Finissage "Sonner le glacier" exhibition

Finissage // September 28 - 4pm :

Artistic intervention by the LACS collective and sound performance by Aurélie Emery

LACS is a transdisciplinary artists' collective made up of Laure Gonthier, Aline Paley,

Caitlin Aiston Valloton and Murzo. The collective is currently working on the "Last round for redemption" project, which involves artistic fieldwork to understand what the rapid and gradual disappearance of glaciers may mean, by examining the beliefs, cosmologies, mythologies and stories associated with Death. In Switzerland, various beliefs hold that glaciers are eternal, serving as a place of rest and purification for souls. The LACS collective's research began in the Val d'Hérens, notably around the Fountain of the Dead, where souls, once purified, quench their thirst in preparation for their procession and long journey, leaving the glaciers and heading for Paradise...