Culture, exhibitions, and art / June 17, 2026 · Trento
From 17 July to 15 November 2026 at the Galleria Civica in Trento you can visit the exhibition "Stones of bread. Artistic practices for an ecology of permanence".
Starting from the thought of the Italian anthropologist Vito Teti and in the wake of the proposals developed by the Mart in the spaces of the Civic Gallery of Trento, the exhibition proposes a new investigation of fragile, depopulated places, abandoned with particular attention to the "highlands". The project focuses on examples of "permanence" or "rest", that is, on those virtuous practices that mark a trend reversal with respect to the most common socio-anthropological phenomena. Territories and spaces become cultural geographies in which to experience commitment, care, responsibility, through actions and activities that move mainly from ethical positions.
Works of art, documents and archival materials are the elements of an exhibition that develops around small thematic and semantic "villages" organized around four concepts: latencies, in which remains and apparent absences emerge; frictions, marked by incomplete archives, conflicts and unresolved stories; drifts, crossed by migrations and territorial fractures; reactivations, in which performative gestures and practices actively involve the public.
In collaboration with the Municipality of Trento, the exhibition makes use of the contribution of authoritative scientific partners: Trento Film Festival, Arte Sella, Franco Demarchi Foundation and STEP – School for Territorial and Landscape Government. The project is completed by a catalogue that brings together a series of critical contributions, including an unpublished text by Vito Teti himself.
