Associazione Topolò/Topoluove
The association consists of the residents of Topolò/Topolove, both permanent and temporary.
Alessandra Breda → is a spontaneous listener, psychonaut, herald of death, nurse, and mother of Amalia.
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. antoniofrederico.com
Barbara Stimoli → is a dancer, choreographer, Pilates instructor and Tuina practitioner. Drawing on the somatic practices she has explored, she offers workshops designed to help participants re-connect with their own bodies and with the collective body; she is interested in exploring and embodying the relationship with the more-than-human into both life and performance. In Topolò, she organises community ‘gymnastics’ sessions. ultimabaret.org
Thomas Lehn → is German pianist, 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. thomaslehn.com
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. ticora.it
Tiziana Bertoncini → 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.
Valerio Bergnach → is a technical director, technician and inventor of all, at the service of art. He is a husband, father, electrician, light and sound designer, craftsman. valeriobergnach.com
MOST 2026
Andrej Kobal → Composer, sound designer, and creator of the programs GranuRise and seqMPEror, two internationally recognized virtual instruments. In his performances, he focuses on shaping sound masses in real time, resulting in organic and constantly evolving sonic structures.
Astrid Mazzola → is a reader and illustrator for children and young people. Through her project Catturastorie, she offers expressive and animated storytelling sessions, bibliogame workshops, and performances that blend storytelling, art and music. She is the author of novels and popular science books; she has composed several nursery rhymes set to music, which she incorporates into her projects. She lives in Trentino with her husband, three children, two cats, and many chickens.
Camilla Isola (millacu) → is an Italian movement and sound artist. She works as a choreographer and performer within the contemporary dance field, and as a sound designer, vocalist, and DJ within the contemporary music scene. Her interdisciplinary practice weaves together movement, sound, and field recordings to explore themes of landscape, nature, language, presence, and collectivity. camillaisola.com
collettivo cantierezero → brings together musicians, sound designers, visual artists, and artistic researchers committed to creating unconventional musical projects that embrace the interconnection between artistic disciplines and engage in dialogue with contemporary thought. cantierezero.org
DJ Gei → Originally from Friuli, Gei is a DJ driven by a tireless exploration of sound. Her sets blend different musical styles, creating hypnotic grooves and psychedelic atmospheres in an intense and captivating flow. With an eclectic selection and an ever-evolving style, she plays with the contrasts between depth and lightness, transforming every set into an unpredictable experience.
Gal Furlan → A drummer and percussionist trained under Zlatko Kaučič, deeply active in the fields of jazz and contemporary improvised music. He also runs Klub Štala, where he organizes events as part of KUD Kussa. He has collaborated with numerous renowned Slovenian and international musicians and has released more than 50 albums.
The Živanit Benečija Folk Group → The Pavel Petričič bilingual school in San Pietro al Natisone celebrates the rich cultural heritage of Benecia: among the various Benecian cultural associations collaborating with the school is the Živanit folk dance group , which offers a folk dance workshop. The children who participate have the opportunity to discover and learn the many traditional Benecian dances (valzer, početauka, potresauka, špicpolka, šklava, šetepaši, kolo), thereby embracing and passing on ancient traditions. At MOST, during the workshop, the children themselves will take center stage in this tradition.
Paolo Forte → He has been studying the accordion since the age of 8, he graduated from the Conservatory, and has furthered his studies in world music and composition, exploring sound in unconventional contexts. He has performed in numerous European countries and has taken his music to extraordinary locations, from the Zwentendorf nuclear reactor to the icebreaker Laura Bassi, to the P-913 Zeta Una Class submarine and the Montasio glacier in the Alps. At the height of his exploration of the acoustics of places, he released the album Tempo, recorded in Scotland in a massive underground space recognized as the place with the longest reverberation time in the world. paolofisa.it
MOST 2025
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.
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.
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.
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.
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. studio-erba.com
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.
Lara Carrer → Topolònaut, photographer and lazy explorer.
Ute Wassermann → Ute Wassermann masks her voice with bird whistles creating a hybrid vocal persona with sculptural, oscillating, swirling tone-colours. The vocal sounds seem to be disconnected from the human voice dissolving into the sounds of birds, of machines, of electronics, scraps of otherworldly language. utewassermann.com