Land improvement projects, machinery, and a milk pipeline have left the more than 600 stables in the Valsertal Valley to the marmots, as they have lost their primary function—housing hay, sleeping children, and grunting animals. These unemployed structures have taken on a different kind of accommodation; their bellies now house spare parts and surplus materials, their crumbling roofs now serve as alpine slate restaurants for moss and lichen. The barns, these stoic, empty icons, nevertheless offer a multitude of possibilities. Practical research attunes itself to its very own rhythm; it is a process of growing, listening, touching, dancing, and stabling. This book embodies Lisa Lee Benjamin’s practice, curating, and living in the Graubünden village of Vals.
If you would like to order the book, you can do so here:Edizioni Periferia
Published on 27. April 2026
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