Nicolas Vionnet
ART Habens
response to the still unresolved problem and decided to install a fountain in the middle of the forbidden zone . A fountain that was only just visible for the passersby , but once looked into the hole reveals to be filling the space completely . Thus , not only surprising the passersby - at the same time also a touch of festivity and glory returned to the old city wall in Ulm .
The second work ,
, was a minimal intervention that I have realized in the project room of WIDMER + THEODORIDIS contemporary in Zurich . The room consisted of a long , dark passage , which finally ended in a courtyard in the heart of the old town of Zurich . On the one hand , I was referring on the exhibition title
. On the other hand , the small but noticeable road construction warning light has flashed in unfamiliar red light through this dark alley and had a magnetic effect on passersby . I have to underline that we only know road construction warning lights with yellow appearance in Switzerland . Therefore the red light was irritating and many of the passers-by saw it more like an indication of a red light bar . Furthermore I found the idea of a road construction warning light very charming and narrative : it is clocking-off time ; the light is set to red . Come on in !
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