Casa Carlotta is part of a movement of residencies, schools, and other alternative collectives around the world that are concerned with the present as a means of imagining a new future, one that preserves part of the past. We believe that it is through organising and creating with others that we can address the political and environmental situation of decaying landscapes and cultures. As a collective and a home, we aspire to serve as, and model, networks of human connection that are disappearing.
We are a dynamic community in action and in movement. We are a collective imagination, a centre-held in solidarity with a contemporary moment that asks us to pay attention, to notice, to connect with what it means to live, to live in a life that is made up of complex processes and not ends, to break bread with the will and hearts and hopes of strangers who through doing together may become less strange. We offer and we uphold the forms of care we observe in a troubled world as a way of preserving, cultivating, and reinventing them for future generations.
We are a dynamic community in action and in movement. We are a collective imagination, a centre-held in solidarity with a contemporary moment that asks us to pay attention, to notice, to connect with what it means to live, to live in a life that is made up of complex processes and not ends, to break bread with the will and hearts and hopes of strangers who through doing together may become less strange. We offer and we uphold the forms of care we observe in a troubled world as a way of preserving, cultivating, and reinventing them for future generations.
CASA CARLOTTA is a residency program and creative laboratory that connects contemporary artistic practices and creatives with positive global action, through site-specific projects, curated collective residencies, and social good initiatives.
Using a shared lingua franca, we discuss, dream, decide, and when language is missing, we use our hands. Palm to palm, fingertips touching, listening.
Sophie Strobele
Grandchild of Charlotte Strobele and co-founder and head of the project behind Casa Carlotta, Sophie Strobele is also co-founder of ERE Collective, a philanthropic organization and endowment fund connecting the creative industry with nonprofits through artistic work. Besides her activity as model, she has been curating an art space in Paris for the past 2 years, Sheriff Gallery, at 53 Rue Turenne. Through this opportunity, she has built group shows with over 100 participating artists to raise funds for a multitude of nonprofits. Sophie Strobele continues to unite artists, creatives and the public around engaging subjects that touch the most pressing environmental and social matters of today. Her work as independent curator led her to exhibit at a variety of art institutions, such as Fondation Fiminco, 3537, Palais de Tokyo and the V+A in London.
ERE Collective
Paris-based ERE Collective connects the creative industry with positive impact projects through artistic works. Since its founding in 2020 as an endowment fund, ERE has raised and distributed significant support to nonprofits without any institutional help. Past collaborators include UN advisors, the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, international organizations like “The OR is present,” France-based institutions like the Relais and Emmaus, as well as grassroots organizations in Kenya, Senegal, Indonesia, Brazil, Ukraine, and Afghanistan. ERE’s projects have been featured in Vogue, AnOther Magazine, WSJ, WWD, Dazed and Confused, and Atmos Magazine, among others. ERE Collective has been a guest speaker at the Parsons New School of Design, the IFM Fashion Institute and la Caserne in Paris.
Situated in the Italian Alps 140 km from Venice, Borgo Valsugana lies in the Province of Trentino. A strategic border outpost between Austria and Italy in times of the Habsburg empire, the town hosts our modest palazzo, a historical heritage of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy with walls that date back to 1763. Formerly used as a family residence, together with a summer dépendency in the adjacent Valley of Sella, this palazzo of character has traversed decades, hosting personalities from around the world and collecting uncountable stories.
Announcing the Dolomites, Borgo Valsugana has its own mountain range, called Cima Dodici. Today, its economy is largely based on the tourism of its beautiful landscapes. Borgo Valsugana lays in close proximity to Sella Ronda, Cortina D’Ampezzo, Lago di Caldonazzo and Lago di Levico, and the histo
ric towns of Trento, Verona, or Modena. Directly accessible by train from Trento in the North, or Bassano di Grappa in the South, you’ll easily connect to Treviso, Bolzano, Venice or Milan.
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