The cultural festival LanaLive 2024, under the motto "Traditions in Transition," was dedicated to the exploration and reflection on the transformation of traditional rituals in our society. From May 24 to June 2, 2024, the festival invited attendees to discover new perspectives on customs and habits together with artists, scientists, and representatives of traditional associations such as the Bürgerkapelle Lana.
In an era characterized by rapid social and technological progress, LanaLive 2024 provided a space for reflection and discourse on the preservation and reorientation of traditions. Through a diverse program of music, visual arts, performances, lectures, and discussions, participants were encouraged to question the significance of rituals in today's society and to explore possible future scenarios.
Foto: Flyle
The cultural festival LanaLive 2023, from May 25 to June 4, 2023, aims, as the title "Walking Connections" suggests, to connect, network, and bring together. LanaLive 2023 must be in the midst of it, in the heart of the community, to accomplish this. Walking serves as the artistic and cultural format for this purpose. Through hikes and excursions through Lana, a network is formed, bringing together the area and its people.
A series of unexpected, unusual, and surprising walks bring together artists from various disciplines (music, visual arts, performance), as well as experts from the fields of urban planning, architecture, history, etc., with residents to create connections. Together, they form a network of reference points and insights that not only enrich Lana but also should serve as a vision for how contemporary society can be brought together through cultural means.
Foto: Fanni Fazeka, Grafic: Annika Terwey
The LanaLive 2022 cultural festival, held from May 13 to 22, was themed "Collaborations" and presented various community projects in collaboration with local artists, associations, businesses, and individuals. The festival emphasized the importance of collaboration and networking within the local cultural scene and provided a platform for cultural actors in rural areas.
In addition to new productions, adapted projects were also presented. A highlight was the diverse cultural festival in collaboration with the Lions Club Meran Host, especially the cultural day at the Old Magazine on May 14, which supported young artists and offered a wide range of artistic performances from classical music to installations and performances.
Foto: Flyle
The theme of the 2021 festival is a retrospective reflection on the past 10 years of LanaLive, where events and projects from previous years are transformed into installations and presented again in an art trail both in Lana and the surrounding areas.
The festival emphasizes the transdisciplinary and thematic nature of local cultural production and reflects on the state of art between past and future. By monumentalizing fourteen works from past festivals in public places, LanaLive invites visitors to move through Lana, leave the city, explore nature, the area, and to turn around several times to look forward.
Foto: Flyle
The LanaLive Report was published annually following the festival and collected or reflected on the results of the festival in various ways.
Despite the COVID-19 crisis, LanaLive 2020, held from May 21 to 31, ventured forth as a cultural provider and creatively adapted its festival program. Under the theme "Underground," the transdisciplinary cultural festival literally and figuratively explored everything beneath the surface in Lana and its surroundings. The festival took place in alternative formats, including live streams, a brochure, a radio show, a TV show, and an interactive website, to enable the experience despite physical distancing. As a witness, author, and blogger Thomas Tribus accompanied most events and documented his experiences and thoughts in text form.
Foto: Flyle, Manuel Ahnemüller (2)Â
The LanaLive 2019 festival, held from May 23 to June 2, revolved around the theme "Roundabout" and focused on mobility. Lana, as a traffic hub, historically played a significant role in providing access to the Ultental and the Nonsberg. The festival explored the development and trends of mobility, both past and future, along the main traffic axes of the market town. It offered thematically coordinated concerts, performative interventions, exhibitions, film screenings, lectures, and exploration tours that engaged traffic-influenced locations.
Foto: Flyle
The LanaLive 2018 festival, held from May 24 to June 3 in Lana and its surroundings, was dedicated to the theme of "Aussichten" (in English perspectives). It explored the geography of the region, inviting people to ascend to gain a wider view and discover new things. The festival offered concerts, performative interventions, exhibitions, film screenings, lectures, and exploration tours that generated new perspectives, focusing primarily on young artists to inspire new productions and possibly visionary ideas.
