Ravi Agarwal & Paulina Lopez: YECH’N TIME

Thalkirch, Church – GPS: 46.637950, 9.280160

In former times, glacial landscapes were places of local culture and mythological relationships, which also held memories of explorers and travellers. In the eighteenth century the universal scientific term “glacier” was coined for bodies of moving ice. Today our scientific “knowledge” is still limited, even as they disappear in the climate crisis. The research work is presented within sight of the waterfall, above which the last piece of glacier in the Safiental valley still rests, preserved under a cone of rubble. (JH)

BIO: Ravi Agarwal works as an artist, curator and activist and lives in New Delhi https://www.raviagarwal.com/
Paulina Lopez is a scientist in the field of water, glaciers and climate change and lives in Chile
MEDIUM: Video (4), Installation, Fotografie, Zeichnung, Forschungsmaterial
COLLABORATION: José Tonko (University of Magallanes, Chile), Johannes M. Hedinger, Hendrik Krone
SUPPORT: Kirchgemeinde Safiental, KWZ Kraftwerke Zervreila AG (Wieland Hunger, Bruno Stoffel, Peter Michael, Klaus Fuchs, Gerold Casaulta), Oscar Aguilera (University of Concepción, Chile), Inés Dussaillant (University of Zurich), Luzius Heini, Damian Christinger, Lisa Lee Benjamin
CURATOR: Johannnes M. Hedinger