RHEINWALDHORN
EPIOSDODE 01 – S01 I
A journey into Läntagletscher—one of the Rhine’s primary alpine sources—reveals a landscape shaped by tension; a glacier whose accelerated melting and water extraction remains largely unmeasured, even as it feeds major Swiss hydroelectric systems downstream. At the glacier’s edge, the raft transforms into a solitary sensing pole, anchored by the surrounding geology. Here body and object work in tandem; observing and sensing the water’s behavior—where the urgency of climate change meets the silence of missing data.
Observational activities performed:
– Water temperature, Hydro-thermometer
– River soundscape, Hydrophone
– Water flow rate, Custom vessel + piping apparatus
– Snowflake shape, 2mm gridded plate
Featuring the voices of:
– Dr. Petra Schmocker-Fackel (Chief of staff - Department of Hydrology), BAFU (Bundesamt für Umwelt / Federal Office for the Environment), Switzerland
– Dr. Elizabeth Case (Glaciologist), Utrecht University, The Netherlands