Auricchio Coen Knopp
“.arexport”
Italy, Germany

Place: Medalghes

Nine stations with colored filters alter the perception of the panorama overlooking the marvelous Crep dlas Dodes, Piz Somplunt, and Piz Duleda—the peaks that separate the Longiarù valley from the Antersasc valley. We typically find these chromatic effects in smartphones (on Instagram, for example, they bear the names of iconic cities like New York, Tokyo, Paris, Rio de Janeiro) or in photo post-production programs. “.arexport” is, in fact, the extension for images modified with digital effects. Bringing these filters into the real world as an art installation invites the public to reflect on the immaterial tools that modify real existences, the perception of them, and how millions of people publicly share every detail. Placed in a location that needs no alteration, the artwork prompts a further question: what needs does the desire to sugarcoat the images of our lives address?

  • Nü postaziuns cun avisa tan de filtri da corú, müda la perzeziun dl panorama cun Crëp dales Dodesc, Piz Somplunt y Piz Duleda, les pizes che despartësc la val de Lungiarü da chëra de Antersasc.

    Chisc efec cromatics ciafunse normalmënter pro i smartphone (sön Instagram, por ejëmpl, ái l’inom de cités iconiches sciöche New York, Tokyo, Paris, Rio de Janeiro) o ti programs de postproduziun fotografica. ".arexport" é avisa l’estenjiun dles fotografies modificades cun efec digitai. Porté chisc filtri tl monn real, sot forma de n’istalaziun artistica, inviëia le publich da ponsé do sön i stromënc imateriai che modifichëia esistënzes reales, süa perzeziun y la manira de sciöche miliuns de porsones partësc publicamënter vigni detai. Metüda te n post che n’á nia bojëgn de alteraziuns, stimolëia l’opera na domanda: a ci bojëgns respogn pa la nezescité da edulcoré les imajes de nosta vita?

  • Nove postazioni con altrettanti filtri colorati modificano la percezione del panorama che affaccia sui meravigliosi Crep dlas Dodes, Piz Somplunt, Piz Duleda, le cime che separano la valle di Longiarù da quella di Antersasc. Solitamente questi effetti cromatici li troviamo negli smartphone (su Instagram, per esempio, portano i nomi di iconiche città come New York, Tokyo, Parigi, Rio de Janeiro) o nei programmi di postproduzione fotografica. Arexport è, infatti, l’estensione che hanno le immagini modificate con effetti digitali. Portare questi filtri nel mondo reale, sotto forma di installazione artistica, invita il pubblico a riflettere riguardo gli strumenti immateriali che modificano esistenze reali, la percezione di esse e il modo in cui milioni di persone ne condividono pubblicamente ogni dettaglio. Posta in un luogo che non ha bisogno
    di alterazioni, l’opera stimola un’ulteriore domanda: a quali bisogni risponde la necessità di edulcorare le immagini della nostra vita? 

  • Neun Stationen mit farbigen Filtern verändern die Wahrnehmung des Panoramas, das auf die wunderbaren Crep dlas Dodes, den Piz Somplunt, und den Piz Duleda blickt – jene Gipfel, die das Campilltal vom Antersasc-Tal trennen. Normalerweise finden wir diese chromatischen Effekte in Smartphones (auf Instagram tragen sie etwa die Namen ikonischer Städte wie New York, Tokio, Paris, Rio de Janeiro) oder in Fotobearbeitungsprogrammen. “.arexport” ist tatsächlich die Dateiendung für Bilder, die mit digitalen Effekten bearbeitet wurden. Diese Filter in Form einer Kunstinstallation in die reale Welt zu übertragen, lädt das Publikum ein, über die immateriellen Werkzeuge nachzudenken, die reale Existenzen, deren Wahrnehmung und die Art und Weise, wie Millionen von Menschen jedes Detail öffentlich teilen, verändern. An einem Ort platziert, der keiner Veränderung bedarf, wirft das Werk eine weitere Frage auf: Welche Bedürfnisse spricht das  Verlangen an, die Bilder unseres Lebens zu beschönigen?

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Location MEDALGHES.

We have already told you about the transhumance of animals that are led from La Valle to the pastures of Fanes via the St. Anthony Pass. Here, however, we tell you about another type of procession that involves only male people from the entire Badia Valley.

Every three years, over the Poma Pass, men from the twelve villages of the valley walk in a procession to the ancient bishop’s seat of Sabiona, today a monastery, located above the small village of Chiusa in the Isarco Valley. The procession is called ‘Jeunn’ and brings together around 1,000 pilgrimers in a three-day walk, of which the last one took place between the 2nd and 4th of June 2022. 

