I edition – August 20 to September 1, 2022
Santa Caterina di Nardò (Lecce)
Theme: The five elements and the state of being. Nature as a guide on one’s path to growth. The artist as a sacred Guardian, with the ability to imagine, explore, research, and create.
I edition – August 20 to September 1, 2022
Santa Caterina di Nardò (Lecce)
Theme: The five elements and the state of being. Nature as a guide on one’s path to growth. The artist as a sacred Guardian, with the ability to imagine, explore, research, and create.
International artists in residency: Nancy Barwell and Philip Barwell (France) | Katy Connor (United Kingdom) | Fio Adamson (United Kingdom) | Ragnhild Sollid (Norway) | Birte Pedersen (Norway) | Marijke Uittenbroek (Netherlands) | Vanessa Albury (United States) | Polyxene Kasda (Greece).
Apulian artists in dialogue: Massimiliano Manieri | Roberto Gagliardi | Francesco Perrone | Rose Sacquegna | Maria Amanda Stefanelli | Paola Crisostomo.
International artists in residency: Nancy Barwell and Philip Barwell (France) | Katy Connor (United Kingdom) | Fio Adamson (United Kingdom) | Ragnhild Sollid (Norway) | Birte Pedersen (Norway) | Marijke Uittenbroek (Netherlands) | Vanessa Albury (United States) | Polyxene Kasda (Greece).
Apulian artists in dialogue: Massimiliano Manieri | Roberto Gagliardi | Francesco Perrone | Rose Sacquegna | Maria Amanda Stefanelli | Paola Crisostomo.
Seminars and activities
Polyxene Kasda – “Project Myth/Network 1990-2017: Recycling natural sites and communities with spectral palpability” and “I-Ching, the oracle-Book of Changes”. A convivial, spiritual, and artistic moment.
Symbols and places of a magical itinerary
- Santa Caterina: Le Cenate, eclectic villas;
- Porto Selvaggio Regional Park: Capelvenere Cave, Tower, park and Uluzzo Bay.
- Santa Maria al Bagno: Jewish Museum.
- Gallipoli: old city
- Nardò: old city and Museum of Prehistory
Final event September 1
- Contemporary art exhibition of works by resident artists and performances by artists in dialogue.
- Massimiliano Manieri – “Amplexus Nunquam, or the man who has never been embraced”.
- Ceremony to Mother Earth “The Earth that speaks: our archetypes”.
- Ritual circle and ceremony of the five elements represented by Polyxene Kasda (Water), Rose Sacquegna (Fire), Maria Amanda Stefanelli (Earth), Paola Crisostomo (Air) and Dores Sacquegna (Ether).
- Sound incursions by flutist Roberto Gagliardi and percussionist Francesco Perrone.
- Ceremony of Recognition.
Seminars and activities
Polyxene Kasda – “Project Myth/Network 1990-2017: Recycling natural sites and communities with spectral palpability” and “I-Ching, the oracle-Book of Changes”. A convivial, spiritual, and artistic moment.
Symbols and places of a magical itinerary
- Santa Caterina: Le Cenate, eclectic villas;
- Porto Selvaggio Regional Park: Capelvenere Cave, Tower, park and Uluzzo Bay.
- Santa Maria al Bagno: Jewish Museum.
- Gallipoli: old city
- Nardò: old city and Museum of Prehistory
Final event September 1
- Contemporary art exhibition of works by resident artists and performances by artists in dialogue.
- Massimiliano Manieri – “Amplexus Nunquam, or the man who has never been embraced”.
- Ceremony to Mother Earth “The Earth that speaks: our archetypes”.
- Ritual circle and ceremony of the five elements represented by Polyxene Kasda (Water), Rose Sacquegna (Fire), Maria Amanda Stefanelli (Earth), Paola Crisostomo (Air) and Dores Sacquegna (Ether).
- Sound incursions by flutist Roberto Gagliardi and percussionist Francesco Perrone.
- Ceremony of Recognition.
