by Suelin | Oct 19, 2017 | art residencies, switzerland
One of the reasons I came to the Open Spaces residency (apart from the cool weather, fresh air and lots of dairy), was to experience and explore the local carnival. Switzerland’s carnival is usually pre-Lent (like ours used to be, and like Carriacou still insists),...
by Suelin | Oct 17, 2017 | art residencies, switzerland
On Sunday, 15 October, our home away from home, Schulhaus 139, Feutersoey, Gsteig bei Gstaad was the place to be for the one-day Berglauf-Arnensee mountain run. The popular competition was open to young and old, to run all or some of the 7km from the school to Lake...
by Suelin | Oct 13, 2017 | art residencies, switzerland
Yesterday I took the train to Vevey to visit the Historical Museum, in search of François Aimé Louis Dumoulin: A man of Vevey…who ended up in the West Indies. Two hours or so later, I met my sister-in-law at the station, and we took the scenic route to the museum,...
by Suelin | Oct 7, 2017 | art residencies, switzerland
Four days ago, I went to the devils’ mountain. I crossed the Peak Walk, the first suspension bridge worldwide that connects two peaks, and walked on a bed of eternal ice, part of the Glacier 3000 experience in the Diablerets massif of the Bernese Alps. I stood midway...
by Suelin | Sep 30, 2017 | art residencies, switzerland
To market, to market’ nursery rhyme (circa 1611) speaks to the traditional rural activity of going to a market or fair where agricultural produce is bought and sold. My highlight for this week was participating in the market at Gsteig, the next village over, on 30...
by Suelin | Sep 26, 2017 | art residencies, switzerland
Transhumance. Mass noun. The action or practice of moving livestock from one grazing ground to another in a seasonal cycle, typically to lowlands in winter and highlands in summer. Origin: Early 20th century: from French, from the verb transhumer, based on Latin...
