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Nomadic School takes place every summer in Trentino/Alto Adige - Südtirol in the Italian Alps, more than 2000 meters above sea level. For 15 days it brings together a diverse community of mentors and participants who are engaged in a variety of disciplines, including architecture, choreography, glaciology, geology, stage design, sound curation, dramaturgy, visual and literary arts, and anthropology. This group of people is invited to inhabit a context that offers an opportunity to examine art practices through the lens of the alpine landscape while observing its pedagogical effect. The Nomadic School 2026 will take place from June 16 to 26, 2026, at Rifugio Carè Alto, at 2,450 meters above sea level, in the heart of the Adamello Brenta group (Alps, Italy).

Combining individuality and collective moments, the Nomadic School creates open spaces of experimentation in which heterogeneous experiences and knowledge interact horizontally and non-hierarchically in relation to the landscape in the form of workshops, laboratories and dialogic moments, creating a unique and shared time of research, life and study.

> Beatrix Rinke (writer)
Beatrix is a Munich-based writer of films, theatre and prose. With a keen interest in collaborative writing, they like to work as a co-writer on feature films and hybrid formats that blend fiction and documentary. The hybrid film The Thoughts of Our Ancestors was nominated for the Oscar Academy Award for Students in Los Angeles. Other films have premiered at the 76th Berlinale in 2026, Dok.Fest Munich in 2024 and the Max Ophüls Prize in 2023. Beatrix runs writing workshops in various formats, including a series for the Haus der Kunst in 2025. She studies in screenwriting at the University of Television and Film Munich, and prior to that, cultural studies and aesthetic practice at the University of Hildesheim and the Vilnius Academy of Arts.

> Vittoria de Franchis (curator and vocal researcher)
based between London and Rome, she is currently Curator at the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation where she has established a new programme of exhibitions in the London space and initiated the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation Prize at Frieze London. Since 2023 she runs gggglllloooossssaaaa, a worldwide programme of interdisciplinary events in apartments focusing on voice, text, sound and performance. Between 2023 and 2025, she was part of the curatorial team at CIRCA, and from 2016 to 2021 at Terraforma and Threes Productions. 


> Prathima Muniyappa (designer and transdisciplinary scholar-artist)
she is research assistant for the Space Enabled research group at Boston MIT. Her work focuses on themes of social justice for historically marginalized communities and on strengthening the autonomy of Indigenous peoples. A Harvard-trained conservator through a Fulbright Fellowship, her research explores alternative cosmologies and cultural ontologies to understand their potential within emerging discourses on techno-imaginaries, in fields such as space exploration, synthetic biology, and extended intelligence.

> Carolina Cappelli (film-maker and perfomer)
her research involves the hybridisation between writing and performative and cinematic practices, generating works that question the context in which they’re proposed, on the edge between fiction and reality. She has worked with artists such as Markus Öhrn, Francesca Grilli, Bruce Nauman, Roberto Fassone, and Alex Franz Zehetbauer. In 2026, she presented her works and practices at Brut (Vienna), Tanzquartier (Vienna), and Kanuti Gildi SAAL (Tallinn). She is a recipient of the Italian Council 2024 and the Vienna Award for Performing Arts. Her motto is: maximum effort, minimum result.


> Gianni Mittemperger (alpine hut keeper, president’s SAT section)
he has always lived and worked in the mountains, dedicating himself to hospitality and to promoting a careful and responsible approach to the Alpine environment. He has worked as a waiter and cook in mountain huts and as a shepherd in alpine pastures; for eight years he also managed a rural establishment known for its wide range of cultural activities. A member and former section president of SAT, since 2024 he has been managing the SAT Carè Alto “Dante Ongari” mountain hut.

> Giacomo Lorandi (chef, fermenter, and gastronomic researcher)
he holds a degree in economics and a master's degree in innovation of food practices. His professional and life research revolves around food, which he studies not only as a final, finished product but as an ecosystem of places, knowledge, and people. He loves using fermentation both to create new and diverse flavors and, above all, as an example of intra-species cooperation. His cuisine reflects his ethics: respect for raw materials and those who produce them, seasonality, and waste reduction.


> Elena Francalanci (artist and choreographer)
trained in classical and modern dance, she weaves her theatrical background with the visual arts, focusing on the exploration of the body’s emotional state and the decontextualization of gestures in relation to architecture and the body–space dynamic. Her performances, often created for site-specific contexts, mix classical and cinematic references with contemporary and pop culture. Her work has been presented at Sophiensaele, CRIPTA 747, Berlin Art Week, Silent Green, CTM-Vorspiel, and other venues and contexts. Since 2023, she co-curates the Berlin-based exhibition space MOLT.


> Aditi Kapoor (curator)
she works at the intersection of performance, media, and technology.  She holds a dual degree from Columbia University and Trinity College Dublin and she was awarded the Barbara Seward Price Scholarship for her work. Her previous experience includes curatorial and publishing roles at Champ Lacombe, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, ISCP: International Studio and Curatorial Program. She was the inaugural curatorial fellow with New Curators, where she curated Firelei Báez’s first major UK exhibition at the South London Gallery. She is currently working as a freelancer and serves as Producer-at-Large for OHT.


> Lara Casagrande (archaeologist MUSE)
trained as an archaeologist, she moved from Veneto to Trentino to study medieval mining landscapes. In 2013, she contributed to the development of the geology exhibition spaces at MUSE. She then spent about ten years as director of the Argentario Ecomuseum, an association dedicated to promoting the Monte Calisio area, which was the site of significant silver mining activity in the 13th century. Since 2023, she has returned to MUSE, where she works on local projects with organizations such as the Networks of Nature Reserves and the Ecomuseums of Trentino, as well as on research, education, and outreach related to both historical and contemporary mining.