Artist's Statement

TRANS ALPINA
Two mustaches wander through Switzerland

Time to hike really long tours - many dream about it. In the summer of 2016 from Martina (Engadin) to Geneva, in the hot summer of 2018 around Switzerland and in 2019 from the northernmost point near Schaffhausen to the southernmost at Chiasso. With tent and backpack, photo and film camera, the two hikers experienced a Swiss discovery trip with thousands of impressions in their heads but also captured in the cameras. Daily, 6 to 10 hours, on unknown paths . Peter Frommenwiler and his Mittelschauzer "Chia"'s feet and paws have walked, all together 2350 km in 20 weeks with about 156,000 meters altitude difference.