Art installation concrete, Dominik Zehnder

The name Rosenhügel is misleading. Where today a park on the outskirts of Chur invites you to stroll, there was an execution site from the Middle Ages until modern times. In the 19th century, the Rosenhügel was transformed into a landscape park according to the plans of the Grisons botanist Alexander Moritzi. But apparently even the flowery and euphemistic naming could not destroy the fear of contact with this place for a long time.

A triangular scaffold with a square platform stands strikingly and exposed in a prominent position in the upper part of the Rose Garden. It can be seen from afar. As the accessible surface projects over an embankment, it exposes a spectacular view of the city and the Rhine Valley of Chur. Dominik Zehnder's work "Schaugerüst" has on the one hand the function of a viewing platform, on the other hand it is a reminiscence of the blood scaffold. When one enters the platform made of red concrete, the view of the city opens up - the "Schau" loses its eerie power. At the same time, one discovers the inscription "Amortem". There is a lot in this word: Amor (love), morte (death), but also "in the place".



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