9th Biennale Gherdëina

Biennale Gherdëina is a contemporary art event in Val Gardena, in the heart of the Dolomites, inspired by the unique mix of legends, stories, traditions, nature and languages of Ladinia. The biennial started as a parallel event to MANIFESTA 7 in 2008 to bring a new experience of cultural diversity to the public space of Ortisei. Edition after edition, Biennale Gherdëina has expanded its horizons, embracing neighbouring communities and evolving into an ambitious international project, while always remaining deeply connected to its roots. Set in the breathtaking landscape of the Dolomites and in dialogue with its human and non-human inhabitants, the artworks mostly originate as site-specific projects and are produced on site thanks to the collaboration of Val Gardena artisans and their unique and ancient experience in woodworking. Seeking to piece back together a possible vision of these worlds, Biennale Gherdëina 9 presents a hybrid mosaic of artistic proposals, opening up scope for a cultural and political reconnection between the Alps and the Mediterranean, between origins and perspectives, and de-conceptualising the idea of nature in favour of a narrative, existential dimension of the savage in the age of the ‘Capitalocene’.