3–6 Settembre 2026
Shaken Grounds: At the Edge of Form riunisce residenti locali, artisti, scrittori, filosofi, curatori, geofisici e un vasto pubblico per quattro giorni di incontri a Gibellina.
Attraverso proiezioni cinematografiche, performance dal vivo, un simposio e dibattiti, il programma apre uno spazio di riflessione su cosa significhi convivere con l’incertezza sismica. In un paesaggio plasmato dal ricordo del terremoto del Belice del 1968 e da questioni sempre attuali di vulnerabilità e trasformazione, la pratica artistica diventa un modo per ascoltare, testimoniare e immaginare, affiancandosi alle forme di conoscenza scientifica, filosofica e locale.
L’evento fa parte del progetto di cooperazione Shaken Grounds. Art as Seismography nell’ambito di Creative Europe, realizzato dal Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb (MSU), dalla University of Applied Arts Vienna, dall’Iceland University of the Arts e dal Volcanic Attitude Festival. Gli incontri a Gibellina rappresentano una tappa di un più ampio processo collaborativo avviato dal collettivo Shaken Grounds nel 2023. Il processo culminerà in una mostra collettiva e in un simposio internazionale presso il Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb il 29 e 30 aprile 2027.
Anziché seguire il formato di una conferenza convenzionale, i quattro giorni si snodano come un percorso graduale attraverso diverse modalità di incontro: dall’esperienza cinematografica alla pratica artistica condivisa, dal dialogo interdisciplinare alla riflessione sulle immagini in movimento. Questo percorso è accompagnato da domande – non come problemi da risolvere, ma come modi per avvicinarsi alle relazioni tra corpi e paesaggi, memoria e inconscio, i processi incessanti della Terra e la nostra stessa capacità di reagire.
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Supported and co-financed by the EU, the Austrian Ministry of Culture of Housing, Arts, Culture Media and Sport Republic of Austria and the Austrian Cultural Forum Rome.
Crediti dell’immagine: ©Shaken Grounds, 2025
Il programma dell’evento:
THURSDAY, 3 SEPTEMBER 2026, 18:30
Auditorium del MAC – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea “Ludovico Corrao”, Viale Segesta, 91024 Gibellina (TP), Sicily
Opening Film Screening: Shaken Grounds, Shifting Skies
Screening of the film followed by an informal conversation with the Shaken Grounds Collective (Nikolaus Gansterer, Mariella Greil, Victor Jaschke, Peter Kozek, Werner Moebius, Lucie Strecker).
FRIDAY, 4 SEPTEMBER 2026, 19:00
Sistema delle Piazze, 91024 Gibellina (TP), Sicily
Live Filming: What Holds Us Before We Are?
With the Shaken Grounds Collective
SATURDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2026, 9:30 – 14:00
Auditorium del MAC – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea “Ludovico Corrao”, Viale Segesta, 91024 Gibellina (TP), Sicily
Symposium: Shaken Grounds. At the Edge of Form
9:30–10:00
Welcome Coffee
10:00–10:20
Where is the Edge of Form?
Lucie Strecker, Artist and Researcher, University of Applied Arts Vienna
10:20–10:40
Questions on Questions
Olga Bach, Writer, Palermo
10:40–11:00
BETWEEN FEAR AND HOPE: from seismic fragility to awareness and response
Alessandro Amato, Geophysicist and Seismologist (INGV, Rome)
11:00–11:20
Is the Heart of the Earth a Fire Dog? Seismographies of the Elusive
Nikolaus Gansterer, Artist and Researcher, University of Applied Arts Vienna
11:20–11:40
Isola Ferdinandea: The Ontopoetics of Emergence and Disappearance
Lorenzo Marsili, Philosopher and Director, Berggruen Institute Europe
11:40–12:10
Embodied Reverberations amidst Seismic Wave Oekologies – What Epistemes Emerge Between Tremor and Trauma?
Mariella Greil, Artist and Researcher, University of Applied Arts Vienna
12:10–12:30
Coffee Break
12:30–12:50
Unstable Grounds: Artistic Practices from Croatia in the Context of the Shaken Grounds Project
Vesna Meštrić, Art Historian and Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb (MSU)
12:50–13:20
Volcanic Attitude “Vibrant Elements”: a Nomadic Festival Activating Permanent Transformations – Conversation & Video Screening
Helga Franza, Susanna Ravelli, Giulia Restifo, Curatorial team, Volcanic Attitude Festival
13:20–13:45
Closing Discussion, moderated by Vesna Meštrić
14:00
Lunch
SATURDAY, 5 SEPTEMBER 2026, Evening Programme, 19:00
Chiesa Madre, Viale Vitaliano Brancati, 91024 Gibellina (TP), Sicily, Italy
Lecture Performances
19:00
Aperitivo Rinforzato
19:15
What Takes Root in Shaken Grounds?
Shaken Grounds Collective
19:30
Vertical Horizon
Anna Líndal, Artist and Researcher, Iceland University of the Arts
Bjarki Bragason, Artist and Dean, Iceland University of the Arts
20:00 – open end
Can Thinking Tremble? A Jam Session after Édouard Glissant
An open collective improvisation inspired by Édouard Glissant’s concept of trembling thought
SUNDAY, 6 SEPTEMBER 2026, 21:00
Auditorium del MAC – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea “Ludovico Corrao”, Viale Segesta, 91024 Gibellina (TP), Sicily
Film Evening: How Does Imagination Affect the Earth’s Crust, and How Does the Earth’s Crust, in Turn, Affect Imagination?
A selection of films and moving-image works exploring seismic landscapes, environmental transformation, deep time, artistic witnessing, and the shifting relationships between human and more-than-human worlds, curated and moderated by Peter Kozek.
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