Enrico Malatesta
In questo frangente
a cura di VOGA Art Project – Flavia Tritto and Nicola Guastamacchia with Threes Productions
Enrico Malatesta, Texture sonora 1, 2022. Natural membrane mounted on a 20-inch frame. Ph Enrico Malatesta
"A surface between map and sonic instrument that helps orient oneself, but not in a conventional way: it instead invites one to get lost, to explore space through touch and listening. An open-ended instrument that encourages slowing down and paying attention to the sounds that pass through Ischitella and their resonances."
In questo frangente is an acoustic, tactile, and visual map that invites in an abstract and subjective experience of the soundscape of Ischitella.
The brass plate, treated through oxidation and fire, is engraved with symbols and graphic signs that transcribe environmental sounds, urban reverberations and acoustic traces, outlining a constellation of sensory cues that prompts passersby to rework their own listening experience.
The map presents itself both as a resonant surface and as an unconventional topographic chart: it can be traversed with the gaze, struck with the hands, listened to with the ears, and crossed with the body. It does not describe the territory nor orient toward a destination, but rather opens up a personal, situated and embodied way of engaging with this portion of the world.
Inspired by A Journey Around My Room by Xavier de Maistre, the work understands movement as an intimate and perceptual gesture. Like ancient tactile maps and memory sticks, it unfolds sensitive geographies in the encounter between the territory and those who move through it.
In the making of listening: unstable maps of Ischitella
27 and 28 May 2026, h. 18:00
Museo Civico Cigno Nero, Via Nazzario Sauro, Ischitella (FG)
Through practices of listening, walking, and sensory mapping, participants in the participatory workshop led by Enrico Malatesta and Chiara Pavolucci will explore the territory through sound, co-creating maps made of perceptions, memories, and acoustic traces. The body and movement become tools of relation, and the landscape reveals itself as a shared, situated, and constantly evolving experience.
Thanks to: Mayor Alessandro Nobiletti, Deputy Mayor Giuseppe D’Errico, Councillor Lucrezia Cilenti and the entire municipal administration, the Superintendency for BAT and Foggia, Pro Loco Uria, Emanuel Castelluccia, the Pietro Giannone I.O.C., Illuminati Fest, and the Casa di Babette–Teatro Giò company.
Enrico Malatesta is an artist working in experimental fields across music, performance, and territorial inquiry. His practice explores the relationships between sound, space, and movement, with a focus on surfaces, modes of listening, and an ecological approach to percussive actions.He has presented his work in Italy and internationally at festivals and major institutions, including the Venice Biennale, Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan, Museion in Bolzano, Blank Forms, the Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, and the Bourse de Commerce in Paris. He is currently active as a visiting lecturer at several academic institutions.
He is a recipient of the Italian Council 2025 award and is among the artists selected for the SHAPE+ Platform 2024–2025, a European initiative supporting innovative music and sound arts.
VOGA Art Project è uno spazio indipendente per la ricerca e sperimentazione artistica in Puglia, a cura di Nicola Guastamacchia e Flavia Tritto. Dal 2021 sviluppa mostre, residenze, talk e laboratori, unendo una programmazione internazionale con il contesto locale e favorendo processi di scambio tra artiste, artisti e realtà culturali del territorio. Il nome del progetto – un invito a navigare insieme – definisce un posizionamento critico radicato nel cuore del Mediterraneo e orientato alla costruzione di nuove sinergie culturali. Per Una Boccata d’Arte in Puglia, ha curato i progetti di Simone Bacco a Spinazzola (2022), Evita Vasiljeva a Maruggio (2023), Emanuele Marullo a Poggiorsini (2024), e Aymen Mbarki a Sammichele di Bari (2025).
Threes Productions è un’agenzia creativa impegnata nella sostenibilità culturale che sviluppa e promuove progetti sperimentali nel campo della musica e dell’arte. Attraverso una metodologia improntata su ricerca e innovazione, Threes Productions si è affermata come una piattaforma multidisciplinare e collaborativa, che spazia dalla progettazione e organizzazione di eventi, fino allo sviluppo di contenuti editoriali e musicali.
Perched between Lake Varano and the Adriatic Sea, Ischitella lies in the heart of the Gargano. Its historic center—hosting Palazzo Ventrella, the Mother Church, Sant’Eustachio, and the Convent of San Francesco—tells centuries of history. A powerful symbol of local identity is the Tree of San Francesco, an ancient cypress associated with the tradition of the Saint’s passage: uprooted by a storm yet still alive, it stands as a sign of faith and resilience. Even today, though dried out, it remains a guardian of memory and popular tales, deeply rooted in the local identity. The patronal festivals of Sant’Eustachio and of the Madonna Assunta with San Rocco mark the year with rituals, music, and conviviality. A land of olive trees and citrus groves, the town maintains a deep connection with the Gargano landscape.