The pilgrimage, which crosses valleys and mountain ridges, is a centuries-old tradition and leads the faithful from Val Badia on a three-day hike. Some pilgrims arrive in the neighbouring valley, Funes, by crossing the Poma Pass, at 2,293 metres above sea level. You can get there by crossing the Munt d’Adagn path, which is a beautiful grassy plateau (also perfect in winter for snowshoeing or ski mountaineering), where you will also find a couple of alpine huts, with the wonderful peaks of the Puez Odle group in the background. The gentle undulation of these meadows, like those of Putia, is the result of erosive phenomena that, over millions of years, have smoothed out the sandstone and Bellerophon layers of which they are composed.

The area is also the stage for a number of stories about some interesting characters: the first is Franz Schlüter, a Dresden merchant who fell in love with the Dolomites. In 1896 he bought the land and then paid for the construction of a building which is now the Rifugio Genova. The inauguration was in August 1898. A century later, the second interesting person came along: Jürgen König, a German journalist and author. He wrote the book ‘Medalges. Ein Jahr allein in den bleichen Bergen’ after spending an introspective experience of detachment from society in Medalges. For one year, in 1989, he was living in the company of only his dog Schnaps in a hut without electricity, services, radio, television or telephone. The book was later made into the film ‘Im Atmen der Bergen’ in 1998. Jürgen König died, aged 79, on the 24th of June 2022. He is remembered fondly. 

Also, just beyond the Poma Pass, continuing towards Putia, you can reach the Alta Via Günther Messner (for experienced hikers only), dedicated to Reinhold Messner’s brother. It was on these very mountains that the Messner brothers, originally from the neighbouring Val di Funes, learned to climb.

  • We have already told you about the transhumance of animals that are led from La Valle to the pastures of Fanes via the St. Anthony Pass. Here, however, we tell you about another type of procession that involves only male people from the entire Badia Valley.

    Every three years, over the Poma Pass, men from the twelve villages of the valley walk in a procession to the ancient bishop’s seat of Sabiona, today a monastery, located above the small village of Chiusa in the Isarco Valley. The procession is called ‘Jeunn’ and brings together around 1,000 pilgrimers in a three-day walk, of which the last one took place between the 2nd and 4th of June 2022. 

    The pilgrimage, which crosses valleys and mountain ridges, is a centuries-old tradition and leads the faithful from Val Badia on a three-day hike. Some pilgrims arrive in the neighbouring valley, Funes, by crossing the Poma Pass, at 2,293 metres above sea level. You can get there by crossing the Munt d’Adagn path, which is a beautiful grassy plateau (also perfect in winter for snowshoeing or ski mountaineering), where you will also find a couple of alpine huts, with the wonderful peaks of the Puez Odle group in the background. The gentle undulation of these meadows, like those of Putia, is the result of erosive phenomena that, over millions of years, have smoothed out the sandstone and Bellerophon layers of which they are composed.

    The area is also the stage for a number of stories about some interesting characters: the first is Franz Schlüter, a Dresden merchant who fell in love with the Dolomites. In 1896 he bought the land and then paid for the construction of a building which is now the Rifugio Genova. The inauguration was in August 1898. A century later, the second interesting person came along: Jürgen König, a German journalist and author. He wrote the book ‘Medalges. Ein Jahr allein in den bleichen Bergen’ after spending an introspective experience of detachment from society in Medalges. For one year, in 1989, he was living in the company of only his dog Schnaps in a hut without electricity, services, radio, television or telephone. The book was later made into the film ‘Im Atmen der Bergen’ in 1998. Jürgen König died, aged 79, on the 24th of June 2022. He is remembered fondly. 

    Also, just beyond the Poma Pass, continuing towards Putia, you can reach the Alta Via Günther Messner (for experienced hikers only), dedicated to Reinhold Messner’s brother. It was on these very mountains that the Messner brothers, originally from the neighbouring Val di Funes, learned to climb.

  • Vi abbiamo già parlato della transumanza degli animali che da La Valle vengono condotti ai pascoli di Fanes attraverso il passo Sant’Antonio. Qui invece vi raccontiamo un altro tipo di processione che coinvolge solo le persone di sesso maschile dell’intera Val Badia. 

    Ogni tre anni, attraverso il Passo Poma, gli uomini dei dodici paesi della valle si recano in processione all’antica sede vescovile di Sabiona, oggi monastero, situata sopra il piccolo paese di Chiusa, in Valle Isarco. Il corteo si chiama “Jeunn” e riunisce all’incirca mille fedeli in un cammino di tre giorni la cui ultima edizione è stata a inizio giugno 2024.

