Who we are

Nomad Studio
Publishing

An independent platform for field research, publishing and sensorial journeys. Born in Sicily, moving across territories exploring the relationship between people, nature and places in their raw essence.

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Nomad Studio Publishing

What we do

Nomad Studio Publishing

What we cultivate

Authors walking on a forest road in the fog

Raw Journeys

Immersive field research residence into raw territories

A photographer in Mediterranean scrubland above the sea

Workshop

Observation, photography, creative mapping, field narration

Nomad Studio Publishing

Latest from the field

Lichen texture on coastal rock
Next project

Metro quadro

One square metre on the deserted southern coast of Sicily. Chosen, marked, returned to across seasons. A long-term observation exercise on what the eye skips when it moves.

Coming soon
In progress · 2026–2027

Alberi Mediterraneo

The Mediterranean tree as biological archive, cultural threshold and sensory instrument. Field research across three territories.

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Completed · Oct 2025

Raw Pantelleria

First field research project. Volcanic island, raw matter, ancestral landscape. 7 authors, 5 days on the island.

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Nomad Studio Publishing

Raw – A Sensorial Journal of Places

Issue 0 – Raw Pantelleria

Field research notes from Pantelleria.
Photography, literary texts, visual atlas.
Biannual, independent, printed.

Discover Issue 0
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Next Raw Journey

nomadstudiopublishing.com/journeys

Raw Journeys

Immersive creative experiences in raw territories. For photographers, designers, writers and artists ready to move through a place with full sensory attention.

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Next journey / Raw Tunisia

Raw Tunisia
– Spring 2027

6 days in Tunisia. Arid landscapes, oases, olive groves, desert margins, ancient gardens. The Mediterranean at its most raw. 6–8 participants. Your material may be published in Raw Magazine Issue 1 — Alberi Mediterraneo.

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* price announced to members first

Group

6–8 participants max

Duration

6 days · Spring 2027

Who

Photographers, designers, writers, artists, videomakers

Output

Raw archive + possible Raw Magazine credit

An author explaining the territory in a foggy forest A full moon over a hilltop lighthouse on Pantelleria at dusk A videomaker framing a shot Authors on a red dirt track near a stone hut on a ridge An author smelling a mushroom in a misty forest Orange off-road cars parked in the fog A naturalist photographer with a long lens among volcanic rocks Prickly pears and palms on Pantelleria under a grey sky Volcanic ridge with stone houses and steam at sunset
What is a Raw Journey

Six days of research
in a specific territory.

A Raw Journey is an immersive experience guided by the Nomad Studio Publishing research method. You move through the landscape, listen to it, and produce material from it with full sensory attention. Selected outputs enter the Raw archive and may be published in the Raw Magazine issue dedicated to that territory. You become part of the Nomadic Authorship Circuit.

What's included

Accommodation · Guided field sessions · Curatorial direction · Daily collective restitution · Archive access

What you take home

Field material · Possible Raw Magazine credit · Entry into the Nomadic Authorship Circuit

Who guides you

A small team from the circuit, in the field with you.

  • Creative Direction

    Francesco Cusumano

  • Experience design

    Margherita Dall'Oglio

  • Photography

    Fabio Florio

  • Photographer · Naturalist

    Alessandro Barra

  • Field guide · Writing

    Luca Di Giacomo

  • Video

    Tony Capelli

  • Every Raw Journey is led by authors of the Nomadic Authorship Circuit. Each brings a different instrument to the same territory.

    Meet the circuit →
  • Authors walking along a dry-stone wall beneath a tall palm
The structure of a Raw day

From first light
to collective restitution.

Each day follows a rhythm designed to move between attention and reflection, between individual practice and collective intelligence. The territory sets the agenda. The structure makes space for it.

  • Breakfast & briefing
  • Mapping the territory
  • Production in the field
  • Return to base
  • Dinner
  • Collective restitution
Join Raw Tunisia 2027
FAQ

Who can join?

Raw Journeys welcome every creative ready to explore a territory with full attention. The method suits all levels of experience.

How many spots are available?

6–8 participants per journey. Small groups give the experience its depth.

What discipline is the journey for?

Any creative discipline in art and design. Photography, video, writing, design, sound — or any combination. Each participant follows their own practice while sharing the territory.

What happens with the material I produce?

Your work is yours. A selection may be proposed for the Raw archive and magazine, always with your agreement and credited.

What does the price cover?

Accommodation, guided sessions and curatorial direction. Participants arrange their own travel to the departure city.

Past journeys · Sept–Oct 2025

Pantelleria — The first Raw Journey

5 days on a volcanic island. 7 authors. Material published in Raw Magazine Issue 0.

