Glaciers in Art Posted on July 14th, 2019 by

Recently, our group went through a small schedule change. As a group, last night, we decided that we would change our schedule and not spend two nights at the Konkordia Hut. Instead, as a way to welcome Betsy Beyers to our group, we wanted to spend the afternoon touring the Keineismeehr exhibit in Interlaken and then go to the Konkordia Hut tomorrow.

This morning, we took a tram up to Harder Kulm (roughly 5,020 feet high). We climbed a short ways beyond the lookout/restaurant area and found a scenic spot to sit and look out over the the Thunersee and Brienzersee lakes. This was a different walk than we’ve experienced so far on our hikes. The climb was relatively shaded and the tree roots were sprawled out over the ground everywhere. It was a change in pace to go from rock-hopping like we’ve been used to and change instead to hopping from bare tree root to root.

     

After the hike we had a wonderful lunch at the Harder Kulm restaurant. A couple of us even tried Hugos, which is a nummy drink with prosecco, lime, mint and elderflower syrup! Yum!

When we arrived back to Interlaken, we made our way through the streets, over the river flowing between the two lakes and finally arrived at the exhibit where we had a tour of the gallery. These paintings were unique in the fact that the overarching theme was climate change from artists whose main subjects were glaciers. We were all blown away by the detail in the different media. It was interesting to see the unique ways in which artists can capture the essence of the glaciers. Whether it was paint, pencil, pen or video, we were all able to walk away with a sense of the artistic goal of these paintings. We were also all given free postcards of different glacier works.

 

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