IL DIARIO DI RADIS 2025 | 2^ puntata

The project that the Kosovar artist has been working on for almost fifteen years is coming to the Langhe region. For the second edition of Radis, a permanent sculpture by Halilaj will blend into the landscape embracing the Alps and the hills, instead of a small village school which has been disused since the 1970s.

In the second episode of the Diary, entitled ‘Un viaggio tra le colline, nel passato delle Langhe (A Journey Through the Hills into the Past of the Langhe)’, curator Marta Papini recounts her exploration of the locations hosting the second edition of Radis. Following in the footsteps of Nuto Revelli’s Mondo dei vinti (The World of the Vanquished), she discovers traces of war and a vanished everyday life. The journey takes her through villages and vineyards to the medieval castle of Dogliani and a disused school that will be transformed by Petrit Halilaj’s permanent installation, which engages with the rural tradition of abandonment, return and resistance.

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Panoramic view of Dogliani village and castle. © Gilberto Rosso.