The inaugural edition of the Raw Journey format, and the full model behind every journey that follows.

Read the case study
Raw Tunisia · Spring 2027

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Members of the waitlist receive the programme, the price and the application form first. Applications open three months before departure.

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nomadstudiopublishing.com/manifesto

There is a fraction of a second

The moment before the mind steps in, organises, assigns meaning. That is exactly where we want to be.

Read the manifesto
Manifesto

We believe in returning to our roots.

In the gesture that precedes words, in the gaze that meets the raw matter even before it’s named.

Nomad Studio Publishing was created to explore all that’s raw, unpolished, alive.

We call something raw when it’s still unfiltered, untamed, unlabelled.

What is raw defies definitions — it’s the sacred source of every intuition.

Our approach is primaeval, not archaic: it’s an intuitive, direct sensorial means of perception that brings body and imagination to the heart of the creative process.

Francesco Cusumano
Creative Director

Principles
  1. 01

    We work with and within the landscape.

  2. 02

    We transform marginal territories into emotional maps.

  3. 03

    Raw matter is our alphabet.

  4. 04

    We reject homogeneity. We seek uncertainty.

  5. 05

    We are nomads, yet rooted.

  6. 06

    We are a studio and we know how to listen.

  7. 07

    We are publishers and collectors of signals.

  8. 08

    We gather what happens at the borders, during our expeditions, in those territories that withstand the noise.

From words to the field

Where the manifesto becomes practice.

nomadstudiopublishing.com/circuit

Nomadic Authorship Circuit

A living network of visionary authors, artists and researchers. A shifting constellation where voices meet, diverge and resurface.

Join the circuit
What is the circuit

A living constellation
of practitioners.

The Nomadic Authorship Circuit is the living network of authors, photographers, researchers, writers, sound designers and curators who collaborate with NSP on field research projects. Each project activates a different configuration of the circuit — some voices appear in one issue, others travel across several.

How to enter

Participating in a Raw Journey is the primary way to enter the circuit.

What members share

Access to the Raw archive, publishing opportunities in Raw Magazine, and a growing international network of collaborators.

Nomad Studio Publishing

Founding authorial core

Fifteen authors, four fields of practice. Each project activates a different constellation.

Founders 02

  • Founder · Creative DirectorFrancesco Cusumano
  • Co-founder · Experience designerMargherita Dall'Oglio

Image 07

  • PhotographerFabio Florio
  • Photographer · NaturalistAlessandro Barra
  • PhotographerGiacomo Bianco
  • VideomakerTony Capelli
  • PhotographerGianmarco Sanna
  • PhotographerSofia Uslenghi
  • PhotographerMarina Bocchetti

Word & research 05

  • Writer · Environmental guideLuca Di Giacomo
  • Archaeologist · CNRGiuseppe Cacciaguerra
  • CuratorPatrizia Impastato
  • Cultural DesignLaura Gullotta
  • WriterStefano Pandolfini

Sound 01

  • Sound designer · MusicianSebastiano M. Longo
How the circuit works

From the field to the page,
and back to the public.

01 · Field

A shared territory

Authors cross a place together during a Raw Journey, each with their own language: image, word, sound, research.

02 · Archive

The Raw archive

Field material enters a common archive, credited to each author and open to future projects of the circuit.

03 · Publication

Raw Magazine

A selection becomes an issue of Raw Magazine: one territory, many voices, a single printed atlas.

04 · Restitution

Exhibitions and talks

The work returns to the public as installations and presentations.

Join the circuit

The circuit grows
through Raw Journeys.

Participate in a field journey and produce work that enters the Raw archive: you become part of the constellation, and your name appears in Raw Magazine alongside the others.

Apply for Raw Tunisia 2027
Our approach

A circuit grows by encounter. Every journey adds new voices, and every voice changes the shape of the constellation.

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nomadstudiopublishing.com/partners

Partners &
collaborations

Every project grows together with a territory and with those who choose to invest in it. An open invitation to companies, institutions, foundations and public bodies to share the Raw method.

Forms of partnership
Why partner with NSP

Culture that grows
from a place.

Nomad Studio Publishing works where field research, publishing and experience meet. Each project starts from a specific territory and returns to it as a magazine issue, an installation, a journey, a community of authors. Partnering with NSP means taking part in this cycle: supporting research in the field, giving it a form, carrying it to new audiences.

A tested model

Raw Pantelleria brought seven authors, an island community and a European programme into a single project. The model is ready to travel to new territories.

Long-term and territory-based

Projects unfold across seasons and issues, with tangible outputs: publications, installations, archives, educational programmes.

Visible and credited

Every partner appears in the publication, in the public programme and in the communication of the project.

