Feelm – From primitives to the future, under the artistic direction of Ginevra Nervi

The artistic residency, conceived, produced and promoted by Coolclub as part of the SEI Festival, organised in collaboration with the Centro Sperimentale di Roma, the Cineteca di Milano and the DAMS department at the University of Salento, will conclude on Saturday 25 June (free admission) with a final performance showcasing the work of the five artists involved. Featuring Ginevra Nervi, who was nominated last April for a David di Donatello Award in the ‘Best Original Song’ category for ‘Miles Away’ and whose album ‘The Disorder Of Appearances’ (La Tempesta), she will be joined by the Apulian saxophonist and composer Valerio Cosi, the Apulian drummer and composer Walter Forestiere, the Japanese pianist and producer Midori Hirano, and the Greek electronic musician and producer Jay Glass Dubs.

Produced by Raggio Films in Milan in 1918, “La morte che assolve” is the only surviving film starring the great silent-film diva Elettra Raggio. Directed by Carlo Alberto Lolli, the film also features the renowned stage actor Ermete Novelli, appearing here in his final film role. An eclectic artist, Elettra Raggio was an actress, film producer and writer. In the late 1950s, she donated her archive of photographs, film clips, promotional material and the only surviving copy of the film *La morte che assolve* – restored by the Cineteca di Milano – to the Fondazione Cineteca Italiana.

The evening will begin at 7.30 pm with an introductory talk featuring Paolo Tosini (lecturer in Film History at the University of Salento), Matteo Pavesi (director of the Milan Film Archive) and Valentina Rossetto (Experimental Centre of Cinematography). At 9.00 pm, a group of DAMS students – Giacomo Scardia, Gianni Sciambarruto, Simone Carrino, Francesco Grassi and Edoardo Presicce – will provide a live soundtrack for Nello Mauri’s “Idillio infranto” (1931). As far as we know at present, this is the first film conceived, produced and shot in Puglia, but it is also the last Italian silent film. Nothing is yet known about the director or his alleged wife, Dirce Greselin, an actress who played a supporting role in the film. Following the live soundtrack performance directed by Ginevra Nervi, the evening will conclude with a DJ set on the terraces of Castello Volante.

The Feelm residency will be documented in a film directed by Davide Faggiano and produced as part of the Puglia Sounds Producers 2022 programme organised by the Puglia Region (POC Puglia 2007/2013 – ‘Development of cultural and entertainment activities’ initiative).

FeelM heralds a packed summer programme for the 16th edition of the SEI Festival (advance tickets available on Dice.Fm). Under the slogan #ShapeTheFuture, from 28 to 31 July at the Castello Volante in Corigliano d’Otranto, the Salento festival conceived, produced and promoted by Coolclub, under the artistic direction of Cesare Liaci, will present a packed programme of concerts, talks, screenings and other opportunities for engagement, featuring guests including Arab Strap, Black Midi, Dengue Dengue Dengue, Ditonellapiaga, Mombao, Nickodemus and Ceri. Once again this year, there will be a number of ‘OFF’ events featuring Venerus and Mace (8 August) and Psicologi (20 August) at Parco Gondar in Gallipoli, Pop X and bnkr44 (15 August) at the Tagghiate Urban Factory in Lecce; and, above all, the eagerly awaited concert by the American band Pixies (postponed for two years due to the pandemic), who will perform on 16 August in Piazza Libertini, Lecce. The Sei Festival, which in recent years has received recognition from the Fus – Mibac’s Single Fund for the Performing Arts – is organised under the patronage of the Puglia Region, the Municipality of Corigliano d’Otranto, the Municipality of Lecce (as part of the LecceinScena programme), the Puglia Creativa Production District, with the support of Vini Garofano, and in collaboration with Dice.fm, Castello Volante, Bass Culture, Parco Gondar, Tagghiate Urban Festival and numerous public and private organisations.