Mirko Baselgia @ Bex & Arts

Mirko Baselgia is part of the exhibition Génies du lieu at the Bex & Arts triennial.

For its 16th edition, the Triennale honors the landscape, placing the site and the spirit that animates it at the heart of the exhibition. By inviting contemporary art to engage in a dialogue with the Genius Loci (Spirit of Place)”—those forces that connect a site to its history, memory, and myths—Bex Arts 26 explores the temporal depth of the park, which has become a true protagonist.

From May 30 to October 3, Szilassy Park opens itself to new interpretations of the world and transforms into a space for collective experimentation. Here, the tension between imagined and transformed nature, between contemplation and social reality, is replayed at the intersection of contemporary art, the living world, and landscape architecture.

30.05 - 03.10.2026

interval, 2026, burned date on existing wooden tree stakem, dimensions variable

Maintaining a park requires regularly replanting young trees.
Interval makes the controlled regeneration of the tree heritage visible. On the wooden stakes of each tree planted in 2026, Mirko Baselgia engraved the birth and death dates of every resident of Bex born or deceased between January 1 and September 30, 2026. The dates appear alone, without names or symbols. The young plantings resonate with the evolution of Bex's population, creating a link between Szilassy and the fate of the town's inhabitants. The park thus becomes a silent witness to the passage of human life.