The Trienala Ladina is a contemporary art event organised by the Museum Ladin Ćiastel de Tor in St. Martin in Thurn in Val Badia, dedicated to deepening and revaluating artistic expression in the Ladin territory. In 2019 it explores the theme Le post é la lerch – The place is the space.
The exhibition catalogue introduces the “Trienala Ladina” and the art prize “Competition Richard Agreiter”. At its core, it consists of a photographic documentation of all artistic positions, combined with quotes, texts and the biographies of the artists, to help understand the different artistic approaches in detail.
The hard-cover book has a size of 19,5 x 30 cm and consists of 100 pages. The layout of the inside pages is based on two concepts; the general information is printed on thin paper in a peachy colour whereas the artist pages are printed on a thicker, coated paper in white. The task of designing a book composed of four different languages – Ladin, German, Italian and English – was solved by structuring the book around four columns, each column representing a language. Depending on the content, Lupo Burtscher filled these columns in a playful manner, combined the languages so there is something to see, no matter what language you favour.