MARCO NONES’ CURRICULUM
Marco Nones was born on 19th February 1966 in Rheinfelden (Switzerland). When he was five years old, his family moved to Val di Fiemme, in the Dolomites of Trentino, in his parents’ motherland. During his childhood and his adolescence, we lived in Castello di Fiemme. where his grand-father taught him how to love and work the wood and the first artistic rudiments of sculpture. In 1984 he graduated at Istituto Statale d’Arte (School of Art) of Pozza di Fassa. Then he moved to Cavalese, where he still lives and works.
Thanks to the uniqueness and the peculiarity of his works, he could show them, over the years, at important exhibitions and locations in Assisi, Catania, Lugano, Genoa, Rome, Milan, Venice.
One of the moments Marco Nones remembers with intense emotion is the presentation of his work entitled “The hope of Tibet”, representing the mystical flight of a hawk, to Dalai Lama, during his visit in Rovereto in 2011.
His “Angel in roots” is exposed in Vatican since 2004, in the foyer of Sala Nervi. In March 2008, he proposed 25 works, representing Jesus Christ’s life, in the unique and exclusive environment of the Sacristy by Bramante of the Basilica Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan, during the exhibition “The roots of the Sacred”, passionately desired by the Domenican Fathers.
Marco’s artistic career comes along accurately with the meticulous exploration of human nature, which begins respecting the history impressed in the roots. This nature insinuates in the mystery of the soul, then clambers up among the branches committing to the afterlife. At the end, it comes back to the ground and creates land art works.
The love for the nature has made Marco become an established land art artist. In 2010 he was the only Italian artist to realize a natural installation’s sculpture, for Arte Sella, the international event of contemporary outdoor art that takes place in the flat lands and in the forests of Val di Sella, in Trentino. In 2011 he has planned the outdoor art gallery “Respirart – Pampeago Green&White Gallery”, in order to create artistic works assembling the gifts of the forests with natural elements (such as the ice) both in summer and in winter, in the frame of rhododendrons and ski slopes.
One of his most recent successes is the conquest, in August 2011, of the international Symposium of wood sculpture “Montagn-Art” in Thyon (Switzerland), with the work entitled “Le fil du vent”.
PRESS RELEASE VAL DI FIEMME – TRENTINO ESTATE 2012
Four artists at an altitude of 2000 meters
From 30th July 5th August 2012, new masterpieces come to life
along the path RespirArt Pampeago:
a theater in the open air, the carving of a stone,
wood spheres in the pastures and also a wild-flavoured dessert
TRENTINO – VAL DI FIEMME: In summer 2012, new pieces of art will be created, under the hikers’ eyes, in the grasses and woods of Pampeago, at an altitude of 2000 meters. In the week from Saturday 30th July to Sunday 5th August 2012, you can watch some artists working contemporaneously.
Mr. Mauro Lampo Olivotto, Mr. Thorsten Schütt, Mr. Marco Nones and Mr. Alessandro Gilmozzi will shape masterpieces “in nature and for nature” in the outdoor Art Gallery RespirArt Pampeago Green&White Gallery, conceived by the artist Marco Nones and the journalist Beatrice Calamari, and promoted by the ski tow society “Itap Pampeago”. The artistic path goes from Baita Caserina to Baito La Bassa.
Marco Nones, the artist from Cavalese, will realize the Theater in the open air of Latemar with natural and raw materials. A light and transparent structure in a natural amphitheater in front of Baita Caserina: the vertical installation of pieces of wood will form the rocky skyline of Latemar. His performance starts in June and the work of art will be presented to the public on Sunday 5th August. During the land art week, that starts on 30th July, you can attend the realization of another Marco Nones’ and Beatrice Calamari’s work, called “Breathe, if you need to”.
In 2010, Marco Nones was the only artist to install a sculpture in nature, in the frame of Arte Sella, the international outdoor event of modern art that lies in the grasses and woods of Val di Sella, in Trentino. Some of his most recent successes are his superb victory at the International Symposium of Wood Sculpture “Montagn-Art” in August 2011 in Thyon (Switzerland), with the masterpiece “Le fil du vent”.
Mauro Lampo Olivotto, from 30th July to 5th August 2012, the artist from Cortina D’Ampezzo will carve a stone that lies on the path. Its name will be “Natural mente”. The artist came into the limelight for his adventurous artistic deeds on 10th -11th September 2011 on Monte Pelmo. In September 2011, together with four speleologists and trekkers of the association of geographical explorations “La Venta”, he climbed a 150-meter rock face and reached a cave, where he arrange a photo-set dedicated to his “Giauli”, mysterious creatures that he had invented and carved. During this lucky mission, they discovered five possible footprints of dinosaurs. Mauro Lampo, eclectic artist and show man, is famous also for his very long Zip (“Cerniera Lampo” in Italian”, with little teeth of spruce and Swiss pine, that crossed the center of Cortina.
