Mission accomplished. The visionary brand-name of Edgeryders, with its funky hipster avant guard flagship ‘The unMonastery’, may have just tipped the scales. Our investment at the cutting edge of international co-living asylums for burnt-out geeks has turned into the major … Continue reading
A mystical backlash accompanied our presence in Matera. We could profess our innocence of any imperialistic ambitions, but a significant segment of the population stood against the very existence of such a foreign entity as the unMonastery in the primo … Continue reading
(in the run up to the beta version of the Book of Greater and Lesser Omissions – several items that are more internal than informative are being temporarily parked here in full public view. Please excuse me.) Reprogramming Individuality Urban … Continue reading
The unMonastery salutes the unBid A group of a hundred strong local citizens have formed an alternative channel for Materiani to shape the program proposal for their city as European culture capital. This time this radical redefinition of content is … Continue reading
It had to happen. It was the eve of that emotional day when the original constellation of unMoaners would reduce itself to a solitary carrier of light who would be charged with inconclusively shutting the doors. We needed closure. As … Continue reading
In the unMonastery some subjects, though not technically taboo, remain unSpoken. Were we to speak frankly about how much we appreciate each others efforts, it might open the Pandora’s box of something unImaginable. Perhaps we fear that we might suffer … Continue reading
The unMonastery Prototipo Matera saw its existence thanks to an almost unique moment. A group of citizens in the ancient but largely ignored administrative centre of the Basilicata region chose to systematically redefine themselves around questions of culture and inherent … Continue reading
