Trame di Luna

Trame di Luna is the name of the new cultural festival that took place on 13 August 2025, in our community of Filignano.

The Italian word ‘trame’ can mean framework, plot, or story and also the horizontal ‘weft’ threads in woven fabric. ‘Luna’ is of course ‘moon’.

The festival was initiated and supported by the Municipality of Filignano, and was lead by Councillor Pierluigi Iannarelli who is a Digital Artist / UI/UX Designer.

A programme of exhibitions and workshops, a guided walk and a concert brought together works by artists and designers from the region of Molise. A new presentation titled ‘The Story of Migration’ showed this important part of Filignano’s history using carefully selected archival photographs from the local collection ‘The Museum for the Memory of the Territory’ that has been established by its Keeper, Eugenio Verrecchia. The Mario Lanza Museum’s collection includes the operatic tenor and Hollywood star’s costumes, LP records, documentary photographs and memorabilia relating to his public performances. Lanza’s family is from Collemacchia, and their home was on the site now occupied by one of The Museum of Loss and Renewal’s work-live residency buildings.

I was delighted to be invited to help plan and realise the festival, and to curate a programme of video works. The artists that I in turn invited from around the world have each been in residence with The Museum of Loss and Renewal, in Collemacchia (Italy) and/or in Scotland’s Orkney Islands. Their video works investigate and present ideas about ‘place’, with a focus on human and more-than-human aspects and relationships. The ideas for many of the works shown started while the artists were in residence and share with inhabitants fascinating perspectives on each place that situate the local within global issues.

This was a joyous occasion, wholeheartedly supported by the community through attendance and participation.

I would like to extend heartfelt thanks to all who made the festival happen, and especially to the artists who responded so generously by contributing a video work to make such a rich programme.

Artists / Video programme

Anna Ridderstad / Sweden
Huan Wang / China
Annabel Howland / The Netherlands
Friederike Landau-Donnelly / Germany
Carla Smith / Scotland
Demelza Kooij / The Netherlands
Maree Hensey and Sohrab Uduman / Ireland
Melissa Joakim / Canada
Antonio Forte / USA
Yage Si / China
Alexa Wright / England
Daan Mulder / The Netherlands
Theres K Agdler / Sweden
Natalie Doonan / Canada
Viola Chen / Canada
Rina Treml & Waltraud P. Indrist / Austria
Eva Swennen / Belgium
Jessica Morgun / Canada
Katia Nethercot / England
Nicola Harwood / Canada
Philippa Stewart / England
Emily Fong / Australia

Images from top left
Sugo, Carla Smith, Video, 00:05:00, 2023
Exhibition, The Museum for the Memory of the Territory, 2025
In Time, Melissa Joakim, Video, 00:04:40, 2025
Exhibition, The Museum for the Memory of the Territory
Guided walk from Filignano to Piricocco to Bottazella
A Door into the dark, Natalie Doonan, Video, 00:02:00, 2025
Workshop, Making paints/dyes from Plants, Giada Iannetta, 2025
Poster, Trame di Luna, Pierluigi Iannarelli, 2025