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SOPHIE GUYOT | THE STARDUST MEMORY PROJECT

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It is said that stars continue to emit light long after they have been extinguished. Similarly, humans leave traces that remain visible across generations—a kind of "fossil radiation." The Stardust Memory Project takes up this idea, working with private photo archives. In Bressanone, family albums containing memories of the deceased were collected. Sophie Guyot transformed five selected photographs graphically and projected them during the festival. Accompanying these, local author Nadia Runger wrote poetic texts about the life stories of those depicted, underscoring the projections and transforming the space into a collective, poetic field of memory.

The project has already been implemented and will continue in other cities worldwide. More information can be found at www.stardustmemoryproject.com.

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The Five Memories from Brixen

Texting by Nadia Rungger

Greta
walking
home, those are
our first steps
like walking
like talking
from the place that held you[
Martin
using the hands
to experience movement and
forming, capturing
a moment
in every sculpture
and telling its story
Julia Marie Gaiser
feeling the ice, flowing,
shifting her weight
again and again
from one leg
to the other
to her heart
to thin air
Maria
from the kitchen
the eyes travel
outside, sometimes
removing the windows
and feeling
a hundred years
on the wind
Josef
arriving at the top
and gazing, breathing
deeply and looking for words
which meet
time and again
everywhere
Sophie Guyot

Switzerland

Following her studies in literature, Swiss artist Sophie Guyot began an intensive self-taught exploration of the visual arts. In her light installations, she frequently addresses ecological themes, using them as metaphors for the human condition. Her works focus on the relationship between humans and the biotope, encompassing light art, permanent installations, and experimental videos.

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Nadia Rungger

South Tyrol, Italy

Nadia Rungger, born in 1998, is an author living in South Tyrol. She studied German language and literature and applied linguistics in Graz and Brixen. Her debut “Das Blatt mit den Lösungen. Erzählungen und Gedichte” (publisher Verlag A. Weger), was released in 2020. She has received several literary prizes and awards for prose and poetry in German and Ladin, including the Irseer Pegasus Literary Prize and the LICHTUNGEN Poetry Scholarship Lichtungen-Lyrik-Stipendium des Landes Steiermark in 2024. Her play “Morvëies” (“Wonders”) premiered at the Bruneck City Theatre Stadttheater Bruneck in 2024. She has published in literary magazines and participated in interdisciplinary projects and exhibitions featuring her poetry. Her new poetry collection will be published in autumn 2026.

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