Artistic residency
8 – 14 june 2026
Cataforio (RC)

The winner of the CASSIOPEA open call was artist Danilo Sciorilli, who was invited to develop a site-specific project in dialogue with the local area and the community of Cataforio.

During the week-long residency, curated by Valentina Tebala and realised with the support of Catartica, Sciorilli created HOPE / TRUST / FEAR / DUST: a project comprising 22 drawings, a map and a video diptych, developed through his observation of the village and the people who live there.

The map, installed in the village, allows visitors to retrace the places explored through the project and access the complete work via a QR code.

The complete project is available on the artist’s website.

THE VENUE

Situated on the lower slopes of the Aspromonte mountains, just a few kilometres from Reggio Calabria, Cataforio is a small village that bears deep traces of the history of the area.

The village centre lies near Motta Sant’Agata, an ancient fortified structure that for centuries shaped the defensive geography of the settlement. Today, it is undergoing a phase of transformation in which cultural practices, community-based initiatives and artistic research contribute to redefining the relationship between memory, landscape and community.

In this context, the residency is conceived as a temporary space for research, in which the artist is invited to engage with the place not as an object of representation, but as a field of relationships and possibilities.

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SELECTION PROCESS

Applications will be assessed by a panel composed of:

Valentina Tebala, Art Historian
Luigi Scopelliti, Artist and member of Catartica
Naomi Accardi, Editorial Consultant and Author
Claudia Paladini, Photo Editor and Production Manager for GOST Books
Giulia Pollicita, Curator Fondazione Morra Greco
Niccolò Hebel, Artistic Director
Teodora Malavenda, Founder and Artistic Director of Ulteriore