Luigi Pericle httop://www.luigipericle.orgThe rediscovery of a masterA small villa from the 1930s, closed for years and swallowed up by brambles. It guarded an unimaginable secret. The story of a forgotten master. His art. His culture. For fifteen years, Greta and Andrea Biasca-Caroni have watched that house, more and more badly damaged with the passing of time, dreaming of being able to acquire it. Its garden bordered the property of their hotel in Ascona (Canton of Ticino, Switzerland), the Hotel Ascona, on Monte Verità (Hill of Truth). They wanted to visit those rooms, fascinated by the magnetism they emanated and by the memories of a silent man who had lived there intensely. Acquired by auction and reopened after a long period of forgetfulness, the house has revealed an extraordinary heritage. Hundreds of paintings and drawings meticulously kept in large wooden boxes crammed inside the rooms and basement. The high bookshelves still kept, rigorously aligned, volumes of philosophy, literature, art of past civilizations, from Egypt to the Far East, as well as scientific texts of theosophy, anthroposophy, astrology, ufology, which had nourished the knowledge and wisdom of the master, his vast preparation, which he then poured into the paintings and papers as an exercise of meditation, and into thousands of autograph documents, notebooks, drawings, theoretical and narrative texts. Bringing back to life paintings, Indian ink drawings, horoscopes, and manuscripts made it possible to return the figure of a leading author to history of art, and of culture in general; a protagonist of aesthetic research from the second post-war period onwards, whose human and intellectual life suddenly reemerged with all its value and complexity.

The aim of the Ascona Film and Video Art Festival is to offer audiences an insight into the work of young, upcoming filmmakers and video artists from around the globe and to promote the exchange of ideas between established film workers, artists and young talent and the public.

This quality seal lists hotels, venues and services that have a long tradition and offer that exclusive atmosphere achieved from know-how passed down thorough generations.www.tradition-hotels.com

www.traditionhotels.orgOur hotels have a long tradition and offer that exclusive atmosphere achieved from know-how passed down thorough generations. I choose only the best houses where hoteliers respect the importance of tradition in hospitality.Tradition Hotels is an idea of Andrea Biasca-Caroni, owner of Hotel Ascona in Ascona. He is a third generation hotelier. His grandparents acquired the structure, his parents managed it for 40 years, and since 1999, Andrea Biasca-Caroni manages the family hotel. Aware of the importance of tradition in hospitality, he decided to create this seal. He only awards it to hotels who are able to transmit that unique traditional atmosphere.www.traditiohotels.org

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“La Grotta” is the Hotel Ascona club where artists can exhibits in musical, artistic performances as public lectures, concerts, theatre etc. etc… La Grotta has professional sound and light system for the artists. The entrance is free. Free overnight in www.hotel-ascona.ch for the artists.please submit to ancaroni@me.com