Past edition
XV Edition 2025 — Never Ground
28–30 November 2025 — Milano
- Edition
- XV — 2025
- Venues
- Magazzini Raccordati
- Curated by
- Artistic direction and curation Laura Lamonea. Public Program curated by Stella Succi. Open Call curated by Francesca Colasante.
From 28 to 30 November 2025, Video Sound Art Festival returns with its 15th edition, titled Never Ground: an important milestone marking fifteen years of activity in the production and promotion of contemporary art.
This year, the Festival once again reaffirms its mission to explore the relationship between contemporary art and exhibition spaces located outside traditional circuits, choosing a new venue in the city of Milan: the Magazzini Raccordati, in the tunnels of Central Station.
The location is deeply connected to the theme of the 15th edition: the underground understood as both a physical place and a symbolic threshold—a metaphor for the voices that throughout history have been submerged by structures of power, a gateway to initiatory descents, a place of metamorphosis.The Festival takes its title from Never Ground, a new work by Natália Trejbalová, produced by Video Sound Art and created with the support of the Italian Council program promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture. The work will enter the collection of Museion (Bolzano). Acting as a resonating chamber, the Festival amplifies and deepens the theoretical implications of the artwork, developing them through a series of thematic expansions. Recent scientific research has revealed how life can adapt to extreme conditions, prompting us to reconsider the very limits of existence. Subterranean ecosystems, resilient bacteria, and life forms that challenge our understanding: exploring the depths of the Earth means opening ourselves to new biological models — perhaps even to clues about other forms of life in the universe.In dialogue with Natália Trejbalová, the Festival will also feature works by Adele Dipasquale, Nicoletta Grillo, and Andrea Mauti.
Natália Trejbalová, Never Ground, Full HD video, color, sound, 17 min., 2025. Produced thanks to the support of the Italian Council (2024). Installation view, Never Ground, XV edition Video Sound Art Festival, 2025, Magazzini Raccordati, Stazione Centrale di Milano. Ph. Francesca Ferrari
Programme
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Talk
Exhibition opening
The opening of «Never Ground» at the Magazzini Raccordati, in the tunnels under Milan Central Station.
Free entry
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Talk
Open Call 2025 presentation — Dialogues from underground
With Francesca Colasante (curator), Sofia Salvatori (winner of the open call), Rita Duina (TAB – Take Away Bibliographies) and Letizia Scarpello (artist and programme manager at Pollinaria).
Free entry
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Workshop
Tuning for relationships
A workshop with Sofia Salvatori: inner listening, sensory activation and exploration of space, centred on perception in the dark.
Free entry
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Talk
Sottotesto
A conversation between Barbara Casavecchia, Paolo Pecere and Luca Trevisani on the relationship between the arts and the underground through time, from prehistoric forms of expression to contemporary practice.
Free entry
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Talk
Sottospecie
Microbiologist Martina Cappelletti, speleologist Francesco Sauro and artist Natália Trejbalová on the underground as a crossroads between the terrestrial and the extraterrestrial, between deep time and the future.
Free entry
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Talk
Sottofondo
Readings from the Milanese underground with Altalena, Annamaria Ajmone, Sandra Cane, Ivan Carozzi, Attila Faravelli, Frankenstein Magazine, Medusa and Murmur.
Free entry
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Workshop
Tuning for relationships
The second run of the workshop with Sofia Salvatori.
Free entry
Works
Natália Trejbalová
a deep crack, the fall through and the descent into the abyss
Natália Trejbalová
accelerando
Andrea Mauti
Esausta (Voices Voices)
Natália Trejbalová
Fantastic Voyage pt. 1-3
Natália Trejbalová
Never Ground
Nicoletta Grillo
Orizzonte
Adele Dipasquale
Spirits Talks
Natália Trejbalová
Travelling without moving
Venues
Partners
With the contribution of
- Comune di Milano
- 8 per mille Chiesa Valdese
Body of regional importance — With the contribution of