Whether it’s a critique of consumerism, notions of sustainability, or a lifestyle choice – we take a look at what lies behind the trend for doing repairs and what that means for mountain sport. In the Lost and Found Memories Office you can see how maintenance and repair are part of mountaineering’s history. What’s important when it comes to mending outdoor gear? And what stories do these repaired and broken objects have to tell? Be inspired by designers, tailors, minimalists, and researchers and discover some astonishing facts about outdoor materials with respect to their repair, maintenance, manufacturing, and safety.

You too can get involved by coming to the Video Box, where you can tell us the story of how you repaired your favourite object. Together we can collect tips and tricks that extend the life cycle of our own equipment. In our workshop you’ll find out how particular sewing techniques can improve the appearance of that very special item, and in the exhibition you’ll get the opportunity to put together your own personal mobile repair kit.

Rapidly melting ice sheets, booming tourism, three new airports under construction, ever-larger waste heaps, international investors in search of mineral resources, and a confident Greenland developing its Indigenous identity and independence. Greenland’s transformation is intense, turbulent, and contradictory. But what do the people there think of it all? What does this teach us about the world we live in? How do we deal with the dilemmas and contradictions? What scares us about it and what opportunities are at stake? This moving film installation is accompanied by an original Greenlandic soundtrack.

What we associate with stability and permanence is beginning to slip. Climate change is transforming the Alps – visibly and tangibly: rockfalls, shrinking glaciers, debris flows and lack of snow. These changes in the Alpine region have far-reaching consequences for the lives of people in the mountains. 

The exhibition "When Mountains Slide" focuses on the Canton of Glarus and shows how climate change is transforming not only landscapes, but entire ways of life. Sixteen audio texts create proximity to the changes in the mountains – people tell of their relationship to nature, how their perspective changes with the climate crisis and what visions of the future emerge from this. They show a multi-layered picture of the present: loss and uncertainty, adaptation and the search for new paths. People look at the changes from different perspectives. Yet their questions, wishes and hopes are not local – they concern us all. The exhibition challenges us to engage and invites us to adopt different perspectives. 

An exhibition by the Sito Collective Zurich-Glaru