{"title":"Metamorphoses","description":"\u003ch1 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eSendb00ks Residency \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003ch1\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003enova\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efert\u003cbr\u003eanimus\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"title-block\"\u003e\n\u003ctable style=\"width: 100.087%; height: 78.375px;\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 19.5938px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 16.8126%; height: 19.5938px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eLocation\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 16.8126%; height: 19.5938px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"meta-label\"\u003eDates\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.7496%; height: 19.5938px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"meta-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"meta-item\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"meta-label\"\u003eSource Text\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.7496%; height: 19.5938px; text-align: center;\"\u003e Artists\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr style=\"height: 58.7812px;\"\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 16.8126%; height: 58.7812px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eRocca Sinibalda, Lazio\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 16.8126%; height: 58.7812px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"meta-value\"\u003e19 June – 4 July 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.7496%; height: 58.7812px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"meta-value\"\u003eOvid's Metamorphoses\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"width: 32.7496%; height: 58.7812px; text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"meta-value\"\u003eSix\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"meta-row\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"meta-item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"meta-value\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"meta-item\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"meta-value\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"meta-item\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body-text\"\u003eThis summer, Sendb00ks convenes for the first time in residence. Six artists travel to Rocca Sinibalda, a scorpion-shaped fortress-palace perched 2,100 feet above the Turano Valley in the Lazio region of Italy, most recently renovated by architect Claudio Silvestrin. Beneath its Renaissance frescos, drawn directly from the Metamorphoses, they will spend two weeks creating.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body-text\"\u003eThe commission: to re-interpret Ovid's\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ethrough the design of six detachable book sleeves. The sleeves will be produced and bound on site, and revealed at an opening dinner on 3 July before being made available as limited editions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body-text\"\u003eThe residency is the first of what will become a recurring programme. One that, not unlike its source material, will metamorph across literature, art, and continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body-text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"quote-text\"\u003e\"In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas\u003cbr\u003ecorpora.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"quote-block\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"quote-attribution\"\u003eOvid, Metamorphoses. Book I, opening lines\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body-text\"\u003eMy spirit moves me to tell of forms changed into new bodies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body-text\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"follow-eyebrow\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Digital Residency\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body-text\"\u003eWhile the residency happens in person, you can follow it here and on our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sendb00ks.substack.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eSubstack\u003c\/a\u003e. We will be sharing the digital ecology of the residency in tandem as it unfolds. Conversations with the artists, as well as recordings of talks and lectures from inside the castle, process dispatches, myth deep-dives, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body-text\"\u003eSubscribe to our Substack and return to this page throughout June and July. Nothing is produced in isolation. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"body-text\"\u003ePreorder the editions and accompanying material here to be the first to receive them in July. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/sendb00ks.com\/collections\/metamorphoses.oembed","provider":"Sendb00ks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}