Elevated Art – Wer Kunst auf Berge stellt

SMAAT Screening: Contemporary art embedded in the spectacular mountain landscape of the Dolomites. Who does this? And why? A film about the man behind SMACH - an exhibition that is by no means barrier-free. For Michael Moling, the Biennale is an opportunity to attract new visitors to the South Tyrolean Val Badia beyond mass tourism. However, the project meets with resistance in the village itself, as contemporary art is an incomprehensible world for many. For some, it is a waste of money and a disfigurement of nature. For Moling, it is an expression of love for his home village.

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Artist's Short Films
With Julian Berger (A), Jean-Luc Godard (F), Kabi Raj Lama (NPL), Linda Jasmin Mayer (I), Sissa Micheli (I) & Thomas Riess (A), Helle Siljeholm (NOR)
Jean-Luc Godard (F), Opération Béton, documentary film, 1954-58, ca. 16 min
Julian Berger (A), Erratic lands - A Visual journey Alpine Apparatus, 2024, ca. 11 min
Helle Siljeholm (NOR), The Mountain Body, 2021, ca. 15 min
Sissa Micheli & Thomas Riess, Out of Silence, 2020, ca. 3:11 min
Sissa Micheli, Scenarios for Peace, 2023, 6:03 min
Linda Jasmin Mayer (I), Drifters, 4:08 min
Kabi Raj Lama, From Avalanche to Art: Capturing the Spirits of Everest, 2017-25, ca. 16 min

- Talks with Julian Berger, Sissa Micheli and Thomas Riess
Moderation: Kathin Aste and Karin Pernegger

Feature documentary film:
Elevated Art - Wer Kunst auf Berge stellt
2024; Director: Timian Hopf; (DCP; 74min; German ORIGINAL).