armenise, she activates the Feather of the Alliance, an echo of the North Star, marking the completion of the journey of the eight stellar feathers (the Feather of the Guardian, of the Sea, of Sound, of the Wayfarer, of the Oracle, of Silence, and of Fire). Feathers that become paths through the landscape, inspiring artists to create their works on site. An atlas of light that takes shape through gestures, presences, and contemporary art.

The Stars of the Journey

Seventeen artists/archetypes—nine international and eight from Apulia—compose a sky in motion. The international artists bring shifting visions, metamorphoses, thresholds, and fluid memories: they are the wandering stars, energies that traverse and open boundaries. They are

Nancy Barwell (The mobile border), Philip Barwell (The Architect of Time), Lark Pilinsky (The Dreamer), Laurence Vettes (The storyteller), Tatiana Yartseva (The Metamorphosis), Victoria Williamson (The flame), Julie Moss (The Healer), Amanda Keegan (The sentinel) e Karen Partridge (The liquid memory).

Artists from Apulia embody roots, matter, symbols, and depth. They are the fixed stars, the energies that sustain, structure, and ground, forming a “cosmic body” in harmony with the shifting trajectories of the international guests. They are Maria Maddalena Armenise (The guardian of the passage), Ugo Bordanza (The Armonizer),  Claudio Rizzo (The Wanderer), Gabriella Marra (The Alchimist),  Gianni Chiriatti (The son of the Earth),  Alberto Nick Bolettieri (The Resonator),  Daniela Cecere ( The quiet Light), and Claudio Longo (The visionary).

THE STAR FEATHERS

Activities

  • Workshop on Traditional and Experimental Lino-cutPrintmaking (curated by Dores Sacquegna)
  • Sessions of yoga, guided meditation, shamanism, and celebrations (curated by Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza)
  • On-site creation of artworks
  • Dinners and banquets of the light-bearers
  • Land and sea tours of the Salento region
  • Dialogue between Apulian and international artists
  • Sound performances
  • Final exhibition of the created works

The Keeper’s Feather (Torre Dell’Orso, June 14)

Amid the scent of pine trees, a space for meditation opens up. It is a deep listening to the breath of nature. Impurities dissolve in the waves, which transform and purify. The sea becomes medicine: the sailors prepare for rebirth. Rituals with Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza

  • Purification and Thanksgiving to the Great Mother (Brunese Cave)
  • The Breath of the Forest and the Sea (Pine Forest).
  • Rebirth of the Archetypes in the Waters (Bay).

The Feather of the Sea (June 16)

The sailors set out on their journey toward the sacred depths, following in the footsteps of Aeneas after his flight from Troy. “It is a return to the primordial womb, a journey to the ends of the world…” (Virgil – *Aeneid*).

  • Tour of the caves/marine sanctuaries of Santa Maria di Leuca
  • Visit to the Zinzulusa Cave
  • Visit to the Temple of Athena and the Archaeological Museum of Castrum-Minervae
  • Visit to the Prince’s Palace / Borgo Terra and the prisons featuring graffiti of ancient ships in Muro Leccese
  • Ritual at the 8-pointed star in Castrignano dei Greci (with Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza)

The Feather of the Ancestors (June 18)

Every journey is a return to one’s roots, to a connection with the sky and with one’s deepest self.

  • Tour of Acaya Castle (Archaeological Museum of the Grotta della Poesia).
  • Tour of the Roca Vecchia archaeological site
  • Tour of Masseria La Millenaria in Melendugno

The Feather of Sound (June 19)

  • “EIGHT: The Resonances of Wandering Color,” a sound painting by Daniela Cecere and Maestro Alberto Nick Bolettieri

The Wanderer’s Feather (June 20)

A Journey Through Millennia of Culture in the Land of Otranto

  • Tour of the city of Otranto (Cathedral and Castle)
  • Tour of the bauxite quarry (Orte-Otranto)
  • Tour of the Megalithic Garden in Giurdignano
  • Tour of the Hill of Children and Nymphs/Massi della Vecchia in Giuggianello

The Feather of the Oracle (June 21)

At the summer solstice, the winds mark the directions, and light and shadow balance each other. It is the rite of rebirth: the purified and initiated sailor is reborn as a child of the Sea, the Sky, and the TERRA D’OTRANTO. Ritual with Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza

  • Moonlit Solstice: Reborn as Children of the Sea (Bay)

The Feather of Fire (June 24)

During the time of the Solstice, the Feather of Fire becomes a bridge between opposites: between light and shadow, between fervor and stillness, between the rising fire and the embracing water. In the symbolic dance between the sun and the moon, between fire and water, this archetype holds the mystery of cyclical rebirth, of the return to one’s luminous origin.

