Associazione Topolò/Topoluove
The association is made by the inhabitants of Topolò/Topolove, either permanent of temporary
Valerio Bergnach → Technical director, technician and inventor of all, at the service of art. He is a husband, father, electrician, light and sound designer, craftsman.
Barbara Stimoli → Dancer and performer, she teaches Pilates and is studying Tuina massage. Thanks to the somatic practices she went through, she offers re-connection training to one's own body and the collective body; she is interested in deepening and incorporating the relationship with the more-than-human, in life and in performance. In Topolò, she organises community “gymnastics” sessions.
Alessandra → Alessandra is a spontaneous listener, psychonaut, herald of death, nurse, and mother of Amalia.
Antônio Frederico Lasalvia → Antônio Frederico Lasalvia is an undisciplined architect from Brazil, based in Topolò, Italy. Much of his work unfolds in collaborative contexts, both within established art collectives and in temporary constellations formed through residencies, exhibitions or situated interventions.
Dora Ciccone → She takes care of houses, especially if they’re abandoned and dusty, and of people, especially if they have a sweet tooth for cake. She keeps company with chickens, donkeys, and curious children. Resident of Topolò 90.
Tiziana Bertoncini → Tiziana plays and composes contemporary music, creates installations and performances in which she explores the in-between zones between opposites, at the margin between existence and non-existence.
Thomas Lehn → German pianist Thomas Lehn, known for his performances with the EMS analogue synthesizer on international tours and at festivals, works as an improviser, interpreter, and composer of contemporary music, as a soloist, and as a member of a wide variety of ensembles and projects.
Titta C. Raccagni → S/he is an interdisciplinary artist with a long history of political and community activism, poetic research, and the study and exploration of different artistic languages. In Topolò, s/he would like to learn what s/he has not yet done and practise new ways of caring for relationships and territories.
Franz → Francesco, who has been Franz since moving to Topolò, is an amateur explorer of life and the soul, and appreciates the intrinsic simplicity of things. He loves the forest and cutting wood as a practice of attentiveness and care for the land. He is a builder, a passionate collector of just about anything, yet attentive to nuance.
Elena Rucli → Elena Rucli is an architect, teacher, and illustrator. Since 2016, she has been a member of Robida Collective. She lives permanently in Topolò, where she bought a house and is currently renovating a small stone barn, which she plans to turn into a studio. Her passions are drawings and, lately, ceramics.
Lara Carrer → Topolònaut, photographer and lazy explorer.
Blaso → He climbs and opens new routes, he kneads amazing pizzas, he is a physiotherapist, a reggae enthusiast, he plays percussion and digeridoo. He is a wild spirit.
Elena Braida → Elena Braida is an artist and researcher, currently pursuing a PhD in Art, Design and Transdisciplinarity at the IED in Turin. Elena enjoys working at local organic markets, organising creative workshops, experimenting with textile screen-printing and writing about culinary methodologies.
ERBA → ERBA is a more-than-human collective and trans-local food studio founded by Austrian designer Philipp Kolmann and Dutch artist Suzanne Bernhardt. ERBA tells edible stories that activate all senses and seek to inspire caring relationships between People and Land.