Oscillating Spaces
Oscillating Spaces, curated by Anneke Abhelakh, explores the Rhône Glacier—undergoing fast melting and transformation processes—as a case study to reflect on environmental challenges in a constantly oscillating site. Juxtaposing glacier cartography, photography, film, ecclesiastical documents, tourist souvenirs, and architectural archives, the exhibition questions the(...)
Octagonal gallery
25 April 2025 to 1 February 2026
Oscillating Spaces
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Oscillating Spaces, curated by Anneke Abhelakh, explores the Rhône Glacier—undergoing fast melting and transformation processes—as a case study to reflect on environmental challenges in a constantly oscillating site. Juxtaposing glacier cartography, photography, film, ecclesiastical documents, tourist souvenirs, and architectural archives, the exhibition questions the(...)
Octagonal gallery
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An Ever-Changing Landscape
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Memory and Melt
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Neighbours at Altitude
Glaciers tell us of the past and the present, archiving histories of climate and revealing our impending climate futures. Join us on 9 October for a talk by Cymene Howe, presented in the context of the exhibition Oscillating Spaces, in which she describes how we can recognize the work that glaciers do to mark time and history. She will discuss a handful of her(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
9 October 2025, 6pm
The Life and Death of Ice with Cymene Howe
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Glaciers tell us of the past and the present, archiving histories of climate and revealing our impending climate futures. Join us on 9 October for a talk by Cymene Howe, presented in the context of the exhibition Oscillating Spaces, in which she describes how we can recognize the work that glaciers do to mark time and history. She will discuss a handful of her(...)
Paul-Desmarais Theatre
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3 items : illustrations ; 97 cm or smaller
Espaces oscillants = Oscillating spaces : exhibition products, 2025-2026
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565 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Zürich : Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), ©2003.
Inchoate : an experiment in architectural education / Marc Angélil.
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565 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
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Zürich : Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETHZ), ©2003.
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366 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 24 cm.
Basel : Birkhäuser, [2019], ©2019
Thinking color in space : positions, projects, potentials / Kerstin Schultz, Hedwig Wiedemann-Tokarz, Eva Maria Herrmann ; translation German into English, Hartwin Busch.
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366 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans ; 24 cm.
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Basel : Birkhäuser, [2019], ©2019
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1 atlas (224 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016], ©2016
Nonstop metropolis : a New York City atlas / editors, Rebecca Solnit and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro ; cartographer, Molly Roy ; additional cartographers, Richard Campanella, Chris Henrick.
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1 atlas (224 pages) : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 31 cm
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016], ©2016
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160 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 x 29 cm.
London : Lund Humphries, 2024.
Hélène Binet / Marco Iuliano, Martino Stierli.
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160 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 25 x 29 cm.
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London : Lund Humphries, 2024.