Opening Biennale Gherdëina

The ninth edition of the Gherdëina Biennale entitled The Parliament of Marmots, curated by Lorenzo Giusti, will be open to the public from 31 May to 1 September 2024.
The opening days range from Friday 31 May to Sunday 2 June 2024. The exhibition, which has been bringing international contemporary art to the unique setting of the Dolomites since 2008, will once again take place in various locations in Ortisei and will also extend to the surrounding areas of Val Gardena.


FRIDAY 31.05.2024

15.00 h - Vallunga, Selva di Val Gardena
-"L’animale selvaggio" (part 1): Pre-Opening Performance by Chiara Bersani

17.00 h- Castel Gardena / Fischburg
- "Occurring in the Atmosphere": Participative Performance by Tobias Tavella
- Welcome by the Authorities, the Zënza Sëida President Eduard Demetz and the Curator Lorenzo Giusti
- "L’animale selvaggio" (part 2): Performance by Chiara Bersani
- "Drifters": Performance by Linda Jasmin Mayer



SATURDAY 01.06.2024

10.00 h - Spazio Ferdinand Stuflesser, Pontives
- Guided tours through the venues in Pontives

14.00 h - Sala Trenker, Ortisei
- Conversational walk through the artworks in public space, at Sala Trenker, Museum Gherdëina,and Hotel Ladinia
- "The Wandering Spruce": Performance by Ingela Ihrman

18.00 h - Kirchplatz, St. Ulrich
- Eva Giolo, "Memory Is an Animal, It Barks with Many Mouths", 2024 (20’)
introduced by Francesca Verga and Lorenzo Giusti
- Noor Abuarafeh, "Am I the ageless object at the museum?", 2018 (15')
- Liv Bugge, "The Other Wild", 2018 (28')
introduced by Massimo Bernardi, paleobiologist and director of the MUSE research and collections office