Biennale Bregaglia – Transito

Description

From June 7 to September 27, 2026, the fourth edition of the BIENNALE BREGAGLIA invites visitors to explore the valley under the exhibition theme "Transito": From Maloja (including Torre Belvedere) through Alp Cavloc, Casaccia, Borgonovo, Stampa, Promontogno (including Nossa Dona) to the national border at Castasegna, historical connecting routes can be rediscovered. "Transito" has several meanings: It can mean both a physical movement from one place to another, as well as a process of fundamental changes between one or more states. It includes, among other things, objects, goods, planets, territories, and people in relation to time and space. Traveling is an active condition associated with necessity, expansion, or spiritual search and manifests in different forms and historical phases: in political expansion – from the Roman Empire to the establishment of modern borders; for commercial reasons, including smuggling; in search of experience – in Grand Tours, mountaineering, or today's diverse tourism. It also involves an exchange of skills and resources, such as in transhumance (the seasonal movement of livestock) or modern commuting. Conversely, the role as a transit region is a passive condition that requires the ability to welcome and connect cultural, landscape, and linguistic identities that would otherwise remain separate – like those of the Mediterranean region and Switzerland. This ambivalence allows communities, services, work, goods, and heritage to be shared and repeatedly redefined in relation to concepts – more or less tangible – such as territory, belonging, and "elsewhere." The artists were invited to reflect on these themes and deepen their personal research regarding the symbolic places of "Transit" in Bergell and beyond.

Highlights

• Exhibition theme "Transito"
• From June 7 to September 27, 2026
• Multiple exhibition locations in the valley

General Information

The Biennale Bregaglia invites visitors to explore the valley through the theme "Transito." Historical connecting routes and cultural identities are addressed at various locations such as Maloja, Casaccia, and Stampa.

Location

Strada Cantonale 367, 7516 Maloja, Switzerland

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