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"Fermada sün dumonda"

"Fermada sün dumonda"("Stop on request") are the words that welcome those arriving in Susch on the red Swiss trains that cross the alpine region of Graubünden. Situated in the middle of the Engadin valley, and at the foot of the Fluela Pass, Susch used to be an important stop on the pilgrims’ path to Santiago de Compostela and Rome. The medieval monastery complex that once offered a warm sojourn and respite to pilgrims on their journeys in search of penance, meaningfulness and contemplation, is today home to MUZEUM SUSCH and Art Stations Foundation CH.

Since February 2020, with the residency program TEMPORARS SUSCH, the historic Chasa situated right next to the Muzeum became again a temporary home for travellers. In memory of and in reference to lines of thinking, writing and creating in Engadin –from Friedrich Nietzsche, Alberto Giacometti, Marcel Proust, Lee Miller or Luchino Visconti, to contemporaries like Gerhard Richter, Jenny Saville, Ludovico Einaudi or Julian Schnabel– the valley inspires imaginative encounters and intellectual exchange. Temporars Susch is intended for those who, as a conscious decision, are prepared to join the magic alpine embrace to make a "Fermada sün dumonda", a stop on request.

In 2025 we are starting into a new chapter which will bring together the expanded thinking of DISPUTAZIUNS SUSCH with the dedication of the residency programme and with a declaration of intent of what TEMPORARS SUSCH has to offer: A space for those craving a pause from their usual routines to deepen their research and to follow the warm invitation to consider a state of flux, encouraging to embrace critical reflection and self-reflection, reconsideration and redefinition.

In 2025/26 the residency will focus on critical, creative, literary, poetic and academic writing and invite authors who are engaging in writing within the realms of the main topics that have shaped the activity initiated by the founder of Muzeum Susch, Grażyna Kulczyk: Matrilineage and her narrative, the spiritual significance of location, especially in the context of pilgrimage, and architectural design in an alpine environment.

To follow the call of the mountain is a personal invitation to finding solace and inspiration in high altitude, to finish a book or an essay or to develop new ideas in writing. Part of the collected experiences is a weekend of sharing and exchanging knowledges in a dedicated encounter with