Le chamois blanc

*The White Chamois* is being presented as part of the Monolog Festival, which runs from July 24 to 26. festivalmonolog.chChristophe Burgess ThuAlpine Punk is a movement, a subgenre of science fiction that highlights the social, cultural, environmental, energy-related, philosophical, and spiritual concerns of the inhabitants of the Alps. It views the Alps as a narrative territory, taking into account all the layers that make it up: its geology, its fauna, its flora, the synergy of its ecosystems, its history, its human cultures, and its myths. Alpine Punk seeks to provide a playground, a platform to spark the imagination of the mountains of tomorrow. It seeks to answer one question: what desirable futures do we wish to dream of in the Alps?The word “Alpine” encompasses the entire Alpine arc as a complex, ever-changing entity. It includes several nations (eight by 2024) and takes into account all its elevations: from the depths of the subsoil to the skies above the highest peaks. “Alpine Punk” is not just about the mountains, but about an entire region, taking into account its many regional characteristics.“Punk” here refers to going against the grain—the possibility of an alternative to the systemic destruction of life and the “profit-at-all-costs” logic of the societies currently in place in the mountain range. It is an anarchic breath of fresh air, an unconventional direction for imagining a desirable alternative. This countercurrent must set out to propose other realities, other possibilities, by decarbonizing the mountains, offering an alternative to their overexploitation, and envisioning social and economic solutions for their inhabitants.While Cyberpunk, Steampunk, Solarpunk, and Biopunk highlight a globalized form of technology, Alpine Punk takes the opposite path. It first places a territory—conceived as a body, an ecosystem—at its center, and then weaves science-fiction narratives into that context.Alpine Punk breaks free from the duality between utopia and dystopia. It nevertheless seeks to move beyond an anxiety-inducing and paralyzing mindset, to allow for movement, action, and enchantment.© monolog 2026

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