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Cosa ci fai con 170mila bunker quando la guerra non arriva?

Per @vdnews ho ripercorso la storia dei bunker costruiti nell’Albania di Enver Hoxha per un’invasione che non arrivò mai.
Le cupole di cemento sono ancora lì, sui pendii, nei campi, vicino al mare. Alcune affiorano appena dalla vegetazione.

Per anni si è parlato di 750mila bunker. Il Museo delle Forze Armate ne documenta invece 173.371 costruiti entro il 1983. Secondo @elian.stefa , il divario racconta anche il ruolo della propaganda nell’amplificare la percezione delle fortificazioni. Insieme a Gyler Mydyti ha prodotto Concrete Mushrooms, una ricerca sviluppata tra il 2008 e il 2012 sui nuovi usi dei bunker, diventati depositi, piccoli locali o spazi civili. Le fotografie di @alicja_dobrucka , realizzate in collaborazione con il progetto, restituiscono la presenza di queste architetture militari nel paesaggio albanese contemporaneo.

Dopo il regime, molti bunker sono stati lasciati dov’erano. Altri hanno trovato nuove funzioni o sono diventati luoghi della memoria, come Bunk’Art a Tirana.
Nel 2025 l’Albania ha registrato oltre 12,4 milioni di ingressi di cittadini stranieri alle frontiere. Lungo le coste un tempo fortificate contro un possibile nemico, oggi arrivano i turisti.

Sazan, all’ingresso della baia di Valona, è stata a lungo un presidio militare. Oggi conserva ancora bunker e tunnel della Guerra fredda, mentre si discute di un resort da 1,4 miliardi di euro, collegato a Jared Kushner e promosso pubblicamente anche da Ivanka Trump.
A Zvërnec, sulla terraferma, un altro progetto turistico è oggetto di proteste.

Per scriverne ho messo a confronto documenti ufficiali, ricerche sul riuso dei bunker e atti relativi agli investimenti turistici. Mi interessava seguire queste strutture anche dopo la dittatura, capire che cosa ne avessero fatto le persone e osservare i cambiamenti in corso intorno a loro.
E mentre si discute del futuro turistico di luoghi come Sazan, mi domando quanto spazio resterà per raccontare la storia di quelle cupole di cemento.

Articolo integrale su Linktr.ee, in bio.

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🇮🇹 ↔ 🇦🇱 𝐔𝐍𝐀 𝐍𝐔𝐎𝐕𝐀 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐀 𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐀 𝐋’𝐀𝐃𝐑𝐈𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐎

Ci sono collaborazioni che nascono perché si cerca un partner.
E poi ci sono incontri che - quando avvengono - ti fanno subito rendere conto che ci si sta già ponendo, in luoghi diversi, domande molto simili.

È quello che è successo con @galeria.e.bregdetit – Qendra për Peizazhe në Ndryshim e con il suo fondatore @elian.stefa.

Dal 2018, sulla costa albanese, Galeria e Bregdetit lavora come piattaforma di ricerca e produzione artistica intorno alle trasformazioni del paesaggio e alle relazioni tra territorio, comunità e sviluppo, mettendo in relazione arte contemporanea, conoscenze locali e partecipazione civica.
Un approccio nel quale abbiamo riconosciuto molti dei temi che attraversano da anni anche il nostro lavoro.

Da qui nasce una nuova collaborazione e, con essa, un nuovo capito di @esseri_urbani: 𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐍𝐙𝐄 | 𝐏𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐚 ↔ 𝐀𝐥𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐚.
Un progetto costruito intorno a una domanda: 𝐂𝐇𝐈 𝐃𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐃𝐄 𝐈𝐋 𝐅𝐔𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐎 𝐃𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐀 𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐀 𝐂𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐌𝐎?

Due comunità affacciate sullo stesso mare. Due territori differenti. Nessuna pretesa di sovrapporli o di parlare gli uni al posto degli altri. L’idea è esattamente opposta: ciascuna comunità interroga il proprio territorio e affida all’altra domande, esperienze e produzioni artistiche. L’altra le riceve, le interpreta, le trasforma e risponde.