Forms of partnership

Six ways to build together

01 · Co-production

Project partnership

Co-design a field research project in your territory: a Raw Journey, a Raw Magazine issue, a site-specific installation. Shared authorship, shared outputs.

02 · Public bodies & EU programmes

Institutional projects

A cultural and creative partner for public programmes and European consortia on landscape, heritage and sustainable tourism, with method, authors and editorial production.

03 · Foundations & patrons

Support and patronage

Support a research project, a residency grant for young authors or a print run of Raw Magazine. Each contribution is credited in the publication and in the public programme.

04 · Companies & brands

Corporate culture

A curated programme in a real landscape for your team or your community: observation workshops, editorial projects, events where the place leads the experience.

05 · Schools & universities

Education

Field observation, sensory research and territorial narration as practical disciplines for students and teachers, in the classroom and in the field.

06 · Media & cultural venues

Exhibitions and publishing

Host an installation, a presentation of Raw Magazine or a public talk. Geografia Sensibile at Recontemporary, Turin, is the latest example.

How we work

From the first conversation
to the public restitution

01

Listening

A first meeting on your goals, your audience and the territory you care about.

02

Proposal

A tailored project with format, authors, timeline, budget and expected outputs.

03

Field

Research and production on site, with a shared calendar and regular updates.

04

Restitution

Publication, installation or public event, with documentation and credits for every partner.

Collaborations
  • Emotional SicilyCo-production of the Raw Pantelleria event, 2025
  • BEFutureRaw Pantelleria selected as a case study, 2025
  • ABADIR Design AcademyRaw Pantelleria talk and exhibition, December 2025
  • RecontemporaryHost of Geografia Sensibile, Turin, November 2026
  • Suq. Unconventional SicilyBrand identity by Nomad Studio Publishing. Conceived and creatively directed by us.
  • Pollino National ParkField research for Alberi Mediterraneo, 2026
  • Sila Park · The Giants of SilaField research for Alberi Mediterraneo, 2026
Become a partner

Let's build the next
territory together.

Write to us with a few lines about your organisation and the place you care about. We reply with a first proposal.

hi@nomadstudiopublishing.com
Our approach

Every collaboration starts from a territory and returns to it, leaving something to the place as well as to the people who shared the work.

Nomad Studio Publishing
Raw – A Sensorial Journal of Places

Issue 0
Raw Pantelleria

Seven authors, five days on a volcanic island, a single printed atlas. The first issue of Raw gathers the field material of Raw Pantelleria: photography, literary texts and a visual atlas of the island.

Edition
100 copies
Pages
160
Format
17 × 24 cm
Language
English · Italian
€47
Presale · Ships from December 2026
Three volumes of Raw Issue 0 on an oak table in the late light, with leaf shadows on the wall
Inside the issue

Turn the pages

01 / 06
Opening spread of Raw Issue 0: the sea seen from inside a volcanic cave
Spread with folded lava stone and dry herbs among volcanic rocks
Spread with a rock surface at night and a spider on a thread
Opening spread of the text The mistake of the sea by Luca Di Giacomo
Spread with a macro of a fern and a salt pool on stone
Spread with the text The last song of Mné set in four columns
Contents

In this issue

Bilingual, Italian and English. Two literary texts, a visual atlas and the voices of the authors in the field, opened by the manifesto of Nomad Studio Publishing.

  1. p. 08ManifestoNomad Studio Publishing
  2. p. 15Why RawWords Francesco Cusumano
  3. p. 30Raw PantelleriaWords Francesco Cusumano · Photography Fabio Florio
  4. p. 38The last song of MnéWords Giuseppe Cacciaguerra · Photography Alessandro Barra, Fabio Florio
  5. p. 76The mistake of the seaWords Luca Di Giacomo · Photography Fabio Florio
  6. p. 123AtlasPhotography Alessandro Barra, Giacomo Bianco, Fabio Florio
  7. p. 139In the fieldNotes and voices of the authors
  8. p. 159Fine art printsEvery photograph available as a print
The journal

One territory per issue.
Many voices.

BiannualTwo issues a year, each born from a field research project of Nomad Studio Publishing.
IndependentDesigned and printed in small editions, credited to every author of the circuit.
A sensorial atlasPhotography, literary texts and sound notes that return a place as it was crossed.
Raw

We publish what we gather in the field: a place before it becomes a story, kept on paper.

Nomad Studio Publishing
← What we do Creative & Brand Services

Telling a place as it really is.

We help brands, institutions and cultural organisations find a coherent, grounded identity through the lens of place. Artistic direction, editorial design, territorial narrative — built from direct observation of the real.

Services

From concept to final output

01

Artistic direction

We define the visual and conceptual identity of a project — from concept to final output.

