From Friday 15 to Sunday 17 March, the Castello Volante in Corigliano d’Otranto is hosting a veritable celebration of accessible cultural heritage.
Three days of free events, including talks, screenings, music and performances, to present and introduce the public to ‘Il castello di tutti’ (The Castle for Everyone), a project supported by the Ministry of Culture to enable wider participation in culture as part of the public call for proposals aimed at removing physical and cognitive barriers in museums, libraries and archives.
Programme:
Friday 15 March
- 5.00 pm | Viva!’s School of Landscape
A listening exercise to bring the community and the castle together
organised by Viva – Tante belle cose - 6.30 pm | Accessible heritage
A round-table discussion to present “Castello di tutti” and discuss the future of cultural heritage with administrators and professionals - 8.00 pm | Corpus Nil – Marco Donnarumma
A performance for a human body and an artificially intelligent machine
in collaboration with Avant Fest - 8.45 pm | I Am the Other
Talks and screenings on cinema, accessibility and disability
curated by Cinema del reale
<br> SCREENING PROGRAMME
Sala Cavallerizza (from 8.45 pm to 10.45 pm)
On the Invisible
text and voice by Gigi Mangia
Screening of photographs from
THE INVISIBLE CASTLE – a workshop curated by linea (7')
Two Left Feet
Isabella Salvetti (Italy, 2015, colour, 6’)
(H)Amleto
by Eliana Manca
making-of documentary on the production by Tonio De Nitto and Fabio Tinella
(Italy, 2021, colour, 26’)
Bizzarro Magazine
presentation curated by Club Itaca – Lecce (10')
Stones That Speak
Photograph screening from Adriano Nicoletti’s residency (5')
In Her Shoes
by Maria Iovine
(Italy, 2018, colour and b&w, 19’)
AAMOD, Istituto Luce
Reponse de femmes
by Agnès Varda
(France, 1975, colour, 7’)
The Bridle Around the Neck
by Cecilia Mangini (Italy, 1974, colour, 13’)
I Hate Pink
by Margherita Ferri
(Italy, 2018, colour, 15’)
The Man Who Planted Trees
by Frédéric Back
(Canada, 1987, colour, 20’) animation
Saturday 16 March
- 5.00 pm | Viva!’s School of Landscape
A listening journey to bring the community and the castle together
organised by Viva – Tante belle cose - 7.00 pm | Accessible cinema and sensory inclusion
Discovering a film with audio description and subtitles
organised by Poiesis - 8.30 pm | L’io minimo (aloud)
A performative piece combining live music and writing with Giorgio Distante (trumpet and electronics), Giulia Maria Falzea (lyrics) and Alessandra De Luca (vocals) - 9.30 pm | Mezzaluna
Miro Durante (guitar and vocals), Vito De Lorenzi (percussion and drums), Giorgio Distante (trumpet and tuba), Emanuele Licci (tsouras)
Sunday 17 March
- 11.00 am | Dancing the Myth
A site-specific performance for collective participation, blending dance and music
curated by Compagnia Tarantarte - 12.00 pm | Signs of History
Guided tour of Castello Volante in Italian Sign Language (LIS) - 1.00 pm | Flavours Without Borders
Tasting of the new menu designed to cater for ‘every need’
Over the past nine months, the three cultural and creative enterprises – Multiservice Eco, Coolclub and Big Sur – which, since 2017, together with the Municipality of Corigliano d’Otranto, have been coordinating the project to enhance Castello De’ Monti (winner of the Puglia Region’s call for proposals for the enhancement of cultural attractions) – have been working with APS 34° Fuso and the University of Salento to make the ancient fortress a more open and accessible place for everyone, by integrating technology and humanity.
Since its inception, the Castello Volante project has been a multidisciplinary workshop where history, architecture, cinema, music, photography, writing, gastronomy and craftsmanship come together and engage in dialogue. A network of creative workshops, a major hub for the visual and performing arts connected to the local area and community, dedicated to the rediscovery and preservation of intangible heritage, artistic practice, and the nurturing of soaring ideas.
Thanks to this new initiative, the monumental complex will be increasingly able to ensure accessibility and sustainability through a series of measures to implement the plan for the removal of architectural barriers, a specific training programme for staff, the creation of new museum itineraries and a website, and accessible communication.
FREE ENTRY
Info: info@ilcastellovolante.it
