The FIT co-creation project is back!

Together with a group of teenagers aged between 16 and 22, the artist compares his youthful utopian ideals with today’s ones. Drawing on the imagery of video games, Alan Alpenfelt analyses three stages of life: childhood, adolescence and adulthood. Each stage has levels to complete. In childhood, the first cracks begin to appear; in adolescence, one struggles to overcome them and change; as adults, the harshness of reality often lead to disillusionment.
Can we do anything when faced with events that leave us feeling powerless? What are the monsters to be defeated, and will we ever be able to do so? What are the ideal worlds to dream of, and will we ever be able to create them? How many lives do we have left to succeed?

Checkpoint Utopia (working title) is a project by Alan Alpenfelt co-created with Elisa Bisig, Irma de Marchi, Asia Delmenico, Aziz Hassanyan, Linda Manconi, Alisina Mohammadi, Katarina Ristanović, Edy Sardei, Serena Shala, Timmothy (Timmy) Tekle, Petra Venturo, Giulia Vitale, Kyrylo Yatsenko.

Sentieri Selvaggi\The Searchers is a three-year project by FIT Festival, which aims to give young people the opportunity to be protagonists of a co-creative artistic production process, to meet and broaden their critical perspective on the world. Each year, participants work alongside a different professional artist, who serves as curator, mentor, and guide. The outcome of this collaborative process will take the form of an artistic work, presented as part of the 2025, 2026, and 2027 editions of FIT Festival.