sandblasted concrete, Christoph Rütimann

Those who arrive by train believe the SBB and yet are mistaken: Chur station is the final stop - and a place of departure at the same time. It is the gateway to the city and the starting point to the mountains and valleys of the region. As part of the redesign of the station, the city of Chur, in cooperation with the Swiss Federal Railways and the Rhaetian Railway, held the competition "Art on the Building - Chur Station 2008". As the winner, the artist Christoph Rütimann, who grew up in Prättigau, was able to realize his multi-part project. It consists of three elements: language, drawing and sculpture.

Thus, the departure for an art tour begins in the pedestrian underpass at Chur train station. Here Christoph Rütimann has noted down where we are on the endless writing "URCHUR" along the walls. In CHURCHURCHUR. The boundary is fluid and the writing ribbon contains several ways of reading. So even the association CHURCH (church) is not absurd. Switzerland is also hidden in CHUR, its country code is namely CH, which is the abbreviation of the Latin name "Confoederatio Helvetica" - and the Latin language was chosen in order not to favor any of the four national languages. Incidentally, Switzerland also plays a central role in Christoph Rütimann's other stations.



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