YES TO ALL

The Alps have always represented a natural border, an apparently harsh and extreme environment even for the most toughest natives.

Emblem and symbol of the wild and pure nature, this vast territory has been always spared by the typical mechanisms of the Capitalist Realism.

If in the past the strong natural conditions and the hostile alpine winters forced mankind to be inactive, now winter on the Alps is the most profitable season of all.

Due to the solidification of the alpine capitalism, marked by a frantic globalization and a beyond compare mass tourism, we've been spectators to the democratization of the mountain and of its commodification and trivialization.

Over the years the distance between the city and the mountain has intensely decreased, making the latter more accesible and habitable, charming and hospitable.

The sparkling aestheticization of the alpine cultural identity and its non-stop advertising, mockingly led to its total annihilation.

The desire to lower glaciers at tourists' height, helped by the actual climate change, has outlined the new look of the anthropized Alps.

YES TO ALL is a four-handed observation made with Mattia Micheli of this deceptive scenario where pieces of cities, cars, engines, concrete, cables, graceful ladies, bizarre fashions and innovations are melting with the traditional alpine leftovers:the new inclusive mountain seduced by the temptations of urban society.

© Nicolò Panzeri & Mattia Micheli - People in front of the biggest crystal aggregate ever found in the Alps region. Sasso San Gottardo, Italy, 2019.
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People in front of the biggest crystal aggregate ever found in the Alps region. Sasso San Gottardo, Italy, 2019.

© Nicolò Panzeri & Mattia Micheli - Alpine landscape painted on a wall inside Starkenberger Brewery. Tarrenz, Austria, 2020.
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Alpine landscape painted on a wall inside Starkenberger Brewery. Tarrenz, Austria, 2020.

© Nicolò Panzeri & Mattia Micheli - The Bergisel ski jump tower. Innsbruck, Austria, 2020.
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The Bergisel ski jump tower. Innsbruck, Austria, 2020.

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The hut on the top of Mount Pilatus can be reached with the Pilatus Railway the world’s steepest coghweel railway, from Alpnachstad. It contains a bar, an hotel and a shopping center. Pilatus Mount, Switzerland, 2019.

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In a tunnel digged inside the glacier Mer de Glace, the second longest in the Alps and severely affected by climate change. Montenvers, France, 2018.

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Some tarps laid down to protect the ice of Mer de Glace glacier, severely affected by climate change. Montenvers, France, 2018.

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Steinbock on the wall of Cingino dam. The steinbocks of that area developed this unique behaviour: they climb the dam to lick the mineral salts from its surface. Antrona Valley, Italy, 2020.

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Arrival of Hahnenkamm race (giant slalom). Hahnenkamm race is the world most famous skiing competition and attracts every year thousands people. Kitzbuhel, Austria, 2020.

© Nicolò Panzeri & Mattia Micheli - Detail of a car hit by the landslide that devastated the village of Casargo. Casargo, Italy, 2019.
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Detail of a car hit by the landslide that devastated the village of Casargo. Casargo, Italy, 2019.

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Ski hills across the border between Lombardia and Trentino Alto Adige, one of the most intensive ski plant in Europe. Passo del Tonale, Italy, 2020.

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Landscape of the forest of Borca di Cadore, Trentino Alto Adige. The outcome of the “Vaia storm”, probably the worst ever happened in Italy. According to estimates, around 14 millions of trees have been shot down by the storm. Borca di Cadore, Italy, 2019.

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Aiguille du Midi Hut at 3,842m a peak part of the Mont Blanc Massif, within the French Alps. It is a popular tourist destination and can be directly reached by cable car from Chamonix that takes visitors close to Mont Blanc. Aiguille du Midi, France, 2018.

© Nicolò Panzeri & Mattia Micheli - Garbage left along the ski slope by the audience of Hahnenkamm race. Kitzbuhel, Austria, 2020.
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Garbage left along the ski slope by the audience of Hahnenkamm race. Kitzbuhel, Austria, 2020.

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A view of the touristic resort complex of Avoriaz, a no-car city thought for skiers built in the 60’s, born from the project of Jean Vuarnet, a famous French alpine skier. Avoriaz, France, 2019.

© Nicolò Panzeri & Mattia Micheli - Courchevel, the highest airport in Europe, 2008 m. Courchevel, Switzerland, 2018.
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Courchevel, the highest airport in Europe, 2008 m. Courchevel, Switzerland, 2018.

© Nicolò Panzeri & Mattia Micheli - Beer pools inside Starkenberger Castle that today hosts a brewery. Tarrenz, Austria, 2020.
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Beer pools inside Starkenberger Castle that today hosts a brewery. Tarrenz, Austria, 2020.

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A tourist from South Korea visiting the hut on the top of Mount Pilatus, a massif overlooking Lucerne in central Switzerland. The top can be reached with the Pilatus Railway the world’s steepest coghweel railway, from Alpnachstad. Pilatus Mount, Switzerland, 2019.

© Nicolò Panzeri & Mattia Micheli - Inside Aquariaz, a tropical waterpark at 1800m, surrounded by ski slopes. Avoriaz, France, 2018.
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Inside Aquariaz, a tropical waterpark at 1800m, surrounded by ski slopes. Avoriaz, France, 2018.

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