artist residency talk / meet-the-artists event
Sunday 22 November, h. 18:00
Sala Consiliare, Petralia Sottana (PA)
FREE ENTRY
Federico Mattioli
There are six thousand officially recognised languages in the world. Between 50% and 90% of them will disappear by 2100. My grandparents’ language, Emiliano, will not survive—nor will Guaraní, Welsh, Saxon, or Ainu. Grandmother Tongue is a theatrical investigation into how and why languages vanish, die, or are killed.
Not the mother tongue, but the grandmother tongue. A language without a state, literature, or schools. Passed down solely by word of mouth.
There are six thousand officially recognised languages in the world. Between 50% and 90% of them will disappear by 2100. My grandparents’ language, Emiliano, will not survive—nor will Guaraní, Welsh, Saxon, or Ainu. Grandmother Tongue is a theatrical investigation into how and why languages vanish, die, or are killed.
Not the mother tongue, but the grandmother tongue. A language without a state, literature, or schools. Passed down solely by word of mouth.
By: Federico Mattioli
Performer: Elena Orsini
Videography: Margherita Orsini
Production: Teatro Argot
Residency: Casa Mestica, with the support of Regione Marche and MiC (Italian Ministry of Culture)
As part of INNESTI 2026, an artist residency programme by IterCulture APS, in collaboration with the Municipality of Petralia Sottana
Federico (1998) is a playwright and researcher, graduated from the Iolanda Gazzerro School – ERT. He works on documentary and investigative theatre projects, combining ethnography and new technologies. Among his most recent works, Il Macello, which explores the relationship between animal meat and labour as the result of a year-long research in Italian slaughterhouses, was presented in staged readings at Teatro Stabile di Torino, Teatro Elfo Puccini, and Teatro Stabile di Bolzano, and debuted at the Materia Prima Festival 2025, winning the Youth Jury Award at the Teatri Riflessi Festival 2024. AI<3PORN, which investigates the relationship between pornography and Artificial Intelligence, was presented at Teatro Stabile del Veneto and Kyber Teatro (Cagliari). He is a PhD candidate in Literature at the University of Turin, researching the project Artificial Theatre.
Federico (1998) is a playwright and researcher, graduated from the Iolanda Gazzerro School – ERT. He works on documentary and investigative theatre projects, combining ethnography and new technologies. Among his most recent works, Il Macello, which explores the relationship between animal meat and labour as the result of a year-long research in Italian slaughterhouses, was presented in staged readings at Teatro Stabile di Torino, Teatro Elfo Puccini, and Teatro Stabile di Bolzano, and debuted at the Materia Prima Festival 2025, winning the Youth Jury Award at the Teatri Riflessi Festival 2024. AI<3PORN, which investigates the relationship between pornography and Artificial Intelligence, was presented at Teatro Stabile del Veneto and Kyber Teatro (Cagliari). He is a PhD candidate in Literature at the University of Turin, researching the project Artificial Theatre.