17-20 September 2020

JOURNEY ACROSS THE STRAIT III/2020

VIDEO SUMMARY
AN INTRODUCTION BY ALFONSO FEMIA

September 17, 2020
Journey across the Strait III – Antica Filanda, Roccalumera (ME)

Alfonso Femia continues the search for contact between nearby realities – villages, towns, small and large cities – that complex geographies, cultures and different conditions have distanced and isolated over time.

With Invisible Mediterranean’s fellow travelers, the exploration of places that work hard to preserve their identity continues: the Strait is the magnet, an extraordinary attractor and conciliator of their values ​​and contradictions.

ANTICA FILANDA, ROCCALUMERA

September 17, 2020
Journey across the Strait III – Antica Filanda, Roccalumera (ME)

Talk with Natia Lucia Basile, Pietro Briguglio, Giovanni De Luca, Ernesto Sigillo, Rosanna Garufi, Nancy Todaro, Sebastiano Gugliotta, Anna Misiti, Natale Rao, and Francesco Messina.

ALÌ TERME

September 18, 2020
Journey across the Strait III – Alì Terme, Messina

Dialogues in Alì Terme with Alfonso Femia and Giorgio Tartaro, along with our ambassadors Gaetano Scarcella and Francesco Messina.

Interview at Batteria Margottini with Salvatore Arrigo and Piero Cozzo.

FIUMEDINISI

September 18, 2020
Journey across the Strait III – Fiumedinisi, Messina

Interview to Carlo Gregorio, historian and expert of the Valle del Nisi

“There is no great artistic or monumental catalyst but this is not a limit, it is the way one enjoys the wonders of this area, through a slow and deep observation, a sum of small fragments.”

CASTELLO D’ALCONTRES, NIZZA DI SICILIA

September 18, 2020
Journey across the Strait III – Castello d’Alcontres, Nizza di Sicilia (ME)

Talk at Castello d’Alcontres with Carlo Mastroeni, Antonella Ferrara, Serena Bonura, Tina Berenato, Caterina Limardo, Tino Caspanello, Marinella Arena, and Filippo Grasso.

CROSSING THE STRAIT

September 19, 2020
Journey across the Strait III – Between Reggio Calabria and Messina

Dialogues on the Strait with Ernesto Giovannetti, Mario Ferrara and Giovanni Aurino.

MONTE SANT’ELIA, PALMI

September 19, 2020
Journey across the Strait III – Monte Sant’Elia, Palmi (RC)

On Monte Sant’Elia in Palmi, dialogues with Wladimiro Maisano, Laura Pavia, Michelangelo Pugliese, Salvatore Greco, Stefania Stanojkovic, Salvatore Vermiglio, Ilario Tassone, and Silvio Mesiti.

TONNARA DI PALMI

September 19, 2020
Journey across the Strait III – Tonnara di Palmi, Messina

Dialogues with Antonella Benigni, Alessandro Riotto, Raffaele Cutillo, Antonello Scarfone, and Giovanni Multari.

TENUTA ACTON DI LEPORANO

September 20, 2020
Journey across the Strait III – Tenuta Acton di Leporano, Rizziconi (RC)

Dialogues with Pietro Taccone, Filippo Andreacchio and Salvatore Greco. Here we spoke about values, territory, and the ancient agricultural culture, a heritage that must be preserved and reconciled with contemporary needs.

ANFITEATRO DI ROSARNO

September 20, 2020
Joureny across the Strait III – Anfiteatro di Rosarno, Reggio Calabria

Dialogues with Marina Tornatora, Ottavio Amaro, Ambra Miglioranzi, Nino Quaranta, Federica Lanuara, Giovanni Multari and Michelangelo Pugliese.

In this final location, we also listen to the four Mayors of the Plain who confront each other in an effective analysis of the situation between various complexities and the invisibility of the Plain.

DEDICATED TO NIK SPATARI, our first encounter of the Journey across the Strait: poetry, art, territory, matter, history, responsibility, generosity. You will always be our reference point and our most indelible memory. Thank you, Nik!

DEDICATED TO MARIANNA, who accompanied me with the gaze and emotions of someone discovering the world for the first time, to meet places and people that are roots and origins. Thank you, Marianna!

photographs © Salvatore Greco

Invisible Mediterranean(s)
17-20 September 2020

The “Invisible Mediterraneans – Journey into the Strait III” project is conceived and developed by Alfonso Femia and produced by 500×100 with Marco Predari and Giorgio Tartaro, with the patronage of the Order of Architects of Catania, Reggio Calabria, Messina and the collaboration of its ambassadors Salvatore Greco, Francesco Messina, Michelangelo Pugliese, Arch. Giovanni Multari and Gaetano Scarcella.

The 2020 trip will be enriched by the photographer Mario Ferrara, as well as Stefano Anzini – who follows the Invisible Mediterranean(s) from its beginning -. This year will also see interviews by Roberta De Ciechi and Alfonso Femia, and the collaboration of Giovanni Aurino, Natalee Christine Rojo, and Simonetta Cenci.

Company travel companions, local professional associations and local companies.

500×100 is developed by Atelier(s) Alfonso Femia and Universal Selecta with the participation of Attico Interni, Eco-contract, Staygreen, Federico Berruti and Antonio D’Oca.

The Pellini company is year’s edition travel companion.

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