Now in its third year, Residenza Radicale continues its journey of (very) loose analogy with the idea of roots in order to continue and deepen its exploration of Calabria.

Thanks to the work of the photographers who have taken part so far, the territory and its charms have been portrayed in an engaging and interesting way, as have the soil and its elements, the color of the landscape, some vestiges of the past, and the family sociality of small villages.

The 2026 edition focuses on where roots meet and manifest themselves strongly to find their space. In the encounter, therefore, in the affirmation of identities, in dialogue, in the visible result of a subsoil, or rather, in this case, of a human hypogeum. It will therefore be an urban edition, focused on the cities of Cosenza and Catanzaro, but always transcending the present as such, It will therefore be an urban edition, focused on the cities of Cosenza and Catanzaro, but always transcending the present as such, using it instead as the voice of a deeper echo.

The search for the fundamental and invisible elements of the territory and the people who live there, as in previous editions, is entrusted annually to three young authors whose different styles then come together in a single, multifaceted body. Residenza Radicale is an artist residency in the field of photography: a search for stories, landscapes, and a ‘supernatural’ that always begins by questioning the common matrix and hidden origins of the visible.

Diego Orlando
Artistic Director of Residenza Radicale