02

Brand design

Visual identity systems, branded editorial objects, publications and catalogues. Designed to last.

03

Narrative strategy

We build the story architecture — what to say, in what order, with which voice and register.

04

Territorial storytelling

We research and document a territory through visual observation, interviews, field notes and archival material.

05

Visual research

Photography direction, image curation, archive building. We know how to look before we know what to show.

06

Cultural brand identity

For organisations and projects that need a cultural identity coherent with their territory and values.

Who we work with

Organisations ready to let the territory speak.

We choose our clients with care — organisations ready to slow down, observe, and let the territory speak.

  • Cultural institutions
  • Tourism boards
  • Architecture studios
  • Food & wine brands
  • Foundations
  • Publishing houses
  • Hotels & hospitality
  • Environmental organisations
We have worked with and within

  • Emotional Sicily

  • Suq. Unconventional Sicily

  • La Nicchia Pantelleria

  • Buahjar

  • Gibellina, Italian Capital of Contemporary Art

  • Fhaus

  • Sesi Archaeological Park, Pantelleria

  • Cuba Plant Nursery

  • Kirani Resort

  • Tenuta Borgia

  • Pollino National Park

  • FAI · The Giants of Sila

  • River Tribe

Start a project

Every engagement begins with a conversation.

Tell us what you're building, and we'll tell you honestly whether we're the right fit.

Our method

We look before we design. Every identity we build starts in the field, from the light, the matter and the voices of a place.

Nomad Studio Publishing
← What we do Cultural Events & Exhibitions

Place, identity and audience.

We design and produce cultural events where the space itself becomes the medium. Sensory storytelling, curated atmospheres, site-specific activations — from a single evening to multi-day programmes.

What we offer

Formats

01

Curated exhibitions

Photography, installation and visual research presented in unconventional spaces. Each show is a narrative act.

02

Site-specific performances

Sound, light, movement and text activated within a specific place — natural, industrial, archaeological.

03

Talks & public programmes

Conversations with artists, researchers and practitioners on landscape, ecology, creative practice and territorial identity.

04

Corporate & brand events

Cultural frameworks for companies and institutions. We bring editorial rigour, sensory depth and authorial identity to your event.

Recent work · October 2025 · Pantelleria

Raw Pantelleria — Event

Four days on Pantelleria with Emotional Sicily, within the EU-funded BEFuture initiative. Seventy local stakeholders shaped a programme across the Parco dei Sesi, the Mirror of Venus, Sataria and Tenuta Borgia. Geografia Sensibile opened the event and returns in a new version at Recontemporary, Turin, 27–29 November 2026.

Read the project
A musician performing with stone and electronics on a stage of volcanic stone Visitors in silhouette in front of the LED walls at night Guests listening in the evening light Visitors watching the installation in the dark A guest sitting among wild herbs Distilling wild herbs into a personal fragrance A guest with headphones during deep listening A projection of water light on a stone wall The closing table at Tenuta Borgia at night
How we work

Four phases

01

Research phase

We start from the place, the institution or the theme, and define the conceptual frame first.

02

Curation & authorship

We assemble the right voices from our authorial circuit — photographers, sound designers, writers, artists.

03

Production

From exhibition design to technical setup, print materials and communication — we manage the full production.

04

Activation

We bring audiences in through editorial storytelling, social presence and curatorial programming.

Raw Pantelleria event
Work with us

Museums, institutions, festivals, foundations and brands.

We work with organisations that want to build something with a real identity. Each project is developed on a custom basis, shaped by its context.

Our approach

Every event we design begins with the place itself: its light, its matter, the people who live it. The audience enters a territory, and the programme follows.

Nomad Studio Publishing

Shop

Raw Magazine and fine art prints from the field. Limited editions, shipped worldwide.

Limited editionsPrints in editions of 30, signed and numbered.
Museum qualityArchival pigment on cotton paper, framed by hand.
Worldwide shippingPacked with care, tracked to your door.
← What we cultivate Workshop

Before the image.
Before the word.

Our workshops are about slowing down and learning to observe before producing. Practical labs in the field or in the studio — for photographers, writers, designers and anyone working with place and perception.

See upcoming journeys
Workshop formats

Four labs

01

Observation lab

A guided practice in slowing down perception. Participants work with the tools of observation — walking, listening, notation — before touching a camera or pen.

Half-day · Full-day · Field

02

Photography & landscape

A practice of approach before technique. How to enter a territory with a camera and come out with material that holds something real. Conducted in the field, with immediate feedback.

1–3 days · Field · Max 8 participants

03

Creative mapping

Building personal maps of a territory — layering visual, written, sonic and spatial research. Participants produce a working archive during the session.

