Fondazione Monte Verità
- Strada Collina 84
- CH-6612 Ascona
- Tel. +41 91 785 40 40
- Fax +41 91 785 40 50
Monte Verità offers the local public and tourists a programme of cultural meetings and events.
The themes and areas covered are aimed at enhancing the historical and cultural heritage of Monte Verità and the Ascona region and at disseminating scientific, artistic, philosophical and, more generally, humanistic knowledge. A great deal of space is given to collaborations with local institutions such as museums, foundations and cultural associations.
12 May - 29 Jun 2025
Water and clay are central to the work of Alessandro Biggio, a Cagliari-born artist who reflects on the concept of identity and offers an open, deconstructed representation of it—one that moves beyond the constraints of physiognomic resemblance. The artist is not focused on the figurative outcome but rather on the transitional, transformative process. After sculpting portraits in clay, Biggio dissolves them in water so that they lose all semblance and traceability of the faces. The resulting mixture is then imprinted onto cotton sheets, which are subsequently torn and dried, as if to obtain a “universal portrait” with no remaining formal reference to the human figure, evoked instead in an abstract manner. Drawings also emerge from the clay dust, created through engraving techniques. The process is documented in a video that represents this ritual of transformation.
Casa Selma, Casa dei russi
Alessandro Biggio (1974) lives and works between Cagliari and Calasetta. He holds a degree in Economics and Commerce from the University of Cagliari. In his practice—deeply rooted in the places where he works—experimentation with various materials, both natural and synthetic, plays a fundamental role, particularly with ash, clay, and polyurethane.
His sculptures, drawings, and installations are the outcome of lengthy processes in which form and disintegration coexist in a delicate balance.
04 Jun - 27 Aug 2025
18:30
Monte Verità is pleased to offer free yoga lessons in the park every Wednesday from June 4th to August 27th.
The appointments are aimed at those who want to approach yoga in a dynamic and fluid way and focus on posture, body alignment and breathing.
On Wednesday
4, 11, 18, 25 June
2, 9, 16, 23, 30 July
6, 13, 20, 27 August
6.30 p.m. - with Elena Salvioni
Participation is free, subject to availability.
Equipment: please bring a personal mat (yoga, pilates, gymnastics); comfortable clothes; towel,
sweatshirt, warm sweater or blanket for the relaxation phase.
Registration at [email protected], required 3 days before the date
In case of rain, the class is cancelled and participants are notified 24 hours before the date.
Meeting point: garden next to the Spazio Piscina