Oggi abbiamo concluso un primo, importante passaggio di questo percorso, presentando ESSERI URBANI – Corrispondenze | Puglia ↔ Albania all’Avviso 2026 della Regione Puglia per il Partenariato per la Cooperazione, nell’ambito della promozione della cultura dei diritti umani. 🤞

Ma la candidatura è uno strumento. La relazione viene prima.
Ed è forse questa la cosa che ci interessa di più: aprire ESSERI URBANI a una dimensione transadriatica e mettere in comunicazione esperienze che utilizzano l’arte contemporanea non soltanto per raccontare i territori, ma per interrogarli insieme alle comunità che li abitano.

Benvenuti nello SCIAME! 🇦🇱🐝

#ujùse #esseriurbani #sciamo #locorotondo #valleditria #puglia #albania

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Ndërsa filmimi paraqet disa plazhe që rikrijohen dhe mirëmbahen artificialisht gjatë dimrit, rëra bëhet filli që përshkon të gjithë projektin: një material dhe një sipërfaqe përmes së cilës mund të vëzhgohen ekonomitë që i japin formë vijës bregdetar dhe që vazhdimisht ripërcaktojnë kufijtë e tij natyrorë dhe infrastrukturorë, por mbetet një paradoks. Nga vjen kjo tokë? Çfarë formash territori shfaqen kur materia kuptohet si diçka që vazhdimisht zhvendoset, grumbullohet dhe rishpërndahet? Territori bashkëkohor shfaqet si diçka ciklike, paraqitur në një formë idilike, si një peizazh në dukje i paprekur, i prodhuar artificialisht. Gjithçka që na mbetet është alegoria. “Alegoristi i mbahet fort rrënojës”

Pjesë nga teksti kuratorial i Arnold Brahos për Paradiz: Ekonomitë e rërës tek Galeria e Bregdetit, Radhimë. Ekspozita do të jetë e hapur jashtë sezonit, deri në prill.

While the video shows several beaches being continuously reproduced and artificially maintained throughout the winter, sand becomes the thread running through the project: a material and a surface through which to observe the economies that shape the coastal territory and continuously redefine its natural and infrastructural boundaries, but also a paradox. Where does this earth come from? What forms of territory emerge when matter is understood as something that is constantly moved, accumulated, and redistributed? The contemporary terrain appears as something cyclical, destined to present itself in an idyllic form, as a seemingly untouched landscape that is artificially produced. All that remains for us is the allegory. “The allegorist holds tightly to the rubble.”

Excerpt from @arnbrh curatorial text for Paradiz: Economies of sand @galeria.e.bregdetit. The exhibition will be on view during off-season until April

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“Duket se mënyra se si e lexojmë vetë idenë e rrënojës bashkëkohore ka ndryshuar, pasi ajo nuk zotëron domosdoshmërisht dëshminë emblematike të rrënojës tradicionale. Ajo mund të marrë forma të shumta dhe të shfaqet përmes niveleve të ndryshme të kuptimit. Mund të jetë një vend kujtese, një plazh, një kënetë, një peizazh që ka humbur dallueshmërinë e tij. Madje mund të përkojë edhe me një formë dijeje: me histori që kanë humbur kushtet e transmetimit të tyre, me tekste që nuk mund të përkthehen më, me një studim analitik mbi prodhimin dhe lëvizjen e rërës, një hartë, një klasifikim, një projekt infrastrukturor. Ajo shfaqet kur diçka duket se është mjegulluar në kujtesën kolektive dhe vazhdon të ekzistojë vetëm si gjurmë, pa mundur të rikthehet më si një përvojë në tërësinë e saj.”

Pjesë nga teksti kuratorial Arnold Brahos për Paradiz – Ekonomitë e rërës në Galerinë e Bregdetit, Radhimë. Ekspozita do të jetë e hapur jashtë sezonit, deri në prill.

