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<p>From the month that marks the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Parisian Olympic rings intertwine with those of Milan-Cortina 2026 under the sign of urban art: at the starting blocks for Livigno Alp Colors.</p>
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<p>The project, curated by <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Luca Mayr</span> in collaboration with <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Alice Martinelli</span>, promoted by <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">G.O.L. (Gruppo Olimpico Livignasco)</span> and sponsored by the Municipality of Livigno, inaugurates the second of the three-year initiative. Conceived in view of the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics</span>, which will see <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Livigno as the stage for the Olympic snowboarding and freestyle events</span>, it brings an explosion of colors and creativity to the heart of the Alps. Livigno Alp Colors transforms the town and its territory into an inclusive space of participation and creativity: a vibrant museum of urban art that shares affinities and cultural atmospheres with these disciplines. The urban style typical of snowboarding and mountain biking is reflected in artistic disciplines such as urban art and calligraffiti.<br><br>Walls, retaining walls, underpasses, and galleries come to new life thanks to the artistic interventions of four national and international renowned artists: <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Luca Rancy, Sorte, Ettore Stu, and Alice Martinelli</span>, and twenty-five young people from Open Space and CiAGi involved in a participatory art workshop.<br><br>All the works created in strategic, symbolic, and highly trafficked points, interact with the context and celebrate Olympic values such as fair play, cooperation, and inclusion, without forgetting the history and cultural and natural heritage of Livigno.<br><br>Milanese artist <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Rancy</span>, a renowned Street Artist, illustrator, and award-winning designer, created “<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Heritage” on the large retaining wall in Trepalle.</span> The work depicts <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">two ermines</span>: one with a white coat, reminiscent of winter, and the other brown, symbolizing the warmth of summer. The ermine is a symbolically significant animal for the territory, considered magical and formidable, capable of camouflage, with a powerful bite, and is the protagonist of local legends and beliefs. “Heritage”<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> is simultaneously a tribute to the local cultural and natural heritage and to Tina and Milo, the official mascots of Milan-Cortina 2026</span>. The work also serves as a reminder of the importance of protecting endangered species: a reminder that we are in a fragile and protected environment.<br><br><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">At the center of the work, dynamic lines that evoke the colors and intents of the Olympic rings impart movement and vitality to the composition. </span>This distinctive figurative element of the artist's poetics also appears in <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">his second work entitled “Ammoniti,”</span> located at Galleria Lago. Here, at the top, are numerous fossils and remains of the seabed that this predolomite holds, creating a fascinating link between past and present, art and nature.<br><br>Luca Rancy also transforms<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> the large retaining wall in the Viera </span>area into<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> a progression of pinecones</span>, recalling the nature of Livigno. <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">The concentric shapes, already present in the ammonite part, blend harmoniously with the pinecones, a historical symbol of vital energy, an example of the golden ratio, and fertility.</span><br><br><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Alice Martinelli</span>, an artist, presents a unique work titled<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> “La memoria che affiora” </span>that <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">dialogues with the history and memory of Livigno.</span> Using <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">the masonry and stone of a bridge as a support, Alice reinterprets old photographs, interacting with the formal characteristics of the surface.</span> Details emerge and disappear, transforming into traces of the past resurfacing in the present. Born and raised in Livigno, specialized in art anthropology and passionate about history - in her works - mainly drawings, paintings, and wall paintings - she explores the relationship between nature, tradition, and the contemporary world, with particular attention to the human factor and the animal world.<br><br><span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Titled “LEGAMI OLIMPICI,” Sorte's work depicts the passage of the Olympic event in the Livigno territory.</span> The artist depicts the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">five rings of the Olympic logo on each of the gallery walls and the sun of Livigno on the ceiling in anamorphosis, a technique that shows the sun's circle from a specific point of view</span>. Sorte uses the brush to leave a calligraphic mark, a lettering, elaborate and intricate, that arises from the fusion of the Latin alphabet, his previous experience in the graffiti world, and the dialogue with the peculiarities of the context in which he operates.