Screening of Poç and The upcoming polar silk road by Elena Mazzi and meeting with the artist
curated by Associazione ETRARTE
Cinema Visionario (Udine)
, 13 March 2026
— 19:30
Altreforme, in collaboration with the ETRARTE Association, presents an evening at the Cinema Visionario dedicated to an artistic look at the climate crisis and the challenges of living consciously on our planet. The event features the screening of two short films by artist Elena Mazzi: The upcoming Polar Silk Road (2021, 9 min 45”) and Poç, 2023 (22 min); the artist will be present at the event for an in-depth conversation.
Free admission until full capacity is reached.
The upcoming Polar Silk Road intends to analyze the complex intertwining between economy, geopolitics, ecology and mobility within the Arctic regions most affected by the infrastructural, economic and political transformations linked to the Polar Silk Road, in particular Iceland.
Poç: The film transports us to a small mountain community, a place where nature welcomes an anthropic intervention designed for leisure, an object of care and sharing, protected by the community as a precious secret heritage, as “useless” as it is necessary.
Find out more about the works and the artist.
The event is organised in collaboration with the Municipality of Udine
Elena Mazzi (Reggio Emilia, 1984) studied at the University of Siena, IUAV (Venice), the Royal Academy of Art (Konsthogskolan) in Stockholm, and Villa Arson (Nice) where she currently is a PhD candidate. Starting from the examination of specific territories, in her works she reads the cultural and natural heritage of places, intertwining stories, facts and fantasies transmitted by local communities to suggest possible resolutions of the human-nature-culture conflict. Her working methodology, close to anthropology, favors a holistic approach aimed at mending fractures taking place in society, which starts from observation and proceeds by combining different knowledge. Her works have been exhibited in collective and solo shows, including at Villa Arson (Nice), Luleå Biennial, PAV – Parco Arte Vivente in Turin, der TANK in Basel, BIENALSUR, MADRE in Naples, ar/ge kunst in Bözen, Whitechapel Gallery of London, BOZAR in Brussels, Museo del Novecento in Florence, Sonje Art Center in Seoul, Palazzo Fortuny in Venice, Rome’s 16° Quadriennale, GAM of Turin, and 14° Istanbul Biennial. She has participated in several programs of artist residency and has been awarded prizes both in Italy and abroad.
