Véhicule

Vehicle 2008

Translated to English by Deborah Fiette

Back in Geneva in his atelier in preparation for the 2008 Eternal Tour festival which was to take place in Rome (3 – 13 July), Lippert constructed his fluted column with Corinthian capital. This object of hollowed out polyester resin was soon turned horizontally, attached to the roof of the Subaru of the Forde association (contemporary art, Usine) in order to cross the Alps. The column was displayed in the garden of the Swiss Institute in Rome, a perfect decorative element in accord with the eclectic taste for antiquity, for the past, of the Villa Maraini. It was exhibited in conjunction with its prosthesis. This light metal component permitted its removal a few days later to Nettuno for the 2008 edition of the Rifrazioni festival, with the aid of Lippert’s muscular strength, towed behind his bicycle through the outskirts of Rome to the sea.

Extrait du texte de Donatella Bernardi