This small book/catalogue collects the biographies of the artists and musicians who were finalists in the Fourth Edition of the International Prize that the Fondazione dedicates to the figure and work of Mario Merz, after whom it is named. The two sections of the Prize, the visual arts and music, saw the participation in this edition of artists Yto Barrada, Paolo Cirio, Christina Forrer, Anne Hardy, He Xiangyu and Koo Jeong A. The finalist composers were Katherine Balch, William Dougherty, Farzia Fallah, Füsun Köksal and Claudia Jane Scroccaro. The book contains images of the works that were part of the finalists’ exhibition, held at the Fondazione Merz in Turin from 9 May to 2 October 2022.