La Via dell'altro (The way of the others)
| Date: | 7. – 12. Aug 2025 |
| Venues: | Belvedere, Piazza Castello, Lampedusa, Italy |
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Over six nights, five red beams of light link Lampedusa’s tourist heart with one of its most politically charged sites. La Via dell’Altro turns the night sky into a space for encounters, conversations and shared reflection on hospitality, borders and who gets to feel safe.
La Via dell’Altro is a temporary light installation that links the tourist heart of Lampedusa with one of its most politically charged sites. Five narrow beams of red light form an arc between Via Roma and Molo Favaloro, making visible the uncomfortable closeness between holiday leisure and dangerous sea crossings. Over six nights, the installation becomes a space for encounters, conversation, and shared reflection on hospitality and borders.
La Via dell’Altro is part of Hospitium – The Lampedusa Project and takes place within Agrigento Capitale Italiana della Cultura 2025.
Program
7 August – Opening Night
Inaugural lighting of the five red beams at sunset and introduction by artist Tanja Boukal.
8, 9 & 11 August – Encounters & Conversations
Evening sessions with former refugees, local residents, rescue organisations, and experts on migration and border regimes.
10 August – Panel & Exhibition “Refugees in Libya”
First-hand testimonies, documentary materials, and an in-depth discussion on life in Libyan camps and detention facilities.
12 August – Music & Communal Singing
Closing evening under the light bridge with traditional Lampedusan songs and songs of migration, shared by residents and guests.