Contemporary art in the mountains of Val Gardena. A selection of works from the 7th Biennale Gherdëina

The seventh edition of the Biennale Gherdëina, an exhibition held every two years in Ortisei, Val Gardena (Bolzano), began last Aug. 8 and will end Oct. 20. Curated by Adam Budak, this year’s event is titled A breath? a name? The ways of worldmaking and is centered on the theme of “creating new worlds.”

“The Gherdëina Biennale, with its focus on public space as a stage for sculptural works and participatory and community projects,” writes curator Budak, “has always been perceived as a celebration of a unique place, its rich culture and vibrant local tradition. As the title of this year’s Biennale declares, the act of breathing (life) and the act of naming (recognition) constitute the framework of a political nature, the essential elements of an ’ecology of others.’ Therefore, the Biennale Gherdëina 7 celebrates the letics of affirmation. In the words of philosopher Rosi Braidotti, ’We must borrow energy from the future to overthrow the conditions of the present. It’s called love for the world.(...) Imagine what you don’t have yet; anticipate what we want to become. We must empower people to desire, to will, to aspire to a different world, to extract joyful, positive, affirming relationships and practices from the misery of the present. Ethics will drive affirmative politics’.” The Biennial of this seventh edition, the curator continues, “focuses on the importance and awareness of a political gesture in an active process of creating the world, on its dynamic factor that ensures a resilience of culture and nature, shapes the vernacular and emancipated unicity of a place, and manifests a mature and courageous vision of the future to come.”

Below is a gallery with some of the works on display, in the natural setting of Val Gardena, in keeping with the tradition of this exhibition.

Henrik Håkansson, A Tree Mirrored (Pinus Cembra), 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Franco Noero, Turin. Ph. T.Sorvillo L.Guadagnini

Ingrid Hora, The Great Leap Forward, 2011. Courtesy of the artist and Doris Ghetta Gallery, Ortisei. Ph. T.Sorvillo L.Guadagnini

LangBaumann, Beautiful Entrance #8, 2020. Ph. LB

Maria Papadimitriou, Disco for one, 2020. Courtesy of the artist. T.Sorvillo L.Guadagnini

Paulina O?owska, Slavic Goddesses and the Ushers. Ph. Tiberio Sorvillo

Petrit Halilaj & Alvaro Urbano, Alvaro At Night 3, Petrit At Night 2, 2020. Courtesy of the artists, Kamel Mennour, Paris and Travesia Quatro, Ciudad de Mexico. Ph. T.Sorvillo L.Guadagnini

Josef Dabernig, Cinema of Worldmaking, 2020. Installation view at Hotel Ladinia, Ortisei. Courtesy of the artist. Ph. Tiberio Sorvillo

Habima Fuchs, Five Elements, 2020. Courtesy of the artist. Ph. T.Sorvillo L.Guadagnini

Hans Josephsohn, Installation view at Biennale Gherdëina 7. Courtesy of the Kesselhaus-Josephsohn, St. Gallen. Ph. T.Sorvillo L.Guadagnini

Marcello Maloberti, Scritti Fighi, 1990-2020. Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan). Ph. Tiberio Sorvillo

Contemporary art in the mountains of Val Gardena. A selection of works from the 7th Biennale Gherdëina

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