"The way in which we read the very idea of the contemporary ruin seems to have changed, as it does not necessarily possess the emblematic evidence of the traditional one. It can take multiple forms and emerge through different levels of meaning. It can be a place of memory, a beach, a marsh, a landscape that has lost its recognisability. It can even coincide with a form of knowledge: with stories that have lost the conditions of their transmission, with texts that can no longer be translated, with an analytical study of the production and movement of sand, a map, a classification, an infrastructural project. It manifests itself when something seems to have become blurred in collective memory and continues to exist only as a trace, no longer able to be restored as an experience in its entirety"

Excerpt from @arnbrh curatorial text of Paradiz - Economies of sand @galeria.e.bregdetit. The exhibition will be on view during off-season until April

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Vlora, Galeria e Bregdetit, Paradiz. Economies of sand, Tirana days

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“ARTiLERIA Sazan” nga Elian Stefa

“ARTiLERIA Sazan” është një laborator i vazhdueshëm kërkimi territorial përmes artit bashkëkohor, i nisur në vitin 2019 dhe i fokusuar në ishullin e Sazanit dhe peizazhin më të gjerë të Gjirit të Vlorës. Në Vilën 31 x Art Explora, projekti merr formën e një arkivi pune, duke bashkuar fotografi, harta, dokumente, botime, shënime nga terreni, vepra arti dhe materiale të mbledhura ndër vite.

Studioja nuk ofron një histori përfundimtare të ishullit, por e bën të dukshëm një proces kërkimi ende në zhvillim. Sazani shfaqet si një territor në transformim: një ishull i shënjuar nga infrastruktura ushtarake, rrënojat dhe historitë e kufizuara, por që sot po riformësohet përmes turizmit, investimeve dhe zhvillimit. Këto shtresa ngrenë pyetje mbi kujtesën, aksesin, pronësinë, ekologjinë dhe të drejtën për të imagjinuar të ardhmen e një territori.

ARTiLERIA Sazan pyet se si arti mund të prodhojë njohuri mbi një territor dhe të ndikojë në mënyrën se si ai kujtohet, përfaqësohet dhe transformohet.

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“ARTiLERIA Sazan” by Elian Stefa

“ARTiLERIA Sazan” is an ongoing territorial research laboratory through contemporary art, initiated in 2019 and focused on the island of Sazan and the wider landscape of the Bay of Vlora. At Vila 31 x Art Explora, the project takes the form of a working archive, bringing together photographs, maps, documents, publications, field notes, artworks and materials gathered over the years. Rather than presenting a complete history of the island, the studio makes visible a research process that is still unfolding.

Sazan emerges as a territory in transformation: an island marked by military infrastructure, ruins and restricted histories, now increasingly reshaped through tourism, investment and development. These overlapping narratives raise questions around memory, access, ownership, ecology and the right to imagine a territory’s future.

ARTiLERIA Sazan asks how art can produce knowledge about a territory and shape the ways it is remembered, represented and transformed.

📸 Atdhe Mulla @atdhemulla

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100 days of protest by the Eastern Mediterranean 🦩🇦🇱

As @abi_shehu said, protest can be an antidepressant for a people for whom institutions have rarely worked the way they promised they would.

More than 1.2 million Albanians live abroad — a number equivalent to over 44% of the population living inside the country. One of the largest diasporas on earth relative to the population at home. And unlike so many countries marked by displacement on this scale, Albania has not lived through an official war in recent decades.

But there are other kinds of wars.

There is a class war when wages and rents begin to belong to different economies. When the coast becomes an asset class, the village an investment opportunity, and leaving home becomes one of the country’s most reliable economic infrastructures. When those who leave finance those who remain, while a small number of those who remain build a country increasingly difficult for the ordinary to afford.

And still, people stay. People return. People organise, argue, dance, pray, build, make art, make families, make impossible lives possible. Protest, too, is a form of attachment. You don’t fight for a place you have stopped imagining otherwise. ♥️♥️♥️

Maybe that is what I love most about Albania: its refusal to resolve into either romance or despair.

And I love its blues.🧿🧿🧿

Every time I pray, somewhere behind my closed eyes is the blue of the bay of Vlorë, looking towards Sazan. It contains almost every version of myself: childhood summers, departures, returns, people who disappeared, people who stayed, and sadnesses I once thought the sea might wash away 🦩🦩🦩

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From day 50, a discussion on the Flamingo Revolution with @elian.stefa and @ervinqafmolla at @vila31artexplora.
 It was a great conversation, the full talk can be watched on Youtube at my link in bio.  Thank you @elian.stefa and @nitadeda for the invite and everyone who came to listen.  Now into Day 80, the movement continues.  

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Nga Dita 50, një bisedë për Revolucionin e Flamingove me @elianstefa dhe @ervinqafmolla te @vila31. 

Ishte një bisedë e këndshme, videon e plotë mund ta shihni në YouTube (linku në bio). 

