08.06 - 24.11.2024

Scenescape is the twenty-third exhibition organized by the Rolla Foundation. Philip Rolla's introductory text explains the proposed theme: "By chance or by choice everything we see becomes a scene to our vision. This may be simple, almost nothing, complex, sophisticated or banal, but is a scene, maybe just for an instant, maybe over an elapsed time span …

11 January 2024

Wonderful friend.
Founder with her husband Guido Giudici of the historic CONSARC photography gallery in Chiasso and the Biennale dell'immagine.
Tireless promoter of culture and social and environmental issues.
We learned a lot from you, we will miss you so much.

Rosella, Phil, Elide

Between two worlds. Story of Philip Rolla
by Maria Grazia Rabiolo

When Philip Rolla left California after graduating from university, the trip he took was diametrically opposite to that of his grandparents, who had arrived in California in the early twentieth century from Piedmont. His professional adventure began in Turin and continued in Italian-speaking Switzerland. A craftsman-engineer, he is the …

New SPECTRUM portal to find museums, galleries, collections, archives, libraries, festivals, schools in Switzerland.


Spectrum - Photography in Switzerland was established in 2017 as a successor to ASIP (ASIP - Association Suisse des institutions pour la photographie was founded in 1996 as an association of Swiss photographic institutions).

Spectrum - Photography in Switzerland now welcomes not only photo institutions, collective …