A Mediterranean tale that
invites you to explore, listen to, and experience
the project
FOVEA
The name comes from the millennia-old granaries of the Sassi, the *foggiali*, but also from the fovea of our retina: that small part that allows us to see details and colors clearly.
Everyone has their own fovea; everyone has a unique way of seeing the world.
In the ancient underground chambers, the senses are heightened. Every artist and every visitor who passes through FOVEA opens themselves up to their inner world and allows themselves to be swept away by the primordial sensations of this city layered with millennia of history
the goal
Matera and the Mediterranean
At the heart of FOVEA lies the convergence of a place’s roots and the language of the contemporary world, between those who travel and those who create, between Matera and its very soul, and between local and international artists who find a rare space here: an environment that resonates, responds, and amplifies.
FOVEA is Matera rising again,
from a forgotten place to the voice of the contemporary Mediterranean
A story to be explored, listened to, and felt
About Us
A family
FOVEA is a project by Raffaele and Erasmo, two brothers from Matera who have brought this place back to life with their own hands and hearts, supported by their family—Giuseppe and Tina—the custodians of a space that is unique in the world.
Today, this family invites you to cross this threshold with the same passion with which it was first opened:
—going beyond the bare rock, learning to read the history of the Sassi di Matera with fresh eyes. Eyes as fresh as only your own can make every gaze—unique and unrepeatable
