Tomás Saraceno, Life(s) of Webs, arachnophobias, arachnophilias, and other stories. Courtesy the artist. Photography by Studio Tomás Saraceno. Together with The National Museums of Matera, we are delighted to present Life(s) of Webs, arachnophobias, arachnophilias, and other stories by Tomás…
Thanks to renewed trust, we are ready to relaunch the Foundation's actions in Matera, Basilicata, Italy and Europe! A new mission that aims at consolidating our territory as a place of cultural production, expanding European and Mediterranean networks and supporting projects and local…
The Selection Panel has identified the following four creative proposals that will participate in the residency program in Basilicata, starting from next November: Artist: Anne Fehres & Luke Conroy (collective) Municipality: Stigliano (MT) Hosting community: appARTEngo Culture enterprise:…
--- Update of October 3, 2022 --- Find here the selected projects. --- --- --- --- Update of September 6, 2022 --- The call for application is closed with more than 70 proposals.The average age of applicants is 30 years old and they come from Italy, Jordan, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Ukraine,…
2021 has been the second year –after a great 2019 – that we have been forced to limit cultural activities and community get-togethers on account of the continuing sanitary emergency. Yet, in spite of this, we have succeeded in completing a few important projects as a legacy of the Matera European…
The European Capitals of Culture Day at the Universal Exhibition 2020 Dubai is the event that Matera 2019 is organizing on October 30, 2021 in the Italian Pavilion at the Expo 2020 Dubai, in partnership with the Commissioner General of Italy and under the patronage of EU Commission. The initiative…
--- Updated July 6, 2022 ---The Board of Directors of the Matera Basilicata 2019 Foundation, meeting on 5 July, proceeded to appoint the general director of the Foundation in compliance with the public notice for the acquisition of expressions of interest for the conferment of this position. Based…
The manual “So far, so close. Practices of infra-pandemic closeness” is an operational tool of the performing arts festival “So far, so close. Exercises in closeness”, a collection of strategies and experiences gained within the Festival and in other national and international events during the…
A few hours after the Prime Minister's Decree suspending public events in theatres, cinemas and open spaces, the “So Far So Close. Esercizi di vicinanza” Performing Arts Festival reached its conclusion in Matera on Saturday 24 October. We welcomed seven artists and companies (Emma Dante, Virgilio…
From 12 September to the end of October, Matera and various remote areas of Basilicata Region will be the venues for the “So Far So Close. Esercizi di vicinanza (exercises of closeness)” Festival of Performing Arts produced by the Matera Basilicata 2019 Foundation, with artistic collaboration from…
PUBLIC NOTICE FOR THE SELECTION OF EXPERTS FOR THE CREATION OF NEW SPATIAL FORMATS FOR LIVE EVENTS AS PART OF THE “SO FAR, SO CLOSE” FESTIVAL (updated 14 August 2020)After careful selection of the 60 applications received, we welcome the 6 new professionals who will join the new Open Design School…
“DeuS – European Open Design School for Sustainable Regional Development” is a regional Vocational Educational Training project which aims to co-create a European-wide learning and training approach in design, critical thinking, and entrepreneurship to find creative and cost-effective solutions to…
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