In September, MBAL invites you to visit the Alt.+1000 contemporary pho\u00adtography festival being held in three different venues. MBAL has formed a partnership with this festival renowned for exhibitions of contemporary photography with mountain themes. The museum, through its exhibitions focusing on landscape and its representation in historical and contempora\u00adry photography, is the first of the three venues taking part in the Alt.+1000 festival. To extend this focus on the landscape, MBAL invites visitors to explore the two other sites involved in the festival: the Grand-Cachot-de- Vent farm, a superb 16th century building located in La Chaux-du-Milieu, and Lake Taill\u00e8res. This photographic journey taking place in three locations will allow visitors to fully experience the landscape in the imposing natural setting of the Neuch\u00e2tel mountains, at an altitude of 1000 metres.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Previous editions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
For many people, Alt.+1000 refers to the quaint village of Rossini\u00e8re, where the festival has taken place from 2008 to 2015 in barns, chalets and on walking trails, always on a mountain theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rossini\u00e8re is indeed an amazing setting but the work exhibited was not just about beautiful images. Mainly highlighting contemporary photography, the festival questioned notions of territory and landscape through documenta\u00adry and visual language. Matthieu Gafsou, Simon Norfolk, Penelope Umbrico and Edgar Martins all exhibited there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This year, Alt.+1000 moves from the Pays d\u2019Enhaut to the Neuch\u00e2tel moun\u00adtains. As in Rossini\u00e8re, the event offers art and nature lovers, as well as fa\u00admilies, a photographic stroll through a remarkable landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2019 Edition<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Whether by climbing mountains, planting a cross or building a refuge or working the steep land, man has left his mark on the peaks for centuries and this footprint is at the centre of the next and fifth edition of the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The exhibition held at the Grand-Cachot-de-Vent farm will be divided into 4 themes: The topography of the summits, which is synonymous with tourist getaways for some, while it is a matter of survival for others, notably mi\u00adgrants, will be illustrated through the first part entitled \u201cTraverser les mon\u00adtagnes\u201d (Crossing mountains). The second part of the exhibition \u201cOccuper les montagnes\u201d (Occupying mountains) is centred around the peaks and the use made of them, from peasants to skiers, as well as NASA\u2019s explorations of the mountains of Mars. To follow on from the first two themes, \u201cD\u00e9placer les montagnes\u201d (Moving mountains) will display the works of artists who play with the mountain images. Finally, the exhibition will end with a selection of books by Swiss photographers based on the Alps, with the theme \u201cObserver les montagnes\u201d (Observing mountains).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Less than 10 kilometres away from Grand-Cachot-de-Vent, Lake Taill\u00e8res will host an international project created by Project Pressure, a collective of artists and scientists. At the centre of the \u201cSiberia of Switzerland,\u201d the exhibition will show the ultimate footprint man has left on the mountains: global warming. Since 2008, the collective has been working on documen\u00adting climate change, notably the melting glaciers, by organising expeditions around the world. Since the project was launched by Danish photographer Klaus Thymann, thousands of images have been created by leading photo\u00adgraphers such as Simon Norfolk, Edward Burtynsky and Richard Mosse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Informations<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Admissions<\/strong> 1-22.09.2019 Full program will be available in July<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Press day<\/strong> Wednesday, August 28<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vernissage<\/strong> Sunday, September 1 at 1.00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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