  • Gathering herbs, preparing water, and performing the fire ritual on the night of St. John

The Feather of the Alliance (June 25)

The Feather that seals the journey: a feather that becomes a bridge, a sky that opens up. It is the culminating moment in which individual paths intertwine into a single luminous map. A moment of pure magic, in which sky and earth, gesture and breath, art and ritual come together in a single vibration.

  • Exhibition of works created during the residency, curated by Dores Sacquegna.
  • The Song of the Archetypes: The Cosmic Body, led by Maria Maddalena Armenise (Ceremony featuring a living constellation of archetypes)
  • The Rhythm Chant of the Celestial Cycles (meditation on integration) – Sound performance by Maestro Alberto Nick Bolettieri
  • FLAG DINNER: Sharing of dishes titled “A World on a Plate.”
  • Awards ceremony with a Certificate of Recognition, curated by Dores Sacquegna.

V edition From 13 to 26 June 2026
Torre dell’Orso (Lecce)

Two weeks in the heart of Salento. Rituals, dances, songs, discoveries and deep listening.

It is said that before the stars found their place in the firmament, there were only feathers suspended in the void. They were fragments of primordial light, carrying ancient memories and future possibilities. When they began to vibrate, the sky ignited: the first constellations were born. In 2026, those feathers awaken once again along the shores of Torre dell’Orso during the fifth edition of the BAROQUE BLUE art residency with the project “Constellations: The Awakening of the Star Feathers”, guided by the visionary curatorship of Dores Sacquegna and organized by Primo Piano LivinGallery. The journey culminates on June 25 with “The Feather of Alliance”, a final ceremony celebrating the encounter between the artists, the land, and the transforming sky.

An Atlas of Light and Metamorphosis

“Constellations: The Awakening of the Star Feathers” is a journey along the subtle threshold between fragility and immensity. Each artist receives an archetype—a direction‑feather, a seed of vision that becomes compass, mirror, and promise. Their trajectories do not simply add up: they amplify one another, like waves recognizing themselves in the same sea. Torre dell’Orso becomes a symbolic harbor: the rock holds memory, the sea holds origin, the wind carries the message, the night reveals. It is a landscape that bears the memory of the sky. Here, the artists move like metamorphic stars, called to embody a gesture that is both intimate and cosmic.

Guiding the journey is Dores Sacquegna, in the role of cosmic cartographer. Together with Maria Maddalena Armenise, she activates the Feather of the Alliance, an echo of the North Star, marking the completion of the journey of the eight stellar feathers (the Feather of the Guardian, of the Sea, of Sound, of the Wayfarer, of the Oracle, of Silence, and of Fire). Feathers that become paths through the landscape, inspiring artists to create their works on site. An atlas of light that takes shape through gestures, presences, and contemporary art.

The Stars of the Journey

Seventeen artists/archetypes—nine international and eight from Apulia—compose a sky in motion. The international artists bring shifting visions, metamorphoses, thresholds, and fluid memories: they are the wandering stars, energies that traverse and open boundaries. They are

Nancy Barwell (The mobile border), Philip Barwell (The Architect of Time), Lark Pilinsky (The Dreamer), Laurence Vettes (The storyteller), Tatiana Yartseva (The Metamorphosis), Victoria Williamson (The flame), Julie Moss (The Healer), Amanda Keegan (The sentinel) e Karen Partridge (The liquid memory).

Artists from Apulia embody roots, matter, symbols, and depth. They are the fixed stars, the energies that sustain, structure, and ground, forming a “cosmic body” in harmony with the shifting trajectories of the international guests. They are Maria Maddalena Armenise (The guardian of the passage), Ugo Bordanza (The Armonizer),  Claudio Rizzo (The Wanderer), Gabriella Marra (The Alchimist),  Gianni Chiriatti (The son of the Earth),  Alberto Nick Bolettieri (The Resonator),  Daniela Cecere ( The quiet Light), and Claudio Longo (The visionary).

