“Maistra Speaks...” - Series of talks & films
“Maistra Speaks...” lecture series
“We had a dream. Time passed and the dream became reality – Maistra. The former longing has been transformed by the process we have lived through and endured.”
The Hotel Maistra 160 opened in November 2023. Now Maistra is speaking out – in a series of public discussions on topics that played a formative role in the construction of the Hotel Maistra.
“We're not done yet.”
The series of events has already taken place six times since 2024.
Architect Gion A. Caminada and Bettina Plattner-Gerber invited personalities from various disciplines to the lounge of the Hotel Maistra for an exchange of ideas.
Idea & concept: Gion A. Caminada // Moderator: Bettina Plattner-Gerber
Further events in the “Maistra Speaks...” series are planned for 2026.
The film recordings of the events and other footage from the hotel have been used to create six artistic videos that document the series of talks and have also become works of art in their own right.
Film concept/film: Jaromir Kreiliger // Client: Hotel Maistra 160
All films are in German.
MAISTRA SPEAKS 1 – ARCHITECTURE & ART: Gion A. Caminada in conversation with Christian Kathriner, artist, and Stephan Kunz, art historian and artistic director of the Bündner Kunstmuseum.
MAISTRA SPEAKS 2 – LIGHT, SPACE & TIME: Gion A. Caminada in conversation with Guido Baselgia, photographic artist
MAISTRA SPEAKS 3 – ARCHITECTURE & LITERATURE: Gion A. Caminada in conversation with Klaus Merz, writer, Grand Prix Literature 2024
MAISTRA SPEAKS 4 – THE PLACE – DOES THE IDEA COME FIRST? Gion A. Caminada in conversation with Nora Saratz, mayor of Pontresina, and Raoul Schrott, writer.
MAISTRA SPEAKS 5 – THE PLACE – MORE THAN JUST AN IMAGE? Gion A. Caminada in conversation with Dr. Cordula Seger, cultural scientist and director of the Institute for Cultural Research in Graubünden, and Prof. Philip Ursprung, professor of art history and architecture at ETH Zurich.
MAISTRA SPEAKS 6 – THE PLACE – THE POWER OF MATTER: Gion A. Caminada in conversation with Prof. Mathias Binswanger, professor of economics at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, and Mathias Rominger, Rominger Holzmanufaktur Pontresina.
MAISTRA SPEAKS 7 – HUMOR – IN THE AWARENESS OF SERIOUSNESS: Gion A. Caminada and Bettina Plattner-Gerber in conversation with Jesuit and Zen master Niklaus Brantschen.
