This year, In-ruins finds its way to Puglia for the first time. After the editions in Calabria and Basilicata, the project does not revolve around a defined archaeological site, but instead unfolds across an entire city: Canosa di Puglia. Here, archaeology permeates the urban fabric – it is fragmented, often subterranean. A submerged geography that transforms the city into a constellation of buried places, undermining the very notion of a “site.”

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We also shift, for the first time, from the Ionian to the Adriatic shore: beyond the canonical boundaries attributed to Magna Graecia. This displacement expands not only the geographical scope, but the conceptual one as well. Immersion in such a stratified landscape becomes possible through the strategic collaboration with the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Foggia and BAT, the generous hospitality of the Municipality of Canosa, and the patronage of Fondazione Archeologica Canosina. This synergy opens the doors to rarely accessible spaces, allowing the residency to become a genuine field investigation – also thanks to the involvement and scientific collaboration with the Inter-University School of Specialization in Archaeological Heritage of the Universities of Bari “Aldo Moro” and Foggia.

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The 2025 residency is hosted by the Superintendency of Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape for the provinces of Foggia and BAT and the Municipality of Canosa; organized in collaboration with Fondazione Elpis; under the patronage of Fondazione Archeologica Canosina; and with the academic partnership of University College London (UCL), AHA Network, and Arts Council England, coordinated by Nastassja Simensky.

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Media partner: Salgemma

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Design: Studio Co-Co