THE STAR FEATHERS

Activities

  • Workshop on Traditional and Experimental Lino-cutPrintmaking (curated by Dores Sacquegna)
  • Sessions of yoga, guided meditation, shamanism, and celebrations (curated by Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza)
  • On-site creation of artworks
  • Dinners and banquets of the light-bearers
  • Land and sea tours of the Salento region
  • Dialogue between Apulian and international artists
  • Sound performances
  • Final exhibition of the created works

The Keeper’s Feather (Torre Dell’Orso, June 14)

Amid the scent of pine trees, a space for meditation opens up. It is a deep listening to the breath of nature. Impurities dissolve in the waves, which transform and purify. The sea becomes medicine: the sailors prepare for rebirth. Rituals with Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza

  • Purification and Thanksgiving to the Great Mother (Brunese Cave)
  • The Breath of the Forest and the Sea (Pine Forest).
  • Rebirth of the Archetypes in the Waters (Bay).

The Feather of the Sea (June 16)

The sailors set out on their journey toward the sacred depths, following in the footsteps of Aeneas after his flight from Troy. “It is a return to the primordial womb, a journey to the ends of the world…” (Virgil – *Aeneid*).

  • Tour of the caves/marine sanctuaries of Santa Maria di Leuca
  • Visit to the Zinzulusa Cave
  • Visit to the Temple of Athena and the Archaeological Museum of Castrum-Minervae
  • Visit to the Prince’s Palace / Borgo Terra and the prisons featuring graffiti of ancient ships in Muro Leccese
  • Ritual at the 8-pointed star in Castrignano dei Greci (with Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza)

The Feather of the Ancestors (June 18)

Every journey is a return to one’s roots, to a connection with the sky and with one’s deepest self.

  • Tour of Acaya Castle (Archaeological Museum of the Grotta della Poesia).
  • Tour of the Roca Vecchia archaeological site
  • Tour of Masseria La Millenaria in Melendugno

The Feather of Sound (June 19)

  • “EIGHT: The Resonances of Wandering Color,” a sound painting by Daniela Cecere and Maestro Alberto Nick Bolettieri

The Wanderer’s Feather (June 20)

A Journey Through Millennia of Culture in the Land of Otranto

  • Tour of the city of Otranto (Cathedral and Castle)
  • Tour of the bauxite quarry (Orte-Otranto)
  • Tour of the Megalithic Garden in Giurdignano
  • Tour of the Hill of Children and Nymphs/Massi della Vecchia in Giuggianello

The Feather of the Oracle (June 21)

At the summer solstice, the winds mark the directions, and light and shadow balance each other. It is the rite of rebirth: the purified and initiated sailor is reborn as a child of the Sea, the Sky, and the TERRA D’OTRANTO. Ritual with Maria Maddalena Armenise and Ugo Bordanza

  • Moonlit Solstice: Reborn as Children of the Sea (Bay)

The Feather of Fire (June 24)

During the time of the Solstice, the Feather of Fire becomes a bridge between opposites: between light and shadow, between fervor and stillness, between the rising fire and the embracing water. In the symbolic dance between the sun and the moon, between fire and water, this archetype holds the mystery of cyclical rebirth, of the return to one’s luminous origin.

  • Gathering herbs, preparing water, and performing the fire ritual on the night of St. John

The Feather of the Alliance (June 25)

The Feather that seals the journey: a feather that becomes a bridge, a sky that opens up. It is the culminating moment in which individual paths intertwine into a single luminous map. A moment of pure magic, in which sky and earth, gesture and breath, art and ritual come together in a single vibration.

  • Exhibition of works created during the residency, curated by Dores Sacquegna.
  • The Song of the Archetypes: The Cosmic Body, led by Maria Maddalena Armenise (Ceremony featuring a living constellation of archetypes)
  • The Rhythm Chant of the Celestial Cycles (meditation on integration) – Sound performance by Maestro Alberto Nick Bolettieri
  • FLAG DINNER: Sharing of dishes titled “A World on a Plate.”
  • Awards ceremony with a Certificate of Recognition, curated by Dores Sacquegna.