Press conference: Saturday, June 28 at 10.00 am, Sala J. Bacher
Via Costalta, Luserna (TN) Luserna (TN)
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Opening: Saturday 28.06.2025, h 11.00 am, Sala J. Bacher, Via Costalta, Luserna (TN)
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The project explores the complexity of Alpine forest landscapes, often perceived as untouched nature but in fact shaped by forestry practices and increasingly affected by climate change. Storm Vaia in 2018, intensified by rising Mediterranean temperatures, felled around 14 million trees, creating ideal conditions for the spread of the spruce bark beetle (coleottero bostrico tipografo), a parasite that targets Norway spruces. Its invasion—made possible by increasingly mild winters—now threatens millions of healthy trees and disrupts the ecosystem. Through an installation of cables suspended between living and dead trees, the artist reveals the cycles of life, death, and regeneration within the forest. The work invites reflection on the fragility of ecosystems and the urgent need for responsible stewardship in a landscape marked by environmental change and human intervention
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Artwork:
01. Stefano Caimi, Stasi, equilibri ecosistemici in divenire, 2025, environmental installation, larch trees, spruce trees, necromass, stainless steel cables and tie rods, slings.
Bosco dei Giganti, Luserna (TN)
The installation can be reached by following the Sentiero dei Giganti trail, with signs placed along the route.
Luserna (TN)
28.06.2025
Sala J. Bacher, Via Costalta
09:00
I AM FASCINATED BY THE BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY OF NATURE: A DENSE NETWORK OF INTERCONNECTED RELATIONSHIPS, ALMOST IMPERCEPTIBLE.
I TRY TO DISTILL THEM BY ALTERING MATERIAL, COLOR, AND SCALE, TO HIGHLIGHT THE ELEMENTS THAT SUSTAIN THE WHOLE—THOSE TO WHICH WE ARE INEVITABLY CONNECTED.
Stefano Caimi (Merate, Italy, 1991) graduated in Architecture from the Polytechnic University of Turin and currently lives and works in Montevecchia, in Lombardy. His works and installations have been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Italy and abroad, including: SMACH – Biennale delle Dolomiti, Val Badia (IT); Dancing in the Ash, The Flat – Massimo Carasi, Milan (IT); EARTH – A Collective Landscape, AkzoNobel Art Foundation, Amsterdam (NL); Nexus, Echoes, and Connections, Sarah Crown, New York (USA); Dolomiti Contemporanee, Casso (IT). His works are included in several public and private collections, such as the Anthropocene Collection at MUSE, Trento (IT), In4Art (NL), and AkzoNobel Art Foundation (NL). He actively collaborates with Dolomiti Contemporanee and the Centro Studi sull'Ambiente Alpino of the University of Padua.
Since 2019, he has taught Computer Art at New Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. His course is focused on how digital media have changed the way to think, make and distribute art in the last century.
On the Alpe Cimbra, there is a place where the silence of the woods speaks an ancient language. This is Luserna, a village located at 1,333 meters above sea level, surrounded by pastures and trails shaped by time, that enchants visitors with its authenticity and deep cultural identity.Here, the Cimbrian language—"zimbar" to the locals—still survives: a Germanic tongue brought by settlers from the Empire in the 12th century. It is not merely a language, but a living heritage, preserved in folk songs, elderly tales, and bilingual signs throughout the village. Walking through Luserna is like leafing through a book of legends.
At the heart of this collective memory lies the Museo Luserna, which narrates history, nature, and traditions through immersive paths and sound archives. The Haus von Prükk, a farmhouse museum, offers glimpses into early 20th-century rural life, filled with simple objects and silent stories.
Luserna is also a place of art: merletto a fuselli (bobbin lace-making), an intricate craft of patience turned into thread, is a cherished tradition celebrating the beauty of slowness.
For those seeking a true connection with nature, thematic trails branch out from the village into the woods, weaving landscapes with legends. The Sentiero dell’Immaginario (Path of the Imaginary) is populated by gnomes and forest spirits, while the Sentiero dalle storie alla storia (Path from Tales to History) intertwines landscape with the memory of the Great War. Finally, overlooking the village stands the Forte Werk Lusérn, an austere Austro-Hungarian fort and a silent witness to a past that still echoes.
Valerio Panella (Trento, 1984), graduates in Sustainable Architecture from the Politecnico di Milano. As an architect and designer, he has been drawn to the world of art since his studies, merging his sensitivity to environmental issues, sustainability, and cultural landscape. A member of the Arte Sella Association, he has been collaborating with them for over five years. For Una Boccata d’Arte he has been the curator for Trentino-Alto Adige since the first edition and he curated projects by the artists: Luca Pozzi in Mezzano (2020), Camille Norment in Santa Gertrude (2021), Giulia Mangoni in San Lorenzo Dorsino (2022), Benjamin Jones in Pieve Tesino (2023) and Adji Dieye in Magrè sulla Strada del Vino (2024).