Alan is a Swiss performance and installation artist, theatre director and trainer, community & youth radio empowerer. At times dj, he is also music selector for Radio Gwen, Swiss italian community and complementary State radio, which he founded in his bedroom back in the days. As of 2021 he coordinates Luminanza – a reactor for Swiss contemporary drama in the Italian language. With the other members of Ticino is Burning he co-won the Swiss prize for the Performing Arts in 2022 for their networking work. He is based in Ticino, Switzerland.
He is the artist chosen by FIT for Sentieri Selvaggi \ The Searchers 2026, the second stage of the three-year project aimed at giving a group of young people living in our region the opportunity to take the lead in a co-creative process. Alan acted as curator, tutor and guide to them. The outcome of this collaborative effort, transformed into the performative installation Checkpoint Utopia (working title), debuts at FIT 2026).
I love to make things happen; it’s my passion. During my life I’ve gathered experience in different fields of cultural communication as I could never fit into just one. I love to see a smile on people’s faces. Whether through a process of new inspiration, inside a complex but rewarding theatrical experience, a successful radio show, a day or a year of training in new writing or at the end of an immersive one-to-one performance, the smiles come. I believe in young people and their potential to change the world and I offer my experience and support to help them achieve this. I believe in art and its power to help people become better listeners, become more attentive, and consequently, become more courageous. I believe in language and languages; they are key to my work because they hold the secrets of our ideas. I believe in communication because it brings us closer.
@ FIT
Checkpoint Utopia (working title)
2026 Edition
29 – 30.09 | 02.10 – 11.10
Waste Kompost Radio
2023 Edition
29.09-08.10
Before the Revolution Remix
2021 Edition
01.10-10.10
as part of the project Lingua Madre
Binaural Views of Switzerland
2020 Edition
29.09-11.10