<br><br>The Urban Colors guys intervene on two walls in the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Mottolino Underpass</span>, depicting the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">snowboarding discipline</span> on a large scale. Not coincidentally created right here, the mural celebrates <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">the importance of this sport in the local context</span>. The work captures the energy and dynamism of snowboarding, transforming the underpass into a vibrant homage to one of the sports featured in the Olympic competitions taking place just a few steps away.<br><br>And finally,<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> the collective work created together with the young people of Livigno, titled “ARTECIPAZIONE,”</span> reveals the importance of Urban Art space as a place of collectivity and participation. Born from the free workshop for boys and girls aged 12 to 19, led by artist Rancy at the <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Pemont underpass</span>, the work allowed participants to explore the practice of Street Art. The mural is a “meeting point” between Olympic figures and words in different languages, referring to the sporting and inclusive values that have always driven the Olympics. It is no coincidence that this is where calligrapher Ettore Stu painted a quote from Michele Ricetti's book <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">“Raccontare l’educazione”</span>: a collection of texts and thoughts from educators and adolescents of the Livigno Youth Center. An invitation for young people to always preserve their uniqueness, far from judgments and prejudices.<br><br>“Livigno Alp Color is the Urban Art project that is involving all segments of the population, starting from the group of local teenagers,” comments <span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;">Luca Mayr, project curator.</span> - “Not only have we created works that revitalize the Livigno area, but we have also created collective works together with 25 teenagers, transferring technical and artistic know-how to them. This has activated visual curiosity and awareness in respecting artistic interventions. The dialogue with the local community was fundamental and inspired the kids, making the citizens increasingly enthusiastic.”<br><br>“We proudly support the Livigno Alp Colors project, born two years ago from an idea by G.O.L. (Gruppo Olimpico Livignasco), a working group that involves volunteer citizens and organizes various projects aimed at enhancing, raising awareness, and preparing our community for the great event of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics. We were really satisfied to see how this workshop involved numerous kids who chose to collaborate with each other to create modern artworks that beautify some areas of our town and at the same time aim to spread Olympic values, both through the images and the colors chosen. For us, Livigno people, not only do they represent a renewal of our city today, but they will always be the indelible memory of achieving our great dream, which is to be the home of the world's most important sporting event in just two years.” said<span style="font-family: Livigno, Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"> Sharon Zini, Culture Councilor of the Municipality of Livigno.</span><br><br>Livigno Alp Colors represents an important initiative of involvement and enhancement of the territory, uniting art, tradition, and community in view of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Thanks to the creativity of the artists and the enthusiasm of the young participants, the project transforms Livigno into a vibrant museum of urban art, where the Olympic values of sustainability and inclusion are reflected in every work.</p>{{ include_custom_fonts({"Livigno":["Regular","Medium","Light","Bold Italic","Bold","Black","Thin","Medium Italic"]}) }}</span>)
From the month that marks the start of the Paris 2024 Olympics, the Parisian Olympic rings intertwine with those of Milan-Cortina 2026 under the sign of urban art: at the starting blocks for Livigno Alp Colors.
The project, curated by Luca Mayr in collaboration with Alice Martinelli, promoted by G.O.L. (Gruppo Olimpico Livignasco) and sponsored by the Municipality of Livigno, inaugurates the second of the three-year initiative. Conceived in view of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics, which will see Livigno as the stage for the Olympic snowboarding and freestyle events, it brings an explosion of colors and creativity to the heart of the Alps. Livigno Alp Colors transforms the town and its territory into an inclusive space of participation and creativity: a vibrant museum of urban art that shares affinities and cultural atmospheres with these disciplines. The urban style typical of snowboarding and mountain biking is reflected in artistic disciplines such as urban art and calligraffiti.
Walls, retaining walls, underpasses, and galleries come to new life thanks to the artistic interventions of four national and international renowned artists: Luca Rancy, Sorte, Ettore Stu, and Alice Martinelli, and twenty-five young people from Open Space and CiAGi involved in a participatory art workshop.
All the works created in strategic, symbolic, and highly trafficked points, interact with the context and celebrate Olympic values such as fair play, cooperation, and inclusion, without forgetting the history and cultural and natural heritage of Livigno.
Milanese artist Rancy, a renowned Street Artist, illustrator, and award-winning designer, created “Heritage” on the large retaining wall in Trepalle. The work depicts two ermines: one with a white coat, reminiscent of winter, and the other brown, symbolizing the warmth of summer. The ermine is a symbolically significant animal for the territory, considered magical and formidable, capable of camouflage, with a powerful bite, and is the protagonist of local legends and beliefs. “Heritage” is simultaneously a tribute to the local cultural and natural heritage and to Tina and Milo, the official mascots of Milan-Cortina 2026. The work also serves as a reminder of the importance of protecting endangered species: a reminder that we are in a fragile and protected environment.