Thorsten Schütt, artist from Friedeburg (Germany), will create a river of spheres of Swiss pine wood in the pastures of Pampeago. This work of art perfectly mimics the streaming life of his author in nature. His passion for the land art inspired him for the realization of magnificent rock sculptures in front of the sea or to carve sections of trees in the heart of nature. He showed his wood and stone sculptures at international exhibitions and took part in carving symposiums all over Europe, but also in New York, in Canada, in Ecuador and in Africa. Over these latest years, his spirit of research has boosted him to look for a symbiosis between man’s memory and tree’s memory, through the carving of spheres of any dimensions. The deep dialogue with nature gets the artist to generate a sort of strain with the surrounding space. It lives through pieces of art that are absorbed into visions, personal experiences and meetings. Which will be the title of his masterpiece? “Sometimes it’s not so easy to find a title for my creations – says the guest of RespirArt – because I fear I suggest my interpretation. I often find more interesting the fantasies and the thoughts that my public expresses looking at them”.
Mr. Alessandro Gilmozzi. On Sunday 5th August 2012, the gastronomical artist from Cavalese will stage a performance dressed with poetry, flavours and nature. The creative chef of the restaurant “El Molin” of Cavalese, awarded by Michelin, dedicates a particular show cooking to the artistic path RespirArt Pampeago, by combining his passion for botany – inherited by his grandfather – and his passion for cooking. That day, all people can taste the flavour of the wood. The meeting point is at 9.30 at Baita Caserina. From there, the trekking starts with Alessandro Gilmozzi. This is occasion to observe him while, as an ancient wise-man, he picks up the raw materials delving into grass, branches, barks and lichens. After the research like a real alchemist, the chef cooks on the grass his dessert called “Borderline”, a treasure of wood flavours, herbs and resins. The small tasting cakes, like little land art masterpieces, will be served on stones picked up from the river Avisio.
Gilmozzi developed his food culture at the court of prestigious chefs like Michel Bras and Ducasse. Today he is one of the most interesting Italian chefs. Every new thing he presents in his menu derives from a thorough and scientific research. From more than twenty years, he has tested unusual raw materials, such as lichens and resin of larch or has perfected ancients recipes. His way of cooking has the scent of the smoking food and of the mountain herbs he picks up every day, season by season. These knowledge of his combines with advanced cooking techniques, that only a few times has used the arctic char or the deer. The low temperatures, the creative use of the smoke, the primordial meeting among fire, wood and meat.
During the land art gastronomical trekking, you can discover the new pieces of art by Marco Nones, Mauro Lampo and Thorsten Schütt along the artistic path that celebrates and boosts the beauty of Latemar from Baita Caserina to Baito La Bassa.
INFO: Latemar Pampeago, tel. +39 0462 813265, www.latemar.it, www.respirart.com
PRESENTATION OF THE MASTERPIECES OF RESPIRART PAMPEAGO 2012
Sunday 5th August
At 9.30, meeting point at Baita Caserina. At 10.00: begins the touring show cooking by Alessandro Gilmozzi, the chef of Cavalese awarded by Michelin. Whoever takes part in this trekking can observe his research of the most curious raw materials (lichens, resin of larch, buds, berries) along the path RespirArt Pampeago and the preparation of the dessert “Borderline” that spreads the flavours in the wood. The spectacular natural-gastronomical trekking is a sweet occasion to watch the new masterpieces of RespirArt and to meet the artists Marco Nones, Mauro Lampo Olivotto and Thorsten Schütt.
On the way back, you can have your lunch at Baita Caserina (booking: mobile: +39 348 8924234).
INFO: Latemar Pampeago, tel. +39 0462.813265, www.latemar.it, www.respirart.com
HOW TO REACH RESPIRART PAMPEAGO: From the parking at Pampeago, walk along the main road for about 700 meters Turn to the right (trail 514) to reach Baita Caserina (“Km Zero” restaurant, mobile +39 348 8924234) after about 45 minutes. To take the path RespirArt, westward, follow the trail 514.
INFO: Associazione Respirart, respirartgallery@gmail.com
www.respirart.com - www.latemar.it - www.visitfiemme.it
From 23rd December 2011 to the date decided by the Sun
“In the circle of a thought”
PAMPEAGO, 1^ LAND ART EXPOSITION ON THE SKI SLOPES
In Pampeago, in the wide group of ski resorts Ski Center Latemar, the ski slopes are becoming an art gallery of snow and ice.
On 23rd December 2011, RespirArt – Pampeago Green&White Gallery and the chair-lifts Latemar of Pampeago are presenting “In the circle of a thought”: the first land art exposition staged on the ski slopes.
The ice pieces of work, created by the artist Marco Nones settled along the ski slopes Agnello and Tresca, are dedicated to the poetess Alda Merini.
The skiers are invited to admire 12 crystal clear sculptures, inspired to the outlines of the peaks of the Dolomites and to the charm of the snow-clad slopes. The duration of the exposition will be determined by the Sun, as it depends on the time its heat needs to melt down the ice realizations.
This breath between art and nature wants to celebrate the beauty of the Latemar massif, one of the Dolomites landscapes that Unesco declared “World Heritage”.
POETRY IN THE CHAIR LIFT
On Tuesday 3rd January 2012, Alda Merini’s poetry will cheer up the skiers seated on the chair lift Agnello, recited by a group of poets. In case of bad weather, the artistic performance will be moved to Wednesday 4th January.
INFO: www.latemar.it; www.respirart.com; www.visitfiemme.it
