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Festival Program / Viewing in Nature
UMCA 2026 Exhibition
UMCA 2026 Exhibition
PROGRAM
Bernadette McDonald (1951–) is a writer who has documented the lives and memories of those who reached the summit, those who stood beside them, and those who made the mountains their world. Born on the Canadian prairies, she built a life as a musician and educator before a deep encounter with mountain culture in Banff, which led her to connect with mountaineers from around the world, listening closely to their lives and memories over many years. She went on to chronicle the major currents of contemporary mountain culture, focusing not on the outcomes of climbs but on the people, the communities, and the stories they carry.
This exhibition follows the arc of her life, offering a space to discover what she listened for and what she left behind. Across four chapters, it explores the perspectives of a devoted record-keeper, her companions, the people she documented, and the meaning of what those records hold for us today. At the close of the exhibition, a participatory program invites visitors to read passages, transcribe them by hand, and leave their own thoughts.
■ Date/Time: Sep. 1(Tue) ~ 22(Tue) 11:00 ~ 18:00
■ Vanue: 2F, COA Gallery, Querencia
GUEST
Bernadette McDonald
Bernadette McDonald is the world's foremost mountaineering biographer, transforming raw climbing records into human-centred narratives and elevating the spirit of alpinism into art. A two-time winner of the UK's Boardman Tasker Prize for Mountain Literature and a recipient of the American Alpine Club's H. Adams Carter Literary Award, its highest literary honour, she holds a singular authority within the field of mountain literature. She is especially accomplished at reconstructing, in full dimension, the lives of legendary climbers such as Voytek Kurtyka and Tomaž Humar, as well as those of the Sherpas long obscured by history. Reaching beyond the mere record of sporting achievement to probe the depths of human will and inner struggle, she is credited with opening a new horizon for the mountain biography.
SCHEDULE
09.18
11:00 ~ 18:00
Querencia
09.19
11:00 ~ 18:00
Querencia
09.20
11:00 ~ 18:00
Querencia
09.21
11:00 ~ 18:00
Querencia
09.22
11:00 ~ 18:00
Querencia
