The protagonist of the 2012 edition of ALL’APERTO is the Swiss artist Roman Signer, who produced here his first permanent public project in Italy. Entitled “Horloge” (Clock), the work is a four metre high “time-sculpture”, as the artist defines it. Akin to an oversized station clock, “Horloge” has an enameled dial but no hands; every quarter of an hour, the time is marked by a long puff of high-pressure steam, each time different and about to vanish, like all the fleeting moments of our lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With irony and lightheartedness, Signer thus invites the viewers to engage in a periodic existential reflection. “Only the human time seem to run on a regular basis,” says the artist, “while nature, energy and things follow a different flux, where perpetual change is the rule”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Horloge” is located in via Roma, in front of Lanificio Zegna’s main entrance. The concept for this project unfolded during a walk taken by the artist on the factory’s roof, dominated by the presence of a high brick chimney and ongoing emissions of vapour from the plant. With his “trail of smoke” Signer established a connection between work time and free time, and also between Trivero and his homeland landscape – that of the Canton of St. Gallen, where the hills are studded with the chimneys of the local lace factories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With its clock movement puffs, Horloge wants to surprise the public, as if it was a surreal apparition, but also simply and quietly mingle with the town pace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2542,"template":"","class_list":["post-2687","opere-all-aperto","type-opere-all-aperto","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n