THE LOBBY
Installation for ON THE ROAD: 10 JAHRE CARAVAN, group show at Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau CH
May 05 - September 23, 2018
curated by Yasmin Afschar and Katrin Weilenmann
Elements of THE LOBBY:
- Sophie Täuber-Arp: CELLULE DE RELIEF, 1936
(Collection Aargauer Kunsthaus)
- Alberto Giacometti: BUSTE D’HOMME, 1956
(Collection Aargauer Kunsthaus)
- Sound:
Arthur Honegger: 01 PADUANA POUR VIOLONCELLE
SEUL H. 181, 1945
Interpret: Christophe Pantillon (Album Paroles de
violoncelle, 2014, Gramola Records), 3:10 min, loop: 12 min
- Sofa:
LC2, Design: Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand,
Pierre Jeanneret, 1928
(Private Collection)
- Coffee table:
LC10, Design: Le Corbusier, Charlotte Perriand,
Pierre Jeanneret, 1928
- Book: Jakob Burkhardt, Die Kultur der Renaissance
in Italien, 1860
- Video:
BEELZEBOSS AND THE SOLDIER’S
FIDDLE, Thomas Moor, 2018
loop 2:56 min
Re-edit of a video sequence found on Youtube of
Clown Dimitri playing the devil in Histoire du
Soldat
Recorded at Grand Théâtre de Genève, November 2009
Realisation, concept, set design: Dimitri
Based on the libretto Histoire du Soldat by
Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz and Igor Stravinsky,
1917
- FLEECE, Thomas Moor 2018
Shredded Swiss bank notes (8th edition), paper mache, pressed, framed
Installation views THE LOBBY, Aargauer Kunsthaus 2018
Photo: ullmann.photography
FLEECE (ASTORIA), 2018
Shredded swiss bank notes (8th edition), paper maché, pressed, framed
75cm x 57cm
Installation view THE LOBBY, Aargauer Kunsthaus 2018
FLEECE (AZUL PLATIN), FLEECE (JURA), both 2018
Shredded swiss bank notes (8th edition), paper maché, pressed, framed
98cm x 75cm each
FLEECE (PALISSANDRO CLASSICO), 2018
Shredded swiss bank notes (8th edition), paper maché, pressed, framed
75cm x 57cm
FLEECE (OLTEN HAZE), 2018
Shredded swiss bank notes (8th edition), paper maché, pressed, framed
75cm x 57cm
BEELZEBOSS AND THE SOLDIER'S FIDDLE, 2018
loop 2:56 min
8th series of Swiss Franc Bills (1996 - 2016):
In selecting the banknote figures and their works, the SNB (Swiss National Bank) considered multidisciplinary art forms such as architecture, music, performing arts, and literature, as well as Switzerland's linguistic and cultural diversity. [...]
Source: Swiss National Bank website
Portraits:
1000 CHF: Jacob Burckhardt
200 CHF: Charles Ferdinand Ramuz
100 CHF: Alberto Giacometti
50 CHF: Sophie Täuber-Arp
20 CHF: Arthur Honegger
10 CHF: Le Corbusier