Regarder le glacier s’en aller (Watching the Glacier Disappear) is a Switzerland wide project led by Bernard Fibicher, Carmen Perrin and Lorette Coen and taking place across multiple sites and venues in Switzerland in summer 2024.

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The project premise is : while melting ice can tell us stories of the past, it also raises questions about our future. Our landscape is changing, a landscape that has contributed to the mythology of Switzerland. What will this country be like without its glaciers? What impact will this have on the landscape, biodiversity and mountain populations? The Swiss exhibition Regarder les glaciers s'en aller was conceived to take a different, artistic and cultural look at these changes. 

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Sarah Casey's involvement is in Sonner Le Gla(s)cier, an exhibition project produced by Le Cairn, an arts organisation based in Sion, Switzerland, with Maison des Alpes as  one of the stages in the national project.

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Sonner Le Gla(s)cier brings together seven artists and five scientists to share their approaches and ideas around the topic of glaciers, specifically, the challenges faced by the melting of glaciers in the Valais region of Switzerland. The outcome of the project is an exhibition, curated by Maéva Besse and Marta Spagnolello at the Maison des Alpes in Evolène. Following a weekend workshop with scientists, a group of artists, organized by LeCairn, will take over the premises to talk to us about these disappearing glaciers, with their creativity and sensitivity, and to imagine the impact of these disappearances.

 

 

Participating artists are: Barbezat-Villetard, Sarah Casey, Frederic Fourdinier, Lionel Fournier, Basile Richon, Gabrille Rossier, Alexia Turlin

Participating scientists: Chloé Barboux, Jean Chamel, Pierre-Yves Nicod, Christophe Randin, Amadée Zyrd

 

 

The first stage of the collaboration was a weekend workshop in Evolène  22-23 June 2024. The workshop included a field trip to Mont Mine glacier at Ferpècle with presentations from glaciologist Amadée Zyrd, geomorphologist Chloé Barboux, and biologist, Christophe Randin to introduce the challenges of the landscape, stimulating discussion and sharing ideas. These were followed on day two with presentations from archaeologist Pierre-Yves Nicod and anthropologist Jean Chamel and an introduction to the Maison Ribaupierre, the historic building that is part of the Maison des Alpes and where the exhibition will take place.

 

The exhibition opens to the public 27th July and runs 27 July – 28th September and is accompanied by a programme of events.

 

More information>> https://lamaisondesalpes.ch/exposition-2/