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Urban - NOMINEE: Federico Scarchilli
Matera
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The city of Matera has been declared European capital of culture 2019 but when Palmiro Togliatti, leader of the communist party visited it in 1948, he called it “National Shame”. Matera was affected by the post-war crisis: inside the traditional cave-dwellings men found themselves living together with animals, for this reason the diseases spread and the population was decimated by malaria.
In 1950 the Italian state decided to resolve the question Matera, the Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi issued the special law for the displacement of the Sassi; by requiring the population to move into the new districts thus favoring the emptying of the historic districts; Caveoso and Sasso Barisano. During these years film makers such as Mel Gibson, Pasolini and Tornatore got interested in Matera for their movie-setting.
In 1993 UNESCO declares Matera as a World Heritage Site and on 17th October 2014 Matera becomes European Capital of Culture 2019.
Matera is city, community, cohesion, it is willpower. Matera must be an example because is the exact symbol of life: the extreme initial difficulties, the arrival at the lowest point, the nickname “City of Shame”, the desire to get up, to redeem itself; the awareness of having strength, of rebelling and innovating; the climb up to touch the highest point with a new name, “City of European Culture”.
About author:
Federico Scarchilli is an artist who researches landscape and architecture through
photography. He is always interested in creating links between viewer and landscape,
setting up scenes where everything is static like time was frozen. Federico is fascinated
by spiritual places, he always tries to surprise the spectators by making photographies that
do not match reality, bringing them into new words filled with colors and lights.
Federico works as teacher of Landscape Photography and Photoshop at “Accademia
Fotografica”, he has been chosen as artist for representing Italy at “Juene Creation
Europeenne” showing his work in 7 different European countries. He also has been
awarded with Feta Merit as Emerging Talent Award by European Photography Federation.
In 2015 Federico has participated at the Art Castle International Residence, where spent 2
months living in a small village of South India and working with other artists on the indian
architecture, during that time Federico was giving lectures about art and photography to
the resident. He graduated in Photography (BA) at European Institute of Design in Rome.
In 1950 the Italian state decided to resolve the question Matera, the Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi issued the special law for the displacement of the Sassi; by requiring the population to move into the new districts thus favoring the emptying of the historic districts; Caveoso and Sasso Barisano. During these years film makers such as Mel Gibson, Pasolini and Tornatore got interested in Matera for their movie-setting.
In 1993 UNESCO declares Matera as a World Heritage Site and on 17th October 2014 Matera becomes European Capital of Culture 2019.
Matera is city, community, cohesion, it is willpower. Matera must be an example because is the exact symbol of life: the extreme initial difficulties, the arrival at the lowest point, the nickname “City of Shame”, the desire to get up, to redeem itself; the awareness of having strength, of rebelling and innovating; the climb up to touch the highest point with a new name, “City of European Culture”.
About author:
Federico Scarchilli is an artist who researches landscape and architecture through
photography. He is always interested in creating links between viewer and landscape,
setting up scenes where everything is static like time was frozen. Federico is fascinated
by spiritual places, he always tries to surprise the spectators by making photographies that
do not match reality, bringing them into new words filled with colors and lights.
Federico works as teacher of Landscape Photography and Photoshop at “Accademia
Fotografica”, he has been chosen as artist for representing Italy at “Juene Creation
Europeenne” showing his work in 7 different European countries. He also has been
awarded with Feta Merit as Emerging Talent Award by European Photography Federation.
In 2015 Federico has participated at the Art Castle International Residence, where spent 2
months living in a small village of South India and working with other artists on the indian
architecture, during that time Federico was giving lectures about art and photography to
the resident. He graduated in Photography (BA) at European Institute of Design in Rome.