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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Oscillanting Spaces, Ludwig Berger, glacier, Morteratsch, Furka, melting, climate change, Alps, Switzerland, sound
18 August 2025
What does a glacier (or climate change) sound like?
On Ludwig Berger’s recordings of melting landscapes
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3 items : illustrations ; 97 cm or smaller
Espaces oscillants = Oscillating spaces : exhibition products, 2025-2026
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228 pages ; 22 cm.
Paris : Stock, 2010.
Tokyo, ville flottante : scène urbaine, mises en scène / François Laplantine.
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228 pages ; 22 cm.
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Paris : Stock, 2010.