A photographic project by Andrea Salvà that portrays a contemporary Alpine landscape: natural places that appear pristine, yet are in fact altered by human intervention. The exhibition title clearly echoes the song of little Mignon, the protagonist of Goethe’s Bildungsroman Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre, while at the same time recalling a visual quiz with prizes—“Kennst du deine Heimat? Conosci la tua Provincia?”—which the Cassa di Risparmio di Bolzano dedicated to students for two decades starting in the 1970s. Distributed in local schools, the booklet contained 18 photographic quizzes on a variety of subjects such as local culture, geography, and history. To engage with the bilingual term Heimat/Provincia, which carries different semantic nuances, Salvà—an artist from South Tyrol—turns to the Land of Goethe’s Grand Tour to visually depict the landscapes of his birthplace. The photographic exhibition is part of the 21st Day of Contemporary Art, promoted by AMACI.
Free entry.
Approach
From the city center you can reach the Culture Centre with a 5-minute walk or in just a few minutes by bike, following the cycle path that runs along the Ponte della Posta bridge and passes the Sissi statue.
At Merano train station take either the bus no. 1 or bus no. 4 and get off at the Elisabeth Park stop at via Cavour.