Time, Reflected: Carsten Höller’s Pink Mirror Carousel in St Moritz

Installed on the Kulm Hotel’s ice rink, the carousel spins in slow, deliberate rotation, its mirrored pink panels fragmenting mountains, skaters, and spectators into a kaleidoscopic loop. Counter-rotating tiers introduce a gentle dissonance, inviting riders to attune to the tension between mechanical rhythm and embodied presence. At once sculpture and experience, the work challenges the notion of amusement, offering instead a poetic, durational encounter with place, movement, and reflection.