"Through the Prism of Borders" with Rotte Balcaniche

Saturday, January 17, 2026, 10 AM – 1 PMStart: 10 AM at BZ ’18-’45 A permanent exhibition within the monument to victory

"Through the Prism of Borders" explores the manifold meanings of the border and its political, spatial, and personal narratives. The works of eight international artists — Pamela Dodds, Esra Ersen, Boris Missirkov & Georgi Bogdanov,Ivan Moudov, Karin Schmuck, Zorka Wollny, and ZimmerFrei (Anna de Manincor) — address themes related to migration, collective memory, identity, and the relationship with the landscape, transforming the border into a space of encounter and transformation.

The exhibition, produced by Lungomare as part of the European project B-Shapes – Borders Shaping Perceptions of European Societies, is distributed across various locations in the city of Bolzano — BZ ’18-’45 A permanent exhibition within the monument to victory, Eurac Research, Mercantile Museum, Bolzano Municipal Museum, and South Tyrol Museum of Natural History — creating a dialogue between contemporary art, history, science, and landscape.

On Saturday, January 17, from 10 AM to 1 PM, the public is invited to take part in a special guided tour together with the Rotte Balcaniche collective.

The route will start at the Victory Monument and continue through the Bolzano Municipal Museum and the South Tyrol Museum of Natural History, intertwining art and activism to explore borders as spaces of crossing, violence, but also solidarity and resistance.

The Rotte Balcaniche collective is an informal group of activists that pursues the triple objective of supporting people in transit along the Balkan routes, collecting testimonies and documenting police violence at Europe's borders, and mobilizing civil society on issues related to migration and human rights.

A meeting to listen to stories, experiences, and perspectives from the border, and to reflect on how art can contribute to making the human geographies of contemporary Europe