Full-day · Studio + field

04

Field narration

Writing from place. Active notation, sensory record, material language — the writing as instrument of attention. Participants come out with raw material they can then shape.

1–2 days · Field

An author writing field notes by headlamp in a cave A crab shell in a pool among wet black rocks A videomaker with a camera rig on lichen-covered rocks at sunset A lighthouse on a volcanic headland at sunset Hands reading a map of Pantelleria on a tiled table Sunlight reflected in a pool on cracked ground An author in a wide-brimmed hat during a field session Volcanic cliffs framing the open sea Authors walking down a dirt track at dusk A hand pressed into sand under shallow water The road to the sea seen from inside a car at sunset
Who they're for

Anyone working with place and perception.

Workshops can be standalone or embedded inside a Raw Journey. Participants who produce material during a workshop may contribute it to the Raw archive.

Participants

Creative practitioners

Photographers, visual artists, writers, journalists and designers.

Architects & researchers

Those who read a territory through space, matter and inquiry.

Company teams & students

Groups who want to train attention together, in the field or in the studio.

Workshops within Raw Journeys

The workshop and the journey are one practice.

Every Raw Journey includes a workshop component. Participants are guided through observation and production practices each day.

Explore Raw Journeys
Our approach

We slow down before we produce. Walking, listening and noting come first; the image and the word arrive later, carrying what the place has given.

Nomad Studio Publishing
← What we cultivate Educational Programs

Teaching
to observe.

We collaborate with schools, design academies and universities to introduce field observation, sensory research and territorial narration as practical disciplines — living methods woven into how students work.

Programme formats

Four formats

01

Guest lectures & seminars

Single sessions introducing NSP methodology — field research, sensory observation, editorial translation. Suitable for any level, adaptable to the course curriculum.

2–4 hours · In-studio or remote

02

Workshop modules

Multi-session programmes integrated into a course. Students develop a field observation practice over several weeks, culminating in a small publication or presentation.

4–12 sessions · Semester-ready

03

Field trips & study trips

One or two-day field activities where students apply the NSP observation method in a real territory. Guided by NSP and contributing authors.

1–2 days · Field

04

Thesis & research support

Collaboration with individual students or research groups whose work overlaps with NSP's territories and methods.

On request

The panel of authors presenting Nomad Studio Publishing to students A dammuso among the maquis above the sea Hands holding sea urchins and shells gathered on the shore A path between red volcanic rocks leading to a white building A spider walking on a single thread against a blue sky Two speakers in conversation during a talk Students reading the wall text at the ABADIR exhibition Volcanic rocks in silhouette against a pale sea at dusk
The NSP approach

Attention, slowness, staying long enough to hear a place.

We teach the conditions that make good photography and writing possible. Students who go through an NSP programme often describe it as a fundamental shift in how they work. That's what we're after.

Existing collaborations

ABADIR Design Academy

Ongoing collaboration on visual research and editorial practice. Francesco Cusumano is a faculty member.

Pollino National Park

Field education on the Bosnian pine and the high-altitude ecosystems of the massif.

Sila Park · The Giants of Sila

Field education in the reserve of centuries-old Calabrian pines.

Start a collaboration

Observing the world carefully is a discipline worth teaching.

If that sounds like your school or programme, let's talk.

Our approach

We bring students into the field to learn a way of looking: slow, attentive, physical. The territory becomes the classroom, and attention becomes a method.

Nomad Studio Publishing
← What we cultivate Raw Journeys — Research residencies

Into the territory. With purpose.

Raw Journeys are research residencies in motion — field inquiry, active production, full sensory presence. You arrive with a practice and leave with material.

Explore Raw JourneysSee our field research
What makes a Raw Journey

Four elements

01

A real territory

Every journey is rooted in a specific place selected for its ecological, cultural and sensory density — chosen for its rawness.

02

A research frame

Each journey runs alongside an active NSP research project. Participants' material is part of the same inquiry.

03

A working group

6–8 participants selected for complementary practices — a small, intentional group.

04

A lasting archive

All material produced enters the Raw archive. The best work may be published in Raw Magazine — a direct line from field to print.

Nomad Studio Publishing

Journeys

Spring 2027

Raw Tunisia

Six days in Tunisia. Arid landscapes, oases, olive groves, desert margins, ancient gardens. Linked to the Alberi Mediterraneo research project.

Join the waitlist
Completed · Oct 2025

Raw Pantelleria

The origin journey. Five days on a volcanic island — 7 authors, one research direction, one emerging publication. Everything that followed started here.

Read the project
Who applies

Seriousness of practice, openness, curiosity.

Selection is based on a portfolio and a short statement of intent. We look for openness to working within a shared frame, and genuine curiosity about the territory.