I edition – August 20 to September 1, 2022
Santa Caterina di Nardò (Lecce)
Theme: The five elements and the state of being. Nature as a guide on one’s path to growth. The artist as a sacred Guardian, with the ability to imagine, explore, research, and create.
I edition – August 20 to September 1, 2022
Santa Caterina di Nardò (Lecce)
Theme: The five elements and the state of being. Nature as a guide on one’s path to growth. The artist as a sacred Guardian, with the ability to imagine, explore, research, and create.
International artists in residency: Nancy Barwell and Philip Barwell (France) | Katy Connor (United Kingdom) | Fio Adamson (United Kingdom) | Ragnhild Sollid (Norway) | Birte Pedersen (Norway) | Marijke Uittenbroek (Netherlands) | Vanessa Albury (United States) | Polyxene Kasda (Greece).
Apulian artists in dialogue: Massimiliano Manieri | Roberto Gagliardi | Francesco Perrone | Rose Sacquegna | Maria Amanda Stefanelli | Paola Crisostomo.
International artists in residency: Nancy Barwell and Philip Barwell (France) | Katy Connor (United Kingdom) | Fio Adamson (United Kingdom) | Ragnhild Sollid (Norway) | Birte Pedersen (Norway) | Marijke Uittenbroek (Netherlands) | Vanessa Albury (United States) | Polyxene Kasda (Greece).
Apulian artists in dialogue: Massimiliano Manieri | Roberto Gagliardi | Francesco Perrone | Rose Sacquegna | Maria Amanda Stefanelli | Paola Crisostomo.
Seminars and activities
Polyxene Kasda – “Project Myth/Network 1990-2017: Recycling natural sites and communities with spectral palpability” and “I-Ching, the oracle-Book of Changes”. A convivial, spiritual, and artistic moment.
Symbols and places of a magical itinerary
- Santa Caterina: Le Cenate, eclectic villas;
- Porto Selvaggio Regional Park: Capelvenere Cave, Tower, park and Uluzzo Bay.
- Santa Maria al Bagno: Jewish Museum.
- Gallipoli: old city
- Nardò: old city and Museum of Prehistory
Final event September 1
- Contemporary art exhibition of works by resident artists and performances by artists in dialogue.
- Massimiliano Manieri – “Amplexus Nunquam, or the man who has never been embraced”.
- Ceremony to Mother Earth “The Earth that speaks: our archetypes”.
- Ritual circle and ceremony of the five elements represented by Polyxene Kasda (Water), Rose Sacquegna (Fire), Maria Amanda Stefanelli (Earth), Paola Crisostomo (Air) and Dores Sacquegna (Ether).
- Sound incursions by flutist Roberto Gagliardi and percussionist Francesco Perrone.
- Ceremony of Recognition.
Seminars and activities
Polyxene Kasda – “Project Myth/Network 1990-2017: Recycling natural sites and communities with spectral palpability” and “I-Ching, the oracle-Book of Changes”. A convivial, spiritual, and artistic moment.
Symbols and places of a magical itinerary
- Santa Caterina: Le Cenate, eclectic villas;
- Porto Selvaggio Regional Park: Capelvenere Cave, Tower, park and Uluzzo Bay.
- Santa Maria al Bagno: Jewish Museum.
- Gallipoli: old city
- Nardò: old city and Museum of Prehistory
Final event September 1
- Contemporary art exhibition of works by resident artists and performances by artists in dialogue.
- Massimiliano Manieri – “Amplexus Nunquam, or the man who has never been embraced”.
- Ceremony to Mother Earth “The Earth that speaks: our archetypes”.
- Ritual circle and ceremony of the five elements represented by Polyxene Kasda (Water), Rose Sacquegna (Fire), Maria Amanda Stefanelli (Earth), Paola Crisostomo (Air) and Dores Sacquegna (Ether).
- Sound incursions by flutist Roberto Gagliardi and percussionist Francesco Perrone.
- Ceremony of Recognition.
