每幢建筑都有一个明确的主题，以具有功能的艺术作品模糊了现实与幻想,唤起18世纪那种完全融入大自然的浪漫和崇高的概念。
艺术家：诺特·维塔尔(瑞士)
时间: 2007年
地点：尼日尔阿拉伯北部5公里的一片绿洲
媒介：雕塑、建筑、大地艺术
委托人：自我委派
研究员：薇拉·托尔曼
瑞士艺术家诺特·维塔尔热衷于在世界各地建造奇异的房子，他的艺术表达了全球文化的精神，用具有功能的艺术作品模糊了现实与幻想，以及历史、现在与未来之间始终暗淡的界线。在他的世界里，这些建筑也是具有艺术性的功能物品，不仅有着典型的形式主义和极少主义的风格，还借鉴了大地艺术的手法。2008年，诺特还曾在北京制作装置及巨型雕塑作品，正如他自己所言，他把整个世界视为自己的“工作室”。
维塔尔于2000年在尼日尔的阿加德兹开始建造雕塑房屋。他建了一个复杂的泥屋群，每幢建筑都有一个明确的主题，如“抵御热浪和沙尘暴之屋”，“望月之屋”，“观日落之屋”等。其中一个是儿童学校，450名儿童上课时就坐在这个阶梯上而不是在常规的室内课堂，因此这所学校不仅是一座雕塑，而且还具有了社会功能;另一个房子作为献给月亮的颂歌，还有一个13米高“能看见日落的房子”，观众从一个楼层移到另一楼层，日落的高度也随之变化，这种状态诗意而超然。
维塔尔运用被当地有些人视为废料的牛角等材料建造了极具现代感的建筑结构，使作品既与当地的传统建筑物完全脱离开来，又能融入这座城市的审美习惯中。他在阿加德兹沙漠持续工作到2007年，其目的是为了唤起18世纪那种完全融入大自然的浪漫的崇高概念。
Niger Buildings
Artist：Not Vital(Switzerland)
Date:2007
Location：An oasis 5 km north of Agadab，Niger
Media/type：Sculpture, Architecture, Land Art
Commissioner：Self commissioned
Researcher：Vera Tollmann
Switzerland Artist Not Vital has a passion for building outlandish houses in all parts of the world。These functional artworks arise out of a global culture. They dim the boundary line between reality and fantasy and between past, present and future. In his world, these buildings are artistic realizations that take a cue from formalism and minimalism, as well as from techniques of earth art. In 2008 Not was in Beijing, where he created an installation and several massive sculptures. As he said himself at the time, all the world is truly his studio.
Vital began building a complex mud-house community in Niger’s Agadez desert in 2000. For each building he chose a special theme, for example The House Against Heat And Sandstorms, The Full Moon House, The House To Watch The Sunset. One of the buildings is a school that has no indoor classrooms, but instead a flight of outdoor steps that can accommodate 450 children. A distinctive sculptural form was thus wedded to the school’s social function. The Full Moon House was conceived as a kind of ode to the moon, while in the 13-meter-high House to Watch the Sunset visitors can move from one level to the next in counterpoint to the sinking sun, an experience that is poetic and transcendental.
Vital incorporated materials that locals regard as refuse, such as the horns of cattle, to construct buildings very distinct from the vernacular architecture, yet with an aesthetically localized feel. His work in the Agadez desert, which continued until 2007, achieves a harmony with nature which at the same time arouses sensations of being in another century.
|
