Corigliano d’Otranto becomes the ideal setting for a journey of rediscovery of places overlooked by history. A wild and untamed natural world, long kept at bay, is reclaiming houses, alleyways and nooks and crannies. The town loses its original function as a defence against the outside world, allowing itself to be overrun by wild creatures that are not always welcome, but are harmless. These animals slither along the town’s main streets, occupying ten of the many abandoned dwellings in the village, reawakening memories of lives linked to the nearby countryside. Snakes hoping to become part of the village’s daily life, breathing new, wild life into it.
‘(In)visible Things’ is a project by Big Sur, carried out as part of UCREATE in collaboration with Castello Volante and La Festa di Cinema del Reale, which saw a group of young Apulian artists engaged in a co-creation process alongside the local community.The training programme, funded by the European Union, was led by Alessia Rollo, Paolo Pisanelli and Francesco Maggiore and was carried out in collaboration with other international partners.