Shumë faleminderit @elian.stefa dhe @nitadeda për ftesën, si dhe të gjithëve që erdhën për të dëgjuar bisedën.

 Tani në Ditën 80, lëvizja vazhdon!

#flamingorevolution

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Një javë më parë, Vila 31 x Art Explora hapi dyert për tri ditë plot krijimtari, takime dhe shkëmbim idesh.

Nga 17–19 korrik, Studiot e Hapura ftuan publikun të njihte nga afër artistët rezidentë, proceset e tyre krijuese dhe programin e pasur me ekspozita, biseda, performanca dhe aktivitete.

Rikthehemi te disa nga momentet më të bukura të kësaj fundjave që e shndërroi Vilën 31 në një hapësirë të gjallë dialogu dhe krijimtarie. ✨

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One week ago, Villa 31 x Art Explora opened its doors for three days of creativity, encounters, and the exchange of ideas.

From 17–19 July, Open Studios invited the public to discover the resident artists, gain insight into their creative processes, and take part in a rich programme of exhibitions, talks, performances, and activities.

Here’s a look back at some of the highlights from a weekend that transformed Villa 31 into a vibrant space for creativity, dialogue, and connection. ✨

Video: Marsel Dajçi @marsel_dajci

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@vila31artexplora Open Studios / Studiot e Hapura
Session II of 2026 💛

w @hashelamki @vartavakian @soufia_erfanian @that_tirdad @elian.stefa @remi.lecussan @arthur_gillet @elidormehilli @ilirtsouko @nantene_traore

📸 @blerta.kambo x @giulia_dajci

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Dita e tretë dhe e fundit e Studiove të Hapura në Vilën 31 x Art Explora u mbyll me një program që ndërthuri biseda me artistë, aktivitete për familjet, diskutime mbi natyrën dhe mjedisin, performanca, projeksione filmash dhe një mbrëmje muzikore. 🌸

Faleminderit të gjithë artistëve, partnerëve dhe mbi 2,000 vizitorëve që u bënë pjesë e këtyre tre ditëve, duke i kthyer Studiot e Hapura në një hapësirë takimi, dialogu dhe shkëmbimi.

Studiot e Hapura do të rikthehen në sesionin e tretë të artistëve rezidentë, ndërkohë programi publik në Vilën 31 x Art Explora vazhdon si gjithmonë, i hapur dhe i lirë për të gjithë. ✨

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The third and final day of the Open Studios at Villa 31 x Art Explora concluded with a program that combined artist talks, family activities, nature and environment discussions, performances, film screenings, and a musical evening. 🌸

Thank you to all the artists, partners, and over 2,000 visitors who joined us for these three days, turning the Open Studios into a space for meeting, dialogue, and exchange.

The Open Studios will return for the third session of resident artists, while the public program at Villa 31 x Art Explora continues as always, open and free for all. ✨

Fotot nga | Photos by Blerta Kambo @blerta.kambo

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Dita e dytë e Studiove të Hapura në Vilën 31 x Art Explora solli një tjetër program të pasur, ku publiku pati mundësinë të njihte nga afër praktikat dhe kërkimet e artistëve në rezidencë. ✨

Gjatë gjithë ditës, hapësirat e Vilës 31 x Art Explora u mbushën me vizitorë që eksploruan forma të ndryshme të artit bashkëkohor, duke u bërë pjesë e një eksperience që ndërthurte reflektimin, dialogun dhe procesin krijues. Atmosfera e gjallë dhe shkëmbimet mes artistëve e publikut e kthyen edhe këtë ditë në një dëshmi të rolit të Studiove të Hapura si një hapësirë takimi, bashkëpunimi dhe zbulimi.

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The second day of the Open Studios at Vila 31 x Art Explora brought another rich program, where the public had the opportunity to get to know the practices and research of the artists in residence up close.✨

Throughout the day, the spaces of Villa 31 x Art Explora were filled with visitors who explored different forms of contemporary art, becoming part of an experience that combined reflection, dialogue and the creative process. The lively atmosphere and the exchanges between the artists and the public turned this day into a testimony of the role of the Open Studios as a space of meeting, collaboration and discovery.

Fotot nga | Photos by Blerta Kambo @blerta.kambo

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