PhotographersVisual artistsWritersSound designersArchitectsGraphic designersDocumentary filmmakersResearchers
Enter the circuit

Your name in Raw Magazine.

Participating in a Raw Journey means entering the Nomadic Authorship Circuit — a living network of researchers, artists and practitioners whose work connects across projects and publications.

About the Circuit
Apply or stay informed

Applications open 3 months before each journey.

To be notified first, join the waitlist or subscribe to the newsletter.

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← Latest from the field
Research project · Manifesto projectNSP · R01

Raw
Pantelleria

The first Raw Journey and the manifesto project of Nomad Studio Publishing. A volcanic island, seven authors, five days of full attention, and five outputs that carried the island into a residency, an event, two installations and a book.

Status
Completed · Ongoing outputs
Period
2025–2026
Territory
Pantelleria
Sicily
Disciplines
Photography, writing, mapping, sound, video
Partners
Emotional Sicily
BEFuture · Recontemporary
Outputs
Residency · Event
Installations · Book
Aerial view of the Mirror of Venus, the volcanic lake of Pantelleria
Fig. 01The Mirror of Venus from above. Pantelleria, autumn 2025.
00 — Abstract

A Raw Journey carries its meaning in how it moves through a place.

In the quality of attention, the discipline of the method, the encounter between authors and territory. On Pantelleria, authors working across photography, sound, video, writing and archaeology built a shared research experience, each with an individual outcome, using presence and method as the common language.

From that field material grew a corporate event prototype, an audio-video installation at a Bronze Age site, a book and a video installation in Turin. The destination changes. The method travels with it.

01 — Outputs

One journey, six outputs

O.01

Authors' residencyField research

Seven authors, five days on the island, based in a traditional dammuso.

Sept–Oct 2025
Pantelleria O.02

Corporate event prototypeWith Emotional Sicily

A four-day immersive business gathering where the territory becomes structure.

October 2025
Pantelleria O.03

Geografia SensibileAudio-video installation

Three totems projecting a shifting landscape at the Bronze Age Parco dei Sesi.

October 2025
Parco dei Sesi O.04

Talk & exhibitionABADIR

A public talk and a small exhibition of the field material, at the design academy ABADIR.

December 2025
ABADIR O.05

Raw Issue 0Book

The field material in print: photography, literary texts, sound and a visual atlas.

2026 · Presale
100 copies O.06

Geografia Sensibile · TurinVideo installation

A new version of the work for a single wall, with an original sound score.

27–29 Nov 2026
Recontemporary
Output 01 / 06 — Authors' residency

Five days on a volcanic island

September–October 2025. Seven authors, one territory, each with their own instrument. For five days photographers, writers, a videomaker, an archaeologist and a composer crossed Pantelleria, Italy's most remote volcanic island, following the calls of the landscape: light, wind, the texture of the ground, the scents of the maquis. A traditional dammuso, the stone house with a domed roof, was the point of return at the end of each day.

A Raw day
A
Dawn briefingDeparture before first light, intentions shared over breakfast.
B
MappingThe day's sites, read through research and local knowledge.
C
Production in the fieldEach author works with their own instrument.
D
Return to the dammusoThe threshold between field and reflection.
E
Daily reviewThe material shared over dinner. The group as first audience.
A photographer on top of a dammuso above a green valley Ripples in a small pool of water on volcanic ground A photographer in silhouette against the sun Macro of a butterfly wing Sea seen from inside a volcanic cave A figure with raised arms in smoke and backlight A hollow in grey volcanic rock Macro of a small crustacean, in black and white A hand touching lichen-covered volcanic rock Bubbles on dark water White and green algae under water Macro of a seed head on a dark background Macro of a marine organism in blue and ochre Macro of a serrated plant structure in red and turquoise Volcanic rock with light and shadow
Output 02 / 06 — Corporate event prototype

Where territory becomes structure

23–26 October 2025. Developed by Nomad Studio Publishing and Emotional Sicily within Immersive Sicily, a project of the EU-funded BEFuture initiative.

A place-led model for business gatherings: the island shapes the structure of the event, its rhythm and its encounters. A curated group of international professionals in tourism, events, design, culture and sustainability crossed Pantelleria for four days.

Event on Pantelleria

Months before, more than seventy local producers, cultural actors, institutions and residents took part in the design. The programme moved from the Bronze Age Parco dei Sesi to the Bosco Grande forest, the Mirror of Venus and the promontory of Sataria, through deep listening, wild herbs, volcanic stone and a closing Authors' Dinner at Tenuta Borgia. Dialogue grew from the territory itself, and the event left something to the island as well as to its guests.

