The document outlines the 'Interferenze/Liminaria' symposium held in Sweden on June 13, 2015, focused on exploring rural territories in the Mediterranean and their cultural, historical, and environmental richness. It discusses the transformation of these areas through modern technology and community engagement as part of the Interferenze New Arts Festival. The initiative emphasizes sustainability and the integration of local resources into contemporary life, showcasing various programs and projects aimed at redefining rural identity.

1. Interferenze / Liminaria
exploring rural territory as a (new) medium -
experimenting models and approaching rural
territories in the Mediterranean area
Symposium on Self-Organisation in Art
Riksutställningar / Art Lab Gnesta
Gnesta, Sweden
13th of June, 2015
Leandro Pisano
curator, writer, new media producer

2. how the globalization process has changed the concept of time and space
in contemporary geography
"In Summer of 1969, we thought to enter the era of space, as cosmos. But
we didn't know we celebrated the death of space: on the same days in the
USA two computers started to communicate, reducing atoms to immaterial
information units" (Franco Farinelli)

3. a vertical overview
• increasing the
value of cultural,
historical,
productive and
environmental
richness of one
territory
• improving all
peculiar resources
of a territory

4. from global to glocal:
the distinctive elements of the rural territory as an
essential benefit

5. Irpinia

6. Irpinia
view of Cairano village from Lake of Conza

7. Irpinia
Mephite Sulphur Spring, Valle d’Ansanto

8. Irpinia
Pecorino di Carmasciano Cheese

9. Irpinia
Mastroberardino Company’s Taurasi Wine Cellar, Atripalda
Irpinia DOCG Wines:
- Taurasi (red)
- Fiano di Avellino (white)
- Greco di Tufo (white)

10. re-design the identity
of a rural territory:
Interferenze new arts festival
Mediaterrae Vol.1

11. Interferenze new arts festival:
investigating and experimenting relations and
intersections among new technologies, territorial
roots and cultures

13. Interferenze 2004

16. Interferenze 2005

17. Interferenze 2005

18. Interferenze 2005

19. Interferenze 2005

20. Interferenze 2005

21. Interferenze 2005

23. Interferenze 2006

24. Interferenze 2006

25. the sound of the performance as a social sculpture
something focused on the value of the time, the importance of slowness, the sense of the
place
VERDICHTUNG VON: VALLE CAUDINA

26. Interferenze 2006

27. Mediaterrae Vol.1:
documenting the cultural and environmental
heritage of a whole territory, between nature
and technology, tradition and vangard,
past and future

28. The Carnival of
Montemarano:
the Tarantella tradition

29. Mediaterrae vol.1 - 2007

30. Mediaterrae vol.1 - 2007

31. Mediaterrae vol.1 - 2007

32. Mediaterrae vol.1 - 2007

33. Interferenze Seeds Tokyo 2010

34. Interferenze Seeds Tokyo 2010

35. Interferenze Seeds Tokyo 2010

37. Interferenze 2010 - Rurality 2.0

38. Interferenze 2010 - Rurality 2.0

39. Interferenze 2010
CLICK’N’FOOD
...a path that, through projects based on evidence, creative intelligence and sensory experience,
is design to promote/foster a virtuous cycle where the quality of production and the consumption
of food is inextricably linking to sustainability, environmental quality and social relations

40. Interferenze 2010
CLICK’N’FOOD
a panoramic of performances based on the relation
among food, sound, new media art

41. “You can't grow food with an iPhone app,
but Tana Sprague can sample the sounds of Caciocavallo cheese maturing.
I was curious, when I first heard about it, as to the meaning of 'Rurality 2.0'
the theme of the Interferenze festival in Italy. So now I know.“
(John Thackara)

42. Irpinia Field Works - 2011

43. FARM/Interferenze 2012
Oenosthesia project: Jo Burzynska aka Stanier Black-Five working
on sound and taste of Greco di Tufo DOCG Wine

44. FARM/Interferenze 2012
Binding to the critical analysis of the economy, culture and society in the
rural areas, in order to identify suitable, innovative and sustainable ways
able to integrate the potentiality and the resources of these territories in
the flow of contemporary life

45. Barsento Mediascape (2013)

46. Narrating and Performing Rurality: Barsento Mediascape
(2013)

47. Barsento Mediascape (2013)

48. Towards a network-based project with local rural communities:
Liminaria 2014

49. Towards a network-based project with local / rural communities:
Liminaria 2014

50. Liminaria 2014: a (post)-digital storytelling about the rural region of Fortore

51. Liminaria 2015: a community in practice

60. extending awareness on rural territory potential
as a fruition place of an all-embracing experience

61. The territory, not anymore
as a geographic place or a
branding system, becomes
an inland space into the media
system, transforming itself
in a medium

62. year 2003 2006 2010 2013 2015
fundings/
grants
local
institutions,
international
institutions
local
institutions,
EEUU
fundings,
international
institutions
local
institutions +
local
companies
local
institutions +
LAG (Leader
+ EEUU
program)
local
institutions +
local
community
area Irpinia Irpinia Irpinia Barsento Fortore
core
festival
(entertainment)
festival +
residencies
festival +
residencies
residencies hybrid format
network local
local,
international
local,
international
local
local,
international
model self-organized
co-produced
with
institutions
co-produced
with
institutions
co-produced
with
institutions
self-organized
approach top > down top > down top > down top > down bottom > up
Interferenze / Liminaria project analysis: 2003 - 2015

63. www.leandropisano.it
further info:
Interferenze new arts festival:
ewww.interferenze.org
Mediaterrae Vol.1:
ewww.mediaterrae.com
leandropisano@gmail.com