At the center of the work, dynamic lines that evoke the colors and intents of the Olympic rings impart movement and vitality to the composition. This distinctive figurative element of the artist's poetics also appears in his second work entitled “Ammoniti,” located at Galleria Lago. Here, at the top, are numerous fossils and remains of the seabed that this predolomite holds, creating a fascinating link between past and present, art and nature.
Luca Rancy also transforms the large retaining wall in the Viera area into a progression of pinecones, recalling the nature of Livigno. The concentric shapes, already present in the ammonite part, blend harmoniously with the pinecones, a historical symbol of vital energy, an example of the golden ratio, and fertility.
Alice Martinelli, an artist, presents a unique work titled “La memoria che affiora” that dialogues with the history and memory of Livigno. Using the masonry and stone of a bridge as a support, Alice reinterprets old photographs, interacting with the formal characteristics of the surface. Details emerge and disappear, transforming into traces of the past resurfacing in the present. Born and raised in Livigno, specialized in art anthropology and passionate about history - in her works - mainly drawings, paintings, and wall paintings - she explores the relationship between nature, tradition, and the contemporary world, with particular attention to the human factor and the animal world.
Titled “LEGAMI OLIMPICI,” Sorte's work depicts the passage of the Olympic event in the Livigno territory. The artist depicts the five rings of the Olympic logo on each of the gallery walls and the sun of Livigno on the ceiling in anamorphosis, a technique that shows the sun's circle from a specific point of view. Sorte uses the brush to leave a calligraphic mark, a lettering, elaborate and intricate, that arises from the fusion of the Latin alphabet, his previous experience in the graffiti world, and the dialogue with the peculiarities of the context in which he operates.
The Urban Colors guys intervene on two walls in the Mottolino Underpass, depicting the snowboarding discipline on a large scale. Not coincidentally created right here, the mural celebrates the importance of this sport in the local context. The work captures the energy and dynamism of snowboarding, transforming the underpass into a vibrant homage to one of the sports featured in the Olympic competitions taking place just a few steps away.
And finally, the collective work created together with the young people of Livigno, titled “ARTECIPAZIONE,” reveals the importance of Urban Art space as a place of collectivity and participation. Born from the free workshop for boys and girls aged 12 to 19, led by artist Rancy at the Pemont underpass, the work allowed participants to explore the practice of Street Art. The mural is a “meeting point” between Olympic figures and words in different languages, referring to the sporting and inclusive values that have always driven the Olympics. It is no coincidence that this is where calligrapher Ettore Stu painted a quote from Michele Ricetti's book “Raccontare l’educazione”: a collection of texts and thoughts from educators and adolescents of the Livigno Youth Center. An invitation for young people to always preserve their uniqueness, far from judgments and prejudices.
“Livigno Alp Color is the Urban Art project that is involving all segments of the population, starting from the group of local teenagers,” comments Luca Mayr, project curator. - “Not only have we created works that revitalize the Livigno area, but we have also created collective works together with 25 teenagers, transferring technical and artistic know-how to them. This has activated visual curiosity and awareness in respecting artistic interventions. The dialogue with the local community was fundamental and inspired the kids, making the citizens increasingly enthusiastic.”
“We proudly support the Livigno Alp Colors project, born two years ago from an idea by G.O.L. (Gruppo Olimpico Livignasco), a working group that involves volunteer citizens and organizes various projects aimed at enhancing, raising awareness, and preparing our community for the great event of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympics. We were really satisfied to see how this workshop involved numerous kids who chose to collaborate with each other to create modern artworks that beautify some areas of our town and at the same time aim to spread Olympic values, both through the images and the colors chosen. For us, Livigno people, not only do they represent a renewal of our city today, but they will always be the indelible memory of achieving our great dream, which is to be the home of the world's most important sporting event in just two years.” said Sharon Zini, Culture Councilor of the Municipality of Livigno.
Livigno Alp Colors represents an important initiative of involvement and enhancement of the territory, uniting art, tradition, and community in view of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. Thanks to the creativity of the artists and the enthusiasm of the young participants, the project transforms Livigno into a vibrant museum of urban art, where the Olympic values of sustainability and inclusion are reflected in every work.
