Available in bookshops elsewhere in the world, the publication enables people further afield to discover HIGH ALTITUDE

This book is conceived as a companion to the festival. It features works of contemporary imagemakers who approach the mountain in its various and multiple states: spectacular, sublime, domesticated, constructed (even artificial!), out-of-touch and frightening. Artists who live in Switzerland, Germany, United States, the Netherlands and England, many living far from a mountainous environment, celebrate and challenge deeply-rooted myths, and each in his own way tries to interpret this elusive landscape. Unspoiled nature versus the man-altered mountain – a dichotomy that has sparked the imaginations of generations of mountain lovers – will thus be interpreted by talented artists, whose visions are far removed from those of tourist postcards.

Published by 5 Continents, Milan

Edited by Nathalie Herschdorfer, director of the Festival Alt. +1000

Texts by Tobia Bezzola (Kunsthaus Zürich), Marta Caraion (Lausanne University), Bernard Debarbieux (Geneva University), Elena Foster (Ivory Press, London/Madrid), Nathalie Herschdorfer, Noémie Richard.

Available at www.lachevre.ch or at amazon.com