Strip Tower (962) by Gerhard Richter is now open in Sils Maria and will remain on view for the next three years, presented by the Luma Foundation as part of ElevationâŻ1049.
Seen here at the opening, visitors gather around a sculpture that expands Richterâs longâstanding exploration of his Strip Paintings into three dimensions. Comprised of eight interlocking vertical panels clad in brightly striped ceramic tiles, the work forms an interior space that can be entered, inviting a shifting experience of colour, light and perception as one moves through and around it.
Installed at Lake Silvaplana, Strip Tower (962) enters into a dialogue with the changing Alpine environment â its presence shaped by light, climate and scale without imposing on the landscape.
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On view now - Gerhard Richter âStrip Tower (962)â in Sils Maria, Engadin.
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⨠Countdown to GERHARD RICHTER â STRIP TOWER (962) â¨
Just 6 days to go until STRIP TOWER (962) opens in Sils Maria on 27 January 2026!
Rising over five metres, this large-scale work transforms Gerhard Richterâs six-decade exploration of painting, photography, digital processes, and abstraction into a three-dimensional, immersive experience. Eight interlocking panels, clad in vividly striped ceramic tiles, create a cross-shaped interior that visitors can enter, surrounding themselves with shifting fields of colour and light. STRIP TOWER (962) is inspired by Richterâs âStrip Paintingsâ series and the crystalline Alpine landscape that has long captivated the artist.
The installation will be on view for three years, as part of Elevation 1049| 1822, presented by LUMA Foundation.
đ Opening: 27 Jan 2026
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Haroon Mirza â Oscillations for Caduceus (2024)
Haroon Mirzaâs âOscillations for Caduceusâ features solar panels that capture sunlight in Gstaad, storing energy to power a live sound component. Inspired by the Dyson Sphere concept from Olaf Stapledonâs âStar Makerâ (1937) and later explored by Freeman Dyson, the work reflects on harnessing solar energy while critiquing infinite energy expansionism.
An electronic device converts solar electricity into sound in real time. Housed in a former civil aviation authority light dome from Emley Moor transmitting tower, the speaker emits modulated signals using pulse-width modulation, a process used in synthesizers and LED control. The programmed frequenciesâ40 Hz and 111 Hzâare linked to neurological effects, including potential Alzheimerâs treatment and brain hemispheric influence.
On view at The Station - Gstaadstrasse 2, 3792 Saanen, Switzerland until 16 March 2025.
Part of Elevation 1049: Energies.
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HIMALI SINGH SOIN â STATIC RANGE (2020âongoing)
âStatic Rangeâ is a cross-disciplinary project rooted in a real-life Cold War spy story. In the 1960s, the CIA and Indian Intelligence Bureau placed a nuclear-powered spy device on Nanda Devi Mountain to monitor China. Lost in a snowstorm, it remains missing, leaking radiation into the Himalayas and affecting local communities.
In 1978, Himali Singh Soinâs mountaineer father photographed Nanda Devi from a nearby peakâan image later turned into a national postage stamp. The video features a fictional love letter from the lost device to the mountain, narrated by Soin over a soundscape by David Soin Tappeser on handmade nagada drums. Underground Uighur rhythms emerge as signals of resistance, while the stamp image morphs as if exposed to radiation.
Blending personal and political histories, âStatic Rangeâ explores nuclear power, environmental violence, and radioactive leakages as poetic, toxic emissaries across time.
On view at The Carpentry - Schlittmoosstrasse 1, 3778 SchĂśnried, Switzerland until 16 March 2025.
Part of Elevation 1049: Energies.
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đĽ OSCAR TUAZON â FIRE WORSHIP, 2025 đĽ
Commissioned for Elevation 1049, Oscar Tuazonâs new installation âFire Worshipâ (2025) outside the Station is a functioning firepit, featuring a central cast concrete column surrounded by pinewood seatingâthe most commonly used wood in the Gstaad area. Designed to welcome visitors during the cold winter months, it offers both warmth and a space for gathering.
Fire, one of the oldest forms of energy harnessed by humans, has been used for warmth, cooking, protection, and social connection for over a million years. Tuazonâs work explores themes of community and the built environment, moving beyond modernist ideals of passive viewership. In past iterations of fireplaces, he has invited communities to use his installations for gathering and even barbecuing.
While fire evokes our archaic past, the materials usedâburnt wood and concreteâhighlight pressing environmental concerns. Concrete, a major contributor to CO2 emissions, underscores the urgent need to rethink our relationship with nature and sustainability.
On view at The Station in Saanen until 16 March 2025.
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LOUISA GAGLIARDI â ELECTRIC COMPANY, 2025 âĄâ¨
For Elevation 1049: Energies, Louisa Gagliardi unveils a 7-metre-high digital painting, mounted on a transformer station tower in Gstaadâan industrial relic of shifting energy infrastructures. Her airbrush-like, surrealist tableau depicts two figures with glowing light bulbs obscuring their eyes, reflecting and distorting their gaze, surrounded by insects drawn to the light.
Blurring boundaries between presence and absence, light and dark, analogue pasts and digital futures, Gagliardiâs work speaks to the hidden materiality of energy, technology, and the electricity that powers our digital world.
Commissioned by Luma Foundation for Elevation 1049: Energies.
On view at BKW Tower Gstaad, Bellerivestrasse until October 2025.
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