What we’re up to
November 25th, 2023
Closing Event: Invitation to Intercultural Singing
To close off the 2023 season of the Kulturdorf, we are inviting everyone to a unique cultural performance bringing together songs, poetry, theatre and dance in Italian, Farsi-Dari (Afghanistan), Swiss German, Ukrainian, Kurdish, French and Arabic.
When? Saturday 9th December 2023, 11AM to 4PM
Where? Aula Progr, Speicherstrasse 4, 3011 Bern
We are looking forward to welcoming you!
Read & Share the Invitation as a PDF
December 23rd, 2022
Songbook making a Buzz at HKB
The Hochschule der Künste Bern has put up a post about our Songbook (now available in print!) asking “How can sung, listened to, and co-created songs enable artistic encounters in an Intercultural and intergenerational context?” Curious? Have a look!
December 10th, 2022
Our Retrospective 2022 is here!
Have a read, listen, or look at what we’ve been up to this year at the Kulturdorf. If its through our unique Songbook or our the Short-Documentary series, you can now encounter the artists and community behind the Kulturdorf.
October 18th, 2022
Per trenta minuti – Short-Doc goes docu-fiction
In this season’s last short-doc, a group composed of our Storytellers, current and former residents, collectively interpret an incident that changed Ali’s life dramatically. Per trenta minuti, named after a poem written by one of our residents after hearing Ali’s story for the first time, is both a creative reinterpretation of a traumatic experience and a unique moment of insight into the social fabric of the village: we witness how co-creation is at the heart of the communality and sense of belonging bringing togerther people from many different walks of life.
September 13th, 2022
Il sale de la terra – from local knowledge to the power of art
In September’s short-doc we meet Marco, a long-time resident of nearby village Rasa. Having been responsible for the management of its source for many years, he tells us all about what water means to the villagers of the mountains, as well as to him personally. The inspiration of a colourful mix of artists working together in a week focused on climate change finds form in a sensorial performance in the nearby river.
August 9th, 2022
Public Concert in the Bordei Chapel
We brought together artistic currents ranging from Old Music to Afghani classics, from traditional Hebrew songs to spoken word in a spontaneous concert in the cozy chapel of nearby Bordei. This was an opportunity for local residents to get a glimps into what we have been up to in Terra Vecchia, and a chance for our artists to meet the village’s neighbours!
August 9th, 2022
New Songbook recordings out!
We used the first week of August to collect a number of Terra Vecchia songs that already deserve the label of classics. Watch those that bring the project alive sing Afghan and Italian songs, many of which were written by the village’s residents and Storytellers!
August 9th, 2022
Vai a dirlo alla montagna – Latest short-doc
The topic of the mountain is explored artistically by August residents Rocío and Andrina in their work with the Storytellers, as well as in a unique artistic performance touching on topics of togetherness, communication, and – most importantly –womanhood.
July 25th, 2022
Tornare – Short-doc now on YouTube
Students from the HKB, including two young Ukrainian artists, create a series of experimental concerts, touching on topics ranging from a utopian forest to the deeply sadening war in Ukraine. When the Storytellers arrive in Terra Vecchia, they take on the topic of animals through learning about the local ecosystem, making a collective mind map and, finally, jointly writing a song expressing their experience and feelings towards our non-human co-habitants.
June 26th, 2022
Our first short-doc is out – Il bel meso di maggio
We are excited to present the first of a series of five short-documentaries that will accompany the project throughout the season. In Il bel meso di maggio film maker Jasper Luithlen accompanies the young Ukrainian singer Dascha and her encounter with the Storytellers in the flowering spring of the Ticino alps. Also, Juma, one of the co-organisers, tells us about his experience with Aarash, a well-known Afghani singer, who came to work with two former residents.
June 5th, 2022
Concert Installation – You’re invited!
A very special concert is being created by music students from the Hochschule der Künste Bern (HKB) and guests of the Cultural Village of Terra Vecchia. Special guests this year will be young music students from Ukraine. The program runs from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m, so if you are coming from Locarno, please take the train at 1.18 p.m. There is music inside and outside, you can visit the whole structure and its surroundings.
When? 2PM, Sunday 5th June 2022
Where? Terra Vecchia (see info below!)
Who? A colourful mix of student artists, residents and guests
Updated: You can now (re)experience the unique performances on YouTube!
Mai 20th, 2022
Our first Recording is up!
Check out our guest residnet Dasha interpreting a Ukrainian song on YouTube.
We now have a young professional filmmaker on board, who will accompany us from May to October, publishing recorded songs as we go. In May we worked on Ukrainian, Ticino, Eritrean, Swiss-German and Afghan songs, which our guests will then take as a template for their own adaptations in June. We also compose our own, collectively written songs, so stay tuned on our YouTube Channel and Instagram!
Mai 9th, 2022
How to get to Terra Vecchia
March 27th, 2022
Booklaunch in Bern
Join us at our booklaunch to hear some of the poetry and prose in English, Italian, German and Farsi that came out of the 6 months of inspired creation at Terra Vecchia 2021.
When? 2PM, Sunday 27th of March 2022
Where? Livingroom Bern, Moserstrasse 30, 3014 Bern
Who? You, and all the other beautiful people part of Terra Vecchia
January 21st, 2022
Edizione Terra Vecchia published its first book!
Noi Siam Partiti brings together texts and images coming straight from the heart of the project’s first year. From poems to diary notes, fairytales to paintings, it is a recollection from and for everyone who was and will be part of Terra Vecchia, and an opportunity to witness and become part for the curious. Edited by Francesco Micieli and designed by Franziska Wagner
December 3rd, 2021
Our website is launched!
The Kulturdorf’s verry own website is up, and you made it here! Terravecchia.org will be a space for information, news, and contacting us – but for community and sharing as well. You can experience the last year through our ‘Retrospective’, and more is to come soon! Designed and managed by Jasper Luithlen