Carmen Perrin, contexts : public situations / preface: Margit Rowell ; texts: Carmen Perrin ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Perrin, Carmen, 1953-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Perrin, Carmen, 1953-.

Perrin, Carmen.

Genre:

Catalogs.

Physical Description:

192 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Contexts : public situations

Place of Publication:

Basel : Birkhäuser, 2004.

Summary:

Challenging European cultural conventions, the work of Swiss-Bolivian artist Carmen Perrin is infused with fine undertones and references to her Latin American roots. In her preference for industrial mass-produced materials she transposes electric wire, cables and building materials into a subtle, ambiguous imagery and sculptures which activate the surrounding space. This publication presents 15 of her most important art-in-architecture interventions: in the Zurich headquarters of the Swiss National Bank, the Dock Midfield Terminal of Zurich- Kloten Airport, Lucerne's Gynaecological Hospital and further projects in France, Brazil, USA (New York) and Switzerland. Carmen Perrin, born in Bolivia in 1953, emigrated to Switzerland in 1960. She now lives in France and teaches at Geneva's Ecole Sup??rieure des Beaux-Arts.

Contents:

"Marking Space" / preface by Margit Rowell 6

"Outside" / invitation by Carmen Perrin 8

Collaborations 10

"Quick as Bees" 2002, Dock Midfield, Zurich Airport, Switzerland 12

"Between Two Aerial Viewpoints" / Marie-Eve Knoerle 22

"Planning Means Asking Questions" / David Munz 22

"Plantae Hesslerianae..." 2002, Science History Museum, Geneva, Switzerland 24

Text / Lorenzo Ramella 26

"Seven Permanent Interventions in the Architecture" 2001, Frauenklinik, Lucerne, Switzerland 28

Five fictions / Loretta Verna 31

"Interdisciplinary Teamwork" / Daniele Marques 50

"Contact" 1995, Centraal Beheer (extension), Apeldoorn, Holland 54

"Meeting Points" / Herman Hertzberger 60

"A Black Stone Sinking into the Ice" 1991, CH91, Morschach, Switzerland 62

"How do I work?" / Georges Descombes 68

"Extenuating Circumstances" / Andre Corboz 72

Temporary Interventions 74

"Speck of Dust in your Eye" 2004, "Being" Exhibition, United Nations Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland 76

"The Last Flow" 2003, Motiers, Switzerland 78

"Milieu" 1995, Motiers, Switzerland 82

"Untitled" 1989, Motiers, Switzerland 84

"Only Six Cartouches Left" 2002, Bellelay Abbey Church, Switzerland 86

"Oleiro" 2000, "Laboratory" Exhibition, Sousa and Joao Pessoa, Brazil 88

"Brick Red" 2000, Pasquart Centre, Bienne, Switzerland 94

"Variable Oxymetry" 2000, Stiftung fur Eisenplastik, Zurich, Switzerland 96

"Untitled" 1999, Mire Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland 102

"Tiger Wall" 1999, Les Halles Art Centre, Porrentruy, Switzerland 104

"Untitled" 1996, Aarau Fine Arts Museum, Switzerland and 1997, Calais Fine Arts and Lace Museum, France 106

"Flexible" 1994, Sao Paolo Modern Art Museum, Brazil 112

"Rubber Bands" 1993, Swiss Institute, New York, USA 116

"Untitled" 1992, "Transit" Exhibition, Le Fresoy exhibition area, Tourcoing, France 120

"Untitled" 1991, "Tabula Rasa" exhibition, Bienne, Switzerland 126

"Cahuachi" / Bob Gysin 130

Permanent Interventions 132

"Waves" 2000, Swiss National Bank, Zurich, Switzerland 134

"Untitled" 1997, Ecole d'ingenieurs et d'architectes, Fribourg, Switzerland 140

"Vault" 1998, SUVA Clinic, Bellikon, Switzerland 148

"Memorable" 1994, Rigiplatz, Zug, Switzerland 152

"Three Springs" 1993, Lycee des Trois Sources, Valence, France 156

"Untitled" 1991, Credit Suisse Commercial School, Zurich, Switzerland 160

Projects 166

Landscaping the Cour du Maroc Park in Paris, France 168

Text / Michel Corajoud 170

The Pailleron Swimming Pool, Paris, France 172

Interview / Marc Mimram 173

The Paquis Baths Pier, Geneva, Switzerland 180

"Attitude toward the Art of Creating" / Marcellin Barthassat 181

The David Dufour Esplanade, Geneva, Switzerland 184

Text / Carlos Lopez 186.

Notes:

Translation into English: Joy Schneider, Stephanie Smith, Barbara Stiner.

ISBN:

376437098X

OCLC:

56966745