COMMON GROUND

Flavio Pintarelli is a writer and marketing strategist. He deals with critical, digital and visual culture. He has written reports, essays and short stories for Internazionale, Domus, Not, Il Tascabile, Ultimo Uomo, Prismo, The Towner, Domani, Ludica, Singola, Manarot, La Foresta and other magazines. He has published two essays: Su Facebook (:duepunti, 2013) and Stupidi giocattoli di legno (Agenzia X, 2014); a collection of short stories: Cronache della Metropoli (Ledizioni, 2019); he has participated in several anthologies and essay collections.

James Bach is a composer and musician from northern Italy, born in 1988. He receives music from the universe like an antenna. Using an acoustic guitar, effects pedals, and a loop station, he blends melodies, harmonies, and rhythms to craft beautiful sound-stories. Known for his outdoor live performances, his music makes eyes sparkle and hearts shine.

Marion Klammer is an experienced chef who has worked in various Michelin-starred restaurants. Julian Larger is an artist who expresses himself through different media, with a particular focus on photography. In 2024, they collaborated on the Pop-Up Wanda project and have since passionately continued to realize culinary projects together.

Julian Burchia has been working with clay for twenty years—what started as a hobby has since become his profession. He is a self-taught ceramicist who has learned through experimentation, books, and exchanges with fellow ceramicists such as Peter Chiusole, Veronika Thurin, Giovanni Maffucci, and Simon Iurino. Since 2017, he has focused particularly on the use of clays and other raw materials gathered from nature, which he transforms into ceramic objects.

Irene Hager, born in 1970, studied Education and German Studies, as well as Museum Education and Exhibition Communication. She lives in Auer (South Tyrol). She is a speaker on topics such as wool processing, herbal knowledge, legends, and myths. She spends her summers on the alpine pasture and lives as a self-sustainer with heart and mind. Her experiences have been shared in several non-fiction books, including Harnessing the Power of Herbs (Löwenzahn Verlag).

Thea Unteregger is an art historian, artist, cultural mediator, and author. She is interested in indigenous knowledge in the Alpine region and enjoys researching at the intersection of everyday life and ritual, concept and practice.
In her book 28 Goddesses, she traces the paths of female spirituality in the Alps. Through her collages, she gives expression to in-between worlds. In her seminars, she invites participants to discover the sensual and the transcendent in everyday life.

Elisabeth Ramoser is a dancer, choreographer, performance artist, and sculptor. She combines classical dance techniques with contemporary, experimental movement forms, exploring the fascinating intersection between traditional dance and innovative performance.
Her diverse training—ranging from martial arts and aerial acrobatics to workshops in flamenco, oriental dance, and intensive contemporary dance, as well as interdisciplinary projects in visual arts—reflects her deep interest in the connection between body, movement, space, and expression. In her performances, classes, and workshops, she creates spaces where dance becomes an experience and everyday life transforms into a living performance

Marc Herbst is a researcher at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and a member of the Museion Art Club. This Common Grounds activity is also the June version of a monthly performance/workshop on a topic he is passionate about. He is an interdisciplinary artist/researcher working in diverse contexts in collaboration with communities, movements and no one. He also co-edits the Journal of Aesthetics & Protest.

Paola Boscaini is a visual artist, cultural producer, and graphic designer based in Bolzano, Italy. She holds a BFA in Visual Arts from the Academy of Fine Arts — Florence and an MFA from the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts — Turin. She is the co-founder of Corrispondenze (2021–ongoing), a participation-based artistic and editorial project, and works as a cultural producer for the Lungomare cooperative. Her practice spans workshops, photographic research, the activation of situated practices, and editorial production, with a focus on participation as a catalyst for shared knowledge and collective creation.

Beatrice Cera is an Italian art worker and designer. She received a BA in Design and Art at the Free University of Bolzano (IT) and an MA in Photography & Society at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL). Since 2022, she has been part of the co-founded radio collective Radio Echo. Inspired by feminist theory, Beatrice’s practice creates spaces for a manifestation of care through the exchange of experiences, conversation, and collective learning. These spaces take multiple forms – workshops, publications, shared meals, reading sessions, and lectures. Alongside her artistic practice, Beatrice works as an educator, curator, and writer in Italy and the Netherlands.