OPEN CALL for CASA LOLLO - a curated residency
This summer we’re digging into the history of the house, its connection to the region, the stored artworks, letters and stories - connecting past, present and future
As participant of the curated 10-day-residency, you’ll be invited to free room and board at Casa Lollo. Guided by a professional archivist, you’ll have the opportunity to discover the hidden stories of the house and help us preserve and understand the importance of Casa Lollo in the region.
*please send your application to
[email protected] until 31st of June:
a pdf with a short bio about yourself, some visuals of your past work or future ideas and please tell us how you found out about CL and why you would like to contribute to its story.
graphic design
@alessia.rapetti
Situated in the Italian Alps, 140 km from Venice, Casa Lollo lies in the Province
of Trentino. Having been a strategic border outpost between Austria and Italy in times
of the Habsburg empire, the town hosts this modest palazzo, a historical heritage of
the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy with walls that date back to 1763. Formerly used as a
family residence, together with a summer dependency in the adjacent Valley of
Sella, this palazzo of character has traversed decades, collecting uncountable stories
and hosting personalities from around the world.
Charlotte Strobele, a former art historian and professor, hosted an abundance of artists and exhibitions at the palazzo since the 1970’s, nurturing an international community in harmony with a local one. Her tenure wrote an iconic chapter into the walls of the palazzo over the past few decades, one of hospitality, dialogue
and creation. In 1986, she co-founded the land-art collective ARTE SELLA, which has since grown to a renowned institution for sustainable and ephemeral art and architecture.
Carlotta, or Lollo, lived a life dedicated to art, education and the natural environment.
The Casa Lollo Residency 2025 intends to manifest this legacy and build on it in the future.
