Events

Opening ceremony, Sunday, 6 July 2025

Time: 12 p.m.
Meeting point: Wildstrubel hotel ruins at the Gemmi cable car mountain station
Programme:
- 12 p.m.: Greetings and speeches
- 12.30 p.m.: Hike and guided tour to the Berghotel Schwarenbach (duration approx. 1.5 hours)
- 2 p.m.: Bell performance by Christophe Burgess at the Berghotel Schwarenbach followed by an aperitif riche
- 3 p.m.: Hike and guided tour to the Sunnbüel mountain station above Kandersteg (duration approx. 2 hours)
Registration: Via this Form
Costs: free of charge

Film presentation at the Cinema Rex in Bern, 8 July 2025

In a film presentation at the Cinema Rex in Bern, the two artists Lena Maria Thüring and Maëlle Cornut will present their video installations, which were created as part of the SAC art exhibition «Passage». The event will be moderated by the two curators of the SAC art exhibition, Beate Engel and Peter Erismann.

Time: 6 p.m.
Meeting point: Kino Rex Bern, Schwanengasse 9
Registration: Without prior registration
Tickets: www.rexbern.ch

From 3 July to 27 August 2025, the video films by Lena Maria Thüring and Maëlle Cornut will be presented in the Rex Box at the entrance to the Kino Rex Bern.

Picnic by Studio Sanft, 20 July 2025

A sensual, interactive experience in nature – an alpine picnic at the Arvenseelis with culinary delicacies and beneficial elements centred around the Arve. The event combines culinary delights, wellness, nature and culture and invites participants to consciously engage with their surroundings.

Time: 11 a.m.
Meeting point: Gemmi cable car mountain station
Registration: By 11 July, by e-mail to sanftstudio@gmail.com
Programme: Guided tour to the Sunnbüel mountain station including picnic, duration approx. 6 hours
Costs: CHF 40 (payment in cash on site)

Fluid Academy, 28 September 2025

The «Fluid Academy» will be led by Valerian Maly and Klara Schilliger and will accompany their work «Folds and Furrows». Dr Iwan Stössel will talk about facial and rock morphology in his lecture «The ocean in the mountains». A «stone soup» will be served.

Time: 11 a.m.
Meeting point: Gemmi cable car mountain station
Registration: By 20 September, by e-mail to info@gemmi-passage.ch
Programme: Guided tour to the Sunnbüel mountain station including Fluid Academy, duration approx. 6 hours
Costs: CHF 20 (payment in cash on site)

Finissage, 11 October 2025

For the finissage of the SAC art exhibition, the Collectif LACS invites the public to explore the blurred boundary between the world of the living and that of the dead.

Time: 1.45 p.m.
Meeting point: Gemmi cable car mountain station
Programme: Group performance «Procession» by the Collectif LACS around the Daubensee on the Gemmi plateau (duration approx. 1.5 hours).
Registration: Without pre-registration
Costs: free of charge

The project is organised by the Collectif LACS (Aline Paley, Murzo, Caitlin Aiston Valloton and Laure Gonthier), in collaboration with the artists Laure Betris, Aurélie Emery, Yann Hunziker, Antoine Läng, Maryfé Singy and Valentine Paley and is supported by the Canton of Vaud and the Cultural Service of the City of Vevey.