A musician performing with stone and electronics on a stage of volcanic stone Guests listening in the evening light Orange vintage cars on an island road A guest leaning on volcanic rock among steam Guests walking up a rocky path to Sataria A guest photographing volcanic soil in his palm A guest sitting among wild herbs Distilling wild herbs into a personal fragrance The card of the dry hand-washing ritual A projection of water light on a stone wall A guest with headphones during deep listening The closing table at Tenuta Borgia at night A member of the staff holding a book A guest holding a glass of wine at night
The format

  • Four days

    An immersive business gathering on Italy's most remote volcanic island.

  • 70+ local stakeholders

    Producers, guides, artisans and hosts involved in building the programme.

  • Selected by BEFuture

    Case study of the EU-funded initiative shaping the future of business events.

The programme

  • Parco dei Sesi

    LED installations at the Bronze Age archaeological site.

  • Mirror of Venus

    A sound performance on the shore of the volcanic lake.

  • Sataria

    A sensory experience on the promontory.

  • Tenuta Borgia

    Closing dinner as a collective creative act.

“An event rooted in its place carries a meaning only that place can give.”
The Mirror of Venus, the volcanic lake of Pantelleria
Output 03 / 06 — Design project · Audio-video installation

Geografia Sensibile · Parco dei Sesi

October 2025. Three LED walls in the Bronze Age landscape of the Parco dei Sesi.

Axonometric drawing of three LED walls in the landscape, with two visitors for scale
Dwg. 01Axonometric view of the installation. Three walls placed along the terrain.
The project

A landscape in constant change, guided by sound.

Three vertical LED walls rise from the volcanic ground of the Parco dei Sesi. Photographs, video fragments and passages from the authors' texts move across them with an original sound score by Sebastiano M. Longo.

The island returns to itself as images and sound, in the place where its oldest human presence still stands.

Site
Parco dei Sesi, Pantelleria
Elements
Three LED walls, 2 × 4 modules each
Sound
Sebastiano M. Longo
Design
Nomad Studio Publishing
Visitors in silhouette in front of the LED walls at night Detail of an LED wall with plant forms Visitors in silhouette before glowing LED walls Detail of an LED wall with a stone texture Visitors watching the installation in the dark The printed sheet of the installation Macro of a fern in blue light The LED walls glowing red at night among the shrubs
Output 04 / 06 — Talk & exhibition

Raw Pantelleria at ABADIR

December 2025. A public talk and a small exhibition of the field material at ABADIR Design Academy. Authors and curators of Raw Pantelleria presented the project to students and teachers of ABADIR: the residency, the method of encounter, the work produced on the island. A selection of photographs, texts and objects from the field accompanied the talk.

Field images on tablets at the exhibition Two authors in conversation during the talk Field photographs on screens at ABADIR Visitors looking at the exhibition table Wall text of Raw Pantelleria with a screen Printed photographs on the wall of the exhibition The audience in front of a projection The panel of authors during the talk
Everything we gathered on the island, in a single printed atlas. Take Pantelleria home.
Output 05 / 06 — Book

Raw – A Sensorial Journal of Places

Issue 0 – Raw Pantelleria

The field material of the seven authors in print.
Photography, literary texts, sound, visual atlas.
Limited run of 100 copies, in presale.

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02 — Timeline

From the island to Turin

Sept–Oct 2025

Residency

Five days on the island with seven authors.

October 2025

Event prototype

Four days with Emotional Sicily.

October 2025

Parco dei Sesi

Geografia Sensibile on three totems.

December 2025

ABADIR

Talk and small exhibition.

2026

Raw Issue 0

The book, 100 copies, in presale.

03 — Authors

  • Francesco Cusumano

    Creative Director

  • Margherita Dall'Oglio

    Design

  • Fabio Florio

    Photography

  • Giacomo Bianco

    Photography

  • Alessandro Barra

    Photography

  • Giuseppe Cacciaguerra

    Archaeology and writing

  • Luca Di Giacomo

    Environmental guide and writing

  • Antonino Capelli

    Video

  • Sebastiano M. Longo

    Sound design

  • Patrizia Impastato

    Contributor

  • Marina Bocchetti

    Contributor

04 — Credits & partners

  • Emotional Sicily

    Co-production of the corporate event prototype

  • BEFuture

    Selected case study, EU-funded initiative

  • Sesi Archaeological Park

    Host of the opening and of Geografia Sensibile

  • Tenuta Borgia

    Host of the closing Authors' Dinner

  • Municipality of Pantelleria

    Institutional support

  • Pantelleria National Park

    Institutional support

  • Mediterranea Service

    Technical production

  • ABADIR Design Academy

    Host of the talk and exhibition

  • Recontemporary

    Host of Geografia Sensibile in Turin

The next Raw Journey

Raw Tunisia — Spring 2027

Six days in Tunisia. The method of Pantelleria travels to a new territory, with a new group of authors.

