Médiathèque Valais - Martigny, Cafétéria L'Objectif, Avenue de la Gare 15, 1920 Martigny
An exhibition by Coline Ladetto
The Médiathèque Valais - Martigny is hosting a sound project that, for the time being, has been left speechless.
"I want to let off steam. The cows are peaceful. They're grazing or resting. It's not the first time I've had my eye on the mountain, the one above the path that goes all the way to the summit. I want to see how it's done, a little higher up. But there are things up there that say "no", "don't get too close". I don't care. I want it more than usual. And as long as I can see the herd, I tell myself that nothing can happen to me..."
Excerpt from a caption written by Coline Ladetto. Six people translated it into their own dialect: Andreas Weissen (Brig dialect), Agnes Bellwald (Blatten dialect), Andrea Steiner (Leuk dialect), Maurice Michelet (Nendaz dialect), Anne-Gabrielle Bretz-Hériter (Savièse dialect) and Christiane Felley (Orsières dialect).
This piece of music was initially intended to travel from one patois to another... but the project was interrupted when the mountain decided otherwise: it collapsed and everyone was left speechless.
The Médiathèque Valais - Martigny presents here what remains of Coline Ladetto's project Sous les pierres, after the catastrophe of May 28, 2025 in Blatten.
With the support of the Fondation du patois, the City of Sion and the Loterie Romande.
> Opening December 11, 6:00 pm
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.
"I want to let off steam. The cows are peaceful. They're grazing or resting. It's not the first time I've had my eye on the mountain, the one above the path that goes all the way to the summit. I want to see how it's done, a little higher up. But there are things up there that say "no", "don't get too close". I don't care. I want it more than usual. And as long as I can see the herd, I tell myself that nothing can happen to me..."
Excerpt from a caption written by Coline Ladetto. Six people translated it into their own dialect: Andreas Weissen (Brig dialect), Agnes Bellwald (Blatten dialect), Andrea Steiner (Leuk dialect), Maurice Michelet (Nendaz dialect), Anne-Gabrielle Bretz-Hériter (Savièse dialect) and Christiane Felley (Orsières dialect).
This piece of music was initially intended to travel from one patois to another... but the project was interrupted when the mountain decided otherwise: it collapsed and everyone was left speechless.
The Médiathèque Valais - Martigny presents here what remains of Coline Ladetto's project Sous les pierres, after the catastrophe of May 28, 2025 in Blatten.
With the support of the Fondation du patois, the City of Sion and the Loterie Romande.
> Opening December 11, 6:00 pm
Note: This text was translated by machine translation software and not by a human translator. It may contain translation errors.