Samira Gollin
Leave no stone unturned

Leave no stone unturned

Samira Gollin

In Fivizzano, a small town in the northern Italian region of Lunigiana, dozens of menhirs have been found and are exhibited in the ‘Museo Delle Statue Stele Lunigianesi’ in Pontremoli. In April 2023, I travelled to Fivizzano to find out more about the menhirs, their discoverers and the place. In this region, where the belief in magic is deeply rooted, there are numerous places that are haunted by supernatural and disturbing apparitions in the popular imagination, such as the ‘Devil's Hole’, the ‘Fairy Cave’ and the ‘Witches’ Cave’.

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The people I met on my journey confided in me their stories, which may not be about fairies and devils, but about special, sometimes inexplicable powers. This book is a photographic journey to the mystical origins of our time.

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Samira Gollin
Leave no stone unturned
A photographic journey to
Fivizzano and the mystical origins of menhirs
Book, 270 sites, 210 × 270 mm

Mentorship
Theory: Regina Dürig
Practice: Nicolas Polli, Regina Dürig

Contact
Instagram: @samiragollin

Finale 23

Diplome

After three years of virtual or hybrid exhibition formats, a final exhibition was held at Fellerstrasse 11 in Bümpliz for the first time again in 2023. However, the pandemic not only led to the establishment of new forms of exhibiting. Of course, the crisis also had a direct impact on the studies of many students: They hardly saw each other on site, often worked alone and moved almost exclusively in virtual space. This also led to many students wanting to extend their time at HKB. This year in July, twelve students graduated from the Visual Communication programme. You can find their work here: