The story of this ambitious project to celebrate Lucanian culture around the world begins in the United States, specifically in New York.
Basilicatamedia assists Basilicatë, and they work together. BASILICATË is a project created with the help of Lucanian communities in New York, Buenos Aires, and Montevideo. They aim to take a big picture of all Lucanians living abroad. They will hold exhibitions in New York, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, and Turin, participate in conferences, and publish a book. The title BASILICATË transforms the name of the region into a plural form with a special letter, Ë, to illustrate how culture changes when people migrate (tradition means passing things down and also changing them a bit). These variations still maintain the original roots but, due to exchanges with other cultures, they generate new forms of the same cultural identity.