Foto: Flyle
The LanaLive 2017 festival explored the historical significance of the direct connection from Lana over the Gampenpass to the Trentino Val di Non. This route served as a link between the Etschtal and the Nonstal since prehistoric times and played an important role in Roman times and the early Middle Ages. From May 18 to 28, 2017, LanaLive addressed this transition and the associated cultural exchange, including stories of travel and migration that shaped the festival.
Foto: Flyle
LanaLive 2016, under the title "The Settlers," focused on residential settlements in Lana and its surroundings. The festival directly focused on the population and explored developments over the past 60 years and the peculiarities and stories of various settlements. Through artistic installations and events in residential areas, a variety of unusual perspectives were offered, bringing neighborhoods together and promoting communication among residents.
Foto: Flyle
The theme of LanaLive 2015 was "Zone," which invited local artists, musicians, and intellectuals to develop new projects and strengthen artistic and cultural creation locally. A project to establish the "Zone Orchestra" failed. Instead, DJ Raffaele Virgadaula was invited to remix "100 Zone Songs" from the industrial zone in Lana. As a preview of the festival, Peter Holzknecht and Alex Rowbotham performed a visual show and live music at the former Zuegg factory in the village center as part of the LanaLights Festival in April 2015.
In 2014, LanaLive explored the history of its churches and religiosity, which have visibly and audibly shaped this region. Lana and its surroundings have around 40 churches and chapels, with the oldest traces dating back to the late 5th or 6th century.
The focus of LanaLive 2014 was on a music program that corresponded the church building with the music of the respective era, creating an aesthetic and acoustic framework of immanence. In this way, the cultural festival undertakes a musical-cultural journey through time and at the same time, an artistic exploration of church and religiosity in Lana, Tscherms, and Tisens.
LanaLive 2013 explored the theme of housing and the lives of guests in Lana and its surroundings as part of its annual search for a new purpose for the area. The festival delved into visual arts and invited five artists to develop site-specific artworks that explicitly dealt with the theme.
Under the title "Hotel," the festival examined tourism in the region and explored how guests spend their holidays and which places are significant for tourism. From May 8 to 26, national and international artists occupied places and spaces to find answers to these questions.
In 2021, LanaLive selected its venues from a wealth of locations associated with the Falschauer and Etsch. The venues allow for an experience of the two streams from new perspectives and put their social, historical, and cultural content to the test.
The cultural festival LanaLive 2024, under the motto "Traditions in Transition," was dedicated to the exploration and reflection on the transformation of traditional rituals in our society. From May 24 to June 2, 2024, the festival invited attendees to discover new perspectives on customs and habits together with artists, scientists, and representatives of traditional associations such as the Bürgerkapelle Lana.
In an era characterized by rapid social and technological progress, LanaLive 2024 provided a space for reflection and discourse on the preservation and reorientation of traditions. Through a diverse program of music, visual arts, performances, lectures, and discussions, participants were encouraged to question the significance of rituals in today's society and to explore possible future scenarios.
The cultural festival LanaLive 2023, from May 25 to June 4, 2023, aims, as the title "Walking Connections" suggests, to connect, network, and bring together. LanaLive 2023 must be in the midst of it, in the heart of the community, to accomplish this. Walking serves as the artistic and cultural format for this purpose. Through hikes and excursions through Lana, a network is formed, bringing together the area and its people.
A series of unexpected, unusual, and surprising walks bring together artists from various disciplines (music, visual arts, performance), as well as experts from the fields of urban planning, architecture, history, etc., with residents to create connections. Together, they form a network of reference points and insights that not only enrich Lana but also should serve as a vision for how contemporary society can be brought together through cultural means.
The LanaLive 2022 cultural festival, held from May 13 to 22, was themed "Collaborations" and presented various community projects in collaboration with local artists, associations, businesses, and individuals. The festival emphasized the importance of collaboration and networking within the local cultural scene and provided a platform for cultural actors in rural areas.
In addition to new productions, adapted projects were also presented. A highlight was the diverse cultural festival in collaboration with the Lions Club Meran Host, especially the cultural day at the Old Magazine on May 14, which supported young artists and offered a wide range of artistic performances from classical music to installations and performances.
The theme of the 2021 festival is a retrospective reflection on the past 10 years of LanaLive, where events and projects from previous years are transformed into installations and presented again in an art trail both in Lana and the surrounding areas.