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Research projectNSP · R02

Alberi
Mediterraneo

The Mediterranean tree as biological archive, cultural threshold and sensory instrument. A field research across three territories on the relations between arboreal matter, landscape, identity and narrative.

Status
In progress
Period
2026–2027
Territories
Calabria
Basilicata
Tunisia
Disciplines
Botany, photography, sound, writing
Field partners
Pollino National Park
Sila Park · The Giants of Sila
Output
Raw Magazine Issue 1
Exhibition · Raw Tunisia
An author writing in a notebook beneath an ancient pine on a limestone ridge
Fig. 01Field notes beneath a Bosnian pine, Pinus heldreichii. Pollino massif.
00 — Abstract

The tree as archive of climate, memory and cultural identity.

Each territory holds a distinct form of this relationship: its own ecology, its own language between people and arboreal matter, its own register of time. The research reads the tree through four instruments and returns it as an atlas.

Authors work in the field with naturalists, foresters and local communities. Every species, place and voice becomes an entry of the archive that will form Raw Magazine Issue 1.

01 — Field research

Field 01 · Calabria, Basilicata

Summer–autumn 2026. Images and instruments from the Italian phase of the field research.

A hand holding a magnifying lens over large green leaves A photographer framing centuries-old pines in a mountain forest Two authors in silhouette checking a camera at dawn Red bell tents on a wooden platform in a forest A twisted pine branch lit by flash at night Portrait of an author with a gauze headband and glasses A photographer framing Bosnian pines on a limestone ridge
02 — Territories

Three territories, one question

T.01

CalabriaForests of memory

Ancient olive groves of Aspromonte, rooted in the Greek colonisation of southern Italy. The Sila plateau, one of the oldest coniferous ecosystems of the Mediterranean basin. The tree as witness to three thousand years of human civilisation.

Aspromonte · Sila
Magna Graecia
T.02

BasilicataPrimeval canopy

Lucanian forests of Gallipoli Cognato, ancient coppice woodlands, chestnut and oak ecosystems with pre-Roman roots. The tree as repository of an ecological and cultural memory older than the written record.

Gallipoli Cognato
Dolomiti Lucane · Pollino
T.03

TunisiaThe southern threshold

Olive groves of the Mejerda valley and Cap Bon, with trees over two thousand years old. Oasis ecology at the desert edge. The tree as the living boundary between the Mediterranean and the Saharan worlds.

Mejerda valley · Cap Bon
Oases · Desert edge
Pine forest on a limestone mountain slope
03 — Method

Four instruments

A

Botanical observation

Field mapping of species, age, ecological context and historical distribution, with local naturalists, forestry archives and botanical records.

B

Visual documentation

Photography as primary research instrument, in search of the image that holds the time and weight of the tree.

C

Sound research

Wind in the canopy, bark texture, seasonal presence, the sounds of human practices in the forest. A distinct archive for each territory.

D

Narrative field notes

Oral testimonies from farmers, foresters and shepherds. Archival research. Written field documentation by NSP authors.

04 — Timeline

From field to print

Summer–Autumn 2026

Phase 1 · Italy

Field research in Calabria and Basilicata: botanical mapping, visual documentation, sound recording, narrative fieldwork.

January 2027

First presentation

Field material, sound archive and visual documentation from the Italian phase, in an exhibition format.

Spring 2027

Phase 2 · Tunisia

Field research together with Raw Tunisia 2027. Journey participants contribute to the archive.

2027

Raw Magazine Issue 1

The complete research in print: photography, literary texts, botanical archive, sound and field notes from the three territories.

Macro of a flower in inverted green and violet tones An ancient oak with a twisted trunk, in black and white A videomaker checking a monitor among shrubs at dusk
05 — Field partners

  • Pollino National Park

    Field research on the Bosnian pine and the high-altitude ecosystems of the massif.

  • Sila Park · The Giants of Sila

    Access and research in the reserve of centuries-old Calabrian pines.

  • Tunisia

    Research partnerships in development with local naturalists, botanical institutes and cultural institutions.

06 — Output

  • Raw Magazine Issue 1

    Photography, literary texts, botanical archive, sound documentation and field notes.

  • Exhibition

    A first public presentation of the Italian phase, January 2027.

  • Raw archive

    Images, recordings and notes available to the authors of the circuit.

Take part in the research

Raw Tunisia — Spring 2027

Six days in Tunisia inside the Alberi Mediterraneo research. Your field material enters the Raw archive and may be published in Raw Magazine Issue 1.

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