    Il pellegrinaggio, che attraversa le valli e le creste delle montagne, è una tradizione secolare e conduce i fedeli dalla Val Badia in un’escursione di tre giorni. Alcuni pellegrini arrivano nella valle vicina, Funes, proprio attraversando il Passo Poma a 2.293 msl. Ci si arriva attraversando il sentiero del Munt d’Adagn, che è un bellissimo pianoro erboso, in cui si trovano anche un paio di malghe, con sullo sfondo le meravigliose cime del gruppo Puez Odle. 

    La zona è anche lo scenario di alcune storie che riguardano alcuni interessanti personaggi: il primo è Franz Schlüter, commerciante di Dresda innamorato delle Dolomiti, che nel 1896 comprò il terreno e poi pagò i lavori per edificare, inaugurandolo nell’agosto 1898, quello che oggi è il Rifugio Genova. Il secondo è Jürgen König giornalista e scrittore tedesco autore, un secolo dopo, nel 1989, del libro “Medalghes. Ein Jahr allein in den bleichen Bergen”. König trascorse proprio a Medalghes un’esperienza introspettiva di allontanamento dalla società vivendo per un anno, in compagnia solo del suo cane Schnaps, in un una baita senza elettricità, servizi, radio, televisione, telefono. Dal libro fu poi tratto, nel 1998, il film “Im Atmen der Bergen”. Inoltre, poco oltre il Passo Poma proseguendo verso il Putia, si raggiunge l’Alta Via Günther Messner (solo per escursionisti esperti), dedicata al fratello di Reinhold Messner. È proprio su queste montagne che i fratelli Messner, originari della confinante
    Val di Funes, impararono ad arrampicare.

  • Wir haben Ihnen bereits von der Transhumanz der Tiere berichtet, die von La Val über den St. Antonius-Pass zu den Weiden der Fanes geführt werden. Hier hingegen erzählen wir Ihnen von einer anderen Art von Prozession, an der nur die männliche Bevölkerung des gesamten Gadertals teilnimmt.

    Alle drei Jahre ziehen die Männer aus den zwölf Dörfern des Tals in einer Prozession über das Kreuzkofeljoch zum alten Bischofssitz von Säben, der heute ein Kloster ist und oberhalb des kleinen Dorfes Klausen im Eisacktal liegt. Die Prozession wird „Jeunn“ genannt und führt rund 1.000 Pilger in einer dreitägigen Wanderung zusammen. Die jüngste dieser Prozessionen fand zwischen dem 2. und dem 4. Juni 2024 statt. Die Wallfahrt, die über Täler und Bergkämme führt, ist eine jahrhundertealte Tradition und führt die Gläubigen aus dem Gadertal. Einige Pilger erreichen das benachbarte Villnößtal über die Kreuzkofeljoch, welches auf 2.293 Metern Höhe liegt. Der Weg dorthin führt über den Munt d‘Adagn, ein wunderschönes, grasbewachsenes Plateau (auch im Winter ideal für Schneeschuhwanderungen oder Skitouren), auf dem sich auch einige Almhütten befinden, mit den herrlichen Gipfeln der Puez-Geisler-Gruppe im Hintergrund. Die sanften Wellung dieser Wiesen sind wie die von den Pleiterwiesen das Ergebnis von Erosionserscheinungen, die im Laufe von Millionen von Jahren die Sandstein- und Bellerophon-Schichten, aus denen sie bestehen, geglättet haben.

    Das Gebiet ist auch Schauplatz einer Reihe von Geschichten über interessante Persönlichkeiten: Die erste ist Franz Schlüter, ein Dresdner Kaufmann, der sich in die Dolomiten verliebte. Im Jahr 1896 kaufte er ein Grundstück und finanzierte den Bau eines Gebäudes, das heute als Schlüterhütte bezeichnet wird. Die Einweihung fand im August 1898 statt. Ein Jahrhundert später kam die zweite interessante Person hinzu: Jürgen König, ein deutscher Journalist und Schriftsteller. Er schrieb das Buch „Medalghes. Ein Jahr allein in den bleichen Bergen“, nachdem er in Medalghes eine introspektive Erfahrung des losgelöst Sein von der Gesellschaft gemacht hatte.1989 lebte er ein Jahr lang allein mit seinem Hund Schnaps in einer Hütte ohne Strom, Radio, Fernsehen oder Telefon. Das Buch wurde 1998 im Film „Im Atmen der Berge“ verfilmt. Jürgen König starb im Alter von 79 Jahren am 24. Juni 2022. Seine Erinnerung jedoch wird weitergetragen.

    Unmittelbar hinter dem Kreuzkofeljoch, weiter in Richtung Peitler, befindet sich der Günther-Messner-Höhenweg (nur für erfahrene Wanderer), der dem Bruder von Reinhold Messner gewidmet ist. Auf diesen Bergen haben die Brüder Messner, die ursprünglich aus dem benachbarten Villnößtal stammen, das Klettern gelernt.

 
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