Castel Belasi – Center for Contemporary Art for Ecological Thought is hosting “Inner Rhythms: India, Where Bodies Touch the Ground” until October 25. This exhibition features over seventy photographs by Angelo Redaelli, taken in India over the course of more than fifty years—from the 1970s to the present day. The exhibition traces a journey exploring the profound relationship between the body and the earth, offering a lived and symbolic vision of the soil—a central theme of the institution’s 2026 programming.
To mark Contemporary Art Day, Angelo Redaelli will guide visitors through the exhibition during opening hours.
In dialogue with the exhibition “Signal from the Earth”—linked to the Republic of Nauru’s first National Pavilion at the 61st International Art Exhibition (La Biennale di Venezia)—this show connects two complementary perspectives: on one hand, a territory marked by resource depletion; on the other, images testifying to a still-vital bond between human beings and the environment.
Bodies, gestures, and rituals inhabiting the earth as a shared, symbolic surface reveal a relationship with the soil that predates its reduction to a mere economic resource. Redaelli’s photographs depict people, animals, and landscapes in constant contact with the earth—viewed not merely as a backdrop, but as a place of connection, memory, and belonging.
A Milan-based photographer active since the 1970s, Angelo Redaelli is renowned for his work capturing stage performances, theater, dance, concerts, and live acts. The works presented at Castel Belasi reveal a lesser-known side of his practice, characterized by an empathetic gaze capable of capturing everyday gestures, rituals, and moments of ordinary life.
Far removed from sensationalism, these images construct a portrait of India through signs, practices, and relationships that span the passage of time. Tracing over half a century of transformation, the exhibition invites reflection on the gradual shift of the land from an inhabited ecosystem to an economic infrastructure.
The exhibition unfolds across the seven rooms on the Castle’s first floor and is complemented by an extensive photo projection that expands on the content, as well as a publication produced for the occasion.
The exhibition is organized in collaboration with MUSE – Science Museum of Trento.
