Art Safiental

Every two years, an international outdoor exhibition with a changing focus on the latest trends in Land and Environmental Art takes place in the Safiental (Grisons, Switzerland). After New Land Art (2016), Horizontal – Vertical (2018), Analog – Digital (2020), and Learning from the Earth (2022). The theme for 2024 is: What if? Songs from Tomorrowlands.

Around 15 national and international artists will create temporary works related to the theme, in dialogue with the landscape and mostly in outdoor spaces. The works are distributed throughout the entire Safiental (25km in length, 150km² in area) and can be visited without charge for about four months a year.  Among the more than 60 contributors to previous editions are works by Lita Albuquerque, Ursula Biemann, Julius von Bismarck, James Bridle, Bob Gramsma, Ingeborg Lüscher, !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Raumlabor, Analia Saban, Roman Signer, Steiner/Lenzlinger, Ben Vautier and many others.

A short guide with a map provides the exact locations of the artworks and interesting facts about the exhibition, the individual works, Land and Environmental Art and the Safiental. A catalog will be published towards the end of the Biennale. An event and educational program as well as guided tours are offered. The festival centre is the Berghotel Alpenblick in Tenna, which also houses the ILEA Institute for Land and Environmental Art and where the summer school Alps Art Academy takes place.

Exhibition duration: July 6 – October 20. 2022 > Exhibition Guide/Map / Google Map
Opening: July 5-7, 2024 (detailed program)
Performance 20.7. Safien Platz (program)
Performance 15.9. Valendas (program)
Finissage: October 20, 2024 (program)

Edition 2022: Learning from the Earth
Edition 2020: Analog – Digital 
Edition 2018: Horizontal – Vertical
Edition 2016: New Land Art

Com&Com: Bergkanzel (2016-2022), Art Safiental 2020, F: ILEA