Exhibition
Territori di sguardi e di parole. Paesaggi, storie, immagini della Svizzera italiana
February 5 – March 5, 2026
Tue – Fri, 12:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Limonaia di Villa Saroli,
Viale S. Franscini 9, Lugano
The travelling multimedia exhibition Territori di sguardi e di parole. Paesaggi, storie, immagini della Svizzera italiana (Territories of Gazes and Words. Landscapes, Stories, Images of Italian-speaking Switzerland) celebrates the conclusion of the participatory project Literary Guide of Italian-speaking Switzerland, developed between 2019 and 2025. The project brought together the voices of writers who explored landscape through prose, poetry, diaries, essays and travel accounts.
Curated by the Cultural Observatory of the Canton of Ticino (OC), the project has catalogued a unique heritage comprising 3,321 citations, 875 authors and 372 places in Ticino and Italian-speaking Graubünden, also thanks to the active participation of the public. The testimonies are organised on a map that offers a true literary geography of the territory, providing often unprecedented perspectives.
Within the initiative, the series Territories of Words brings together a collection of booklets dedicated to specific geographical areas. Not an anthology of citations, but a tool designed to stimulate the exploration of the territory and the imagery associated with it, creating a bridge between landscape and culture.
The exhibition is promoted by the Division of Culture and University Studies and curated by the Design Institute of SUPSI, which also showcases the work of Bachelor of Arts in Visual Communication students, invited to translate words into images and create a dialogue between literary memory and contemporary sensibility.
Opening Thursday, February 5, 6:00 PM
Speakers:
Ludovica Molo, Director of the Istituto Internazionale di Architettura;
Massimo Zenari, Director of the Division of Culture and University Studies – Department of Education, Culture and Sport;
Michele Amadò and Marco Beltrametti, SUPSI lecturers and curators of the installation.
Explore the side events linked to the exhibition
Exhibition curated by the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI), in collaboration with the Cultural Observatory of the Canton of Ticino, on behalf of the Division of Culture and University Studies, Department of Education, Culture and Sport. Images: Micol Ferrini (top), Jessica Pinto Almeida (bottom).
