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Tschlin, Switzerland 🇨🇭

Tschlin, Switzerland 🇨🇭

#Repost @simonschwyzer (@get_repost) ・・・ "I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I am frightened of the old" J.Cage #tschlin #ivanargote #artistportrait #filmisnotdead #kodak #reflect #colour #perrotin #aperture #visualartist

Do you know how a historical monument looks like? You think you do? Well, here’s this one right in my backyard and no, I don’t get it either. Fact is, the shack above is a declared a historical monument and very much protected at it. Fact is also pretty all of the barnyards surrounding our new place in the outskirts of Zurich are protected as well. This comes not so surprising, given the Swiss obstinacy to preserve the idyllic image of the country... did you know the farms receive state subventions (direct payments, actually) based solely on their conformity to the "official" farm image - like the number of boulders in their yard, having a well, or so many apple trees... crazy when you think of it yet totally preserving that touristic appeal like a contry-wide open air museum. Not that my yard would be a tourist spot, hope not, but how come this shack-monument is totally puzzling me. Well. Let’s have a nice Swiss beer then! Coming from the mountain village Tschlin of Engandin (that's canton Graubünden), the Biera Engiadinaisa presents itself proudly in modern design and local Romansh language (actually Vallader language, I would assume). The idea of brewing a Tschlin beer came out of local promotion workshops, and this is what came out of it: malty and a tad tart, cloudy thick yet still refreshing for these warm spring days, yeasty and quite fizzy (watch for the gush). Although not history making still a very enjoyable blonde, a felicitous PR-stunt of the local council indeed. I couldn’t resist adding a picture of Tschlin, thank you for the beer!

His “21 Tonnen Tissuom” salt sculpture in the barn on his property in Tschlin, Switzerland. nytimes.com

Peter Zumthor, Mountain Hotel Tschlin, 2000, Graubünden, Switzerland