Axis IV · since 2008
Art, music and artistic crafts.
Festivals, cinema, documentaries and artistic crafts: art and the skill of the hand as a common language between peoples. Since 2023 the Matrioska Music Festival has brought jazz, opera, classical and world music to the village; The World Gate brings together artists and artisans from different countries to create ceramic panels.
Three projects.
Music · since 2023
Matrioska Music Festival
Every Thursday from May to October: jazz, classical, world music and opera in the old town.
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Artistic crafts · since 2023
The World Gate
Ceramic panels created by artists from three continents and replicated in the network's cities.
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Cinema · 2026
Risvegli Film Series
Open-air films in Piazza Palmento, followed by a conversation with scholars and guests.
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Documentary
Borgo delle Radici
The documentary on the roots and memory of Belvedere Marittimo.
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Documentary and research · 2010
Le Muse
A comparative study of the sense of belonging to the land among Calabrians and Argentinians. A Calabrian film crew travelled across Patagonia, from Viedma to Bariloche, and the Calabrian-Argentine group then journeyed through the villages of the province of Cosenza. The result was a documentary in three languages, a research book and a photographic exhibition.
Read the research book (PDF) ↗Beauty · Utopia · The pursuit of happiness
Here beauty is the very material of the work: music in the squares, clay carved by hand, open-air cinema. The utopia is a common language between peoples who do not share the same tongue, like the World Gate panels made by artists from three continents. Happiness is the shared celebration: residents, guests and students in the same square on the same evening.