Visioni del passato

Lorena Munforti

Where the individual memory flows into ones custody and treasure box collectively, there is the heart of the project of L. Munforti. Whether it's pastures and glaciers, peaks, logs, bark and lichens, the artist elaborates the different languages with a common denominator: Art and Nature must return to meet in a game of contrasts, opposites yet harmoneous, feeding off of each other without being exhausted.

Exhibit place Al Bagn Valdander

The baths complex, comprising a "country bath" with hot springs, a chapel and a building with more modern baths, dating from the '70s, stands 1,443 m above sea level on the road linking San Martin de Tor to Antermëia. The name "Valdander" comes from Val d'Anter, which means valley of the caverns: the water gushes in a limestone cave full of stalagmites and contains sulphur, carbon, iron sulphate, sulphuric acid, carbon dioxide, magnesium and potassium. It is one of the oldest baths in all of the Tyrol. The healing properties of the water are legendary and date from 1507 AC. The "Bagn" website gives an informative account of the hot pool therapy process: "You enter a pool made from Swiss stone pine wood filled with hot mineral water (38°C); a white linen towel is wrapped around your shoulders to stop the steam escaping. This is where the relaxation stage starts. After 15 minutes, more hot water is added and, after about half an hour, the water is drained, while you are left to relax in the pool's remaining steam. After leaving the pool slowly, you have a further half an hour to rest and unwind."