The festival emphasizes the transdisciplinary and thematic nature of local cultural production and reflects on the state of art between past and future. By monumentalizing fourteen works from past festivals in public places, LanaLive invites visitors to move through Lana, leave the city, explore nature, the area, and to turn around several times to look forward.
The LanaLive Report was published annually following the festival and collected or reflected on the results of the festival in various ways.
Despite the COVID-19 crisis, LanaLive 2020, held from May 21 to 31, ventured forth as a cultural provider and creatively adapted its festival program. Under the theme "Underground," the transdisciplinary cultural festival literally and figuratively explored everything beneath the surface in Lana and its surroundings. The festival took place in alternative formats, including live streams, a brochure, a radio show, a TV show, and an interactive website, to enable the experience despite physical distancing. As a witness, author, and blogger Thomas Tribus accompanied most events and documented his experiences and thoughts in text form.
The LanaLive 2019 festival, held from May 23 to June 2, revolved around the theme "Roundabout" and focused on mobility. Lana, as a traffic hub, historically played a significant role in providing access to the Ultental and the Nonsberg. The festival explored the development and trends of mobility, both past and future, along the main traffic axes of the market town. It offered thematically coordinated concerts, performative interventions, exhibitions, film screenings, lectures, and exploration tours that engaged traffic-influenced locations.
The LanaLive 2018 festival, held from May 24 to June 3 in Lana and its surroundings, was dedicated to the theme of "Aussichten" (in English perspectives). It explored the geography of the region, inviting people to ascend to gain a wider view and discover new things. The festival offered concerts, performative interventions, exhibitions, film screenings, lectures, and exploration tours that generated new perspectives, focusing primarily on young artists to inspire new productions and possibly visionary ideas.
The LanaLive 2017 festival explored the historical significance of the direct connection from Lana over the Gampenpass to the Trentino Val di Non. This route served as a link between the Etschtal and the Nonstal since prehistoric times and played an important role in Roman times and the early Middle Ages. From May 18 to 28, 2017, LanaLive addressed this transition and the associated cultural exchange, including stories of travel and migration that shaped the festival.
LanaLive 2016, under the title "The Settlers," focused on residential settlements in Lana and its surroundings. The festival directly focused on the population and explored developments over the past 60 years and the peculiarities and stories of various settlements. Through artistic installations and events in residential areas, a variety of unusual perspectives were offered, bringing neighborhoods together and promoting communication among residents.
The theme of LanaLive 2015 was "Zone," which invited local artists, musicians, and intellectuals to develop new projects and strengthen artistic and cultural creation locally. A project to establish the "Zone Orchestra" failed. Instead, DJ Raffaele Virgadaula was invited to remix "100 Zone Songs" from the industrial zone in Lana. As a preview of the festival, Peter Holzknecht and Alex Rowbotham performed a visual show and live music at the former Zuegg factory in the village center as part of the LanaLights Festival in April 2015.
In 2014, LanaLive explored the history of its churches and religiosity, which have visibly and audibly shaped this region. Lana and its surroundings have around 40 churches and chapels, with the oldest traces dating back to the late 5th or 6th century.
The focus of LanaLive 2014 was on a music program that corresponded the church building with the music of the respective era, creating an aesthetic and acoustic framework of immanence. In this way, the cultural festival undertakes a musical-cultural journey through time and at the same time, an artistic exploration of church and religiosity in Lana, Tscherms, and Tisens.
LanaLive 2013 explored the theme of housing and the lives of guests in Lana and its surroundings as part of its annual search for a new purpose for the area. The festival delved into visual arts and invited five artists to develop site-specific artworks that explicitly dealt with the theme.
Under the title "Hotel," the festival examined tourism in the region and explored how guests spend their holidays and which places are significant for tourism. From May 8 to 26, national and international artists occupied places and spaces to find answers to these questions.
In 2021, LanaLive selected its venues from a wealth of locations associated with the Falschauer and Etsch. The venues allow for an experience of the two streams from new perspectives and put their social, historical, and cultural content to the test.
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