The Sigh of the Mountain – Echos und Spuren in unseren Landschaften
A collaborative exhibition across the Klausen Pass at the Haus für Kunst Uri and the Kunsthaus Glarus. Curated by Annette Amberg and Gioia Dal Molin.
Noor Abed, gown Aghbashian. Kateryna Aliinyk, Nathalie Bissig, Yann Stéphane Bisso, Binta Diaw, Andro Eradze, Sky Hopinka, Dominique Koch, Angelika Loderer, Zahra Malkani, Lou Masduraud, Leila Peacock, Noemi Pfister, Stas Shärifulla, Tiffany Sia, Rebecca Solari, Anouk Tschanz, works from the collection of the Glarner Kunstverein and from the archive of the Datwyler Foundation
The group exhibition is a collaboration between Haus für Kunst Uri and Kunsthaus Glarus and brings together 18 artists from different parts of the world. "The Sigh of the Mountain" takes its starting point in the specific topography of the two museums: they share their geographical, historical and cultural embedding in the landscape of the foothills of the Alps and the Alps and are connected by the 1948-metre-high Klausen Pass. When thinking about the peculiarities of the landscape surrounding us and about organizing a joint exhibition across two institutions, the echo became our companion. The call and its echo needs a specific landscape: steep, rugged rock faces or deep valleys. An echo occurs when the reflections of a sound wave are delayed so much that we perceive them as a separate auditory event. Before the scientific study of sound waves was possible, the echo was also imagined as the sighing of the mountains or the whispering of mountain spirits.
Surrounded by these mountains, we ask about current reverberations that interpret and help shape our landscapes socially, culturally and politically. The echo that arises in a specific landscape and carries its stories, traditions, customs or myths. The echo that we find in landscapes as traces of colonial, ecological or imperial exploitation. The echo as a reminder of landscapes that are no longer accessible due to destruction, expulsion or migration and that are carried on or preserved through stories and sounds. The exhibition across two museums also invites us to reflect on how works resonate within us and how spaces shape our experiences.
The group exhibition is a collaboration between Haus für Kunst Uri and Kunsthaus Glarus and brings together 18 artists from different parts of the world. "The Sigh of the Mountain" takes its starting point in the specific topography of the two museums: they share their geographical, historical and cultural embedding in the landscape of the foothills of the Alps and the Alps and are connected by the 1948-metre-high Klausen Pass. When thinking about the peculiarities of the landscape surrounding us and about organizing a joint exhibition across two institutions, the echo became our companion. The call and its echo needs a specific landscape: steep, rugged rock faces or deep valleys. An echo occurs when the reflections of a sound wave are delayed so much that we perceive them as a separate auditory event. Before the scientific study of sound waves was possible, the echo was also imagined as the sighing of the mountains or the whispering of mountain spirits.
Surrounded by these mountains, we ask about current reverberations that interpret and help shape our landscapes socially, culturally and politically. The echo that arises in a specific landscape and carries its stories, traditions, customs or myths. The echo that we find in landscapes as traces of colonial, ecological or imperial exploitation. The echo as a reminder of landscapes that are no longer accessible due to destruction, expulsion or migration and that are carried on or preserved through stories and sounds. The exhibition across two museums also invites us to reflect on how works resonate within us and how spaces shape our experiences.
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Date
7. June - 30. August 2026
Locations
Glarus
Glarus Art Museum Exhibition Cultural Art