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"Hang Gliding with a LazyBoy" 2010
Alexander Viscio
Through out the last decade Alexander Viscio has produced a
series of works referred to as “Vehicles for Another Landscape”
that include his own active presence inside the work itself as
navigator and less as Performer. True to his nature of inciting
suspicion in the way we read his installations, Viscio makes the
viewer aware of their own spatial relationship to his work and
the space they occupy.
Alexander Viscio
Through out the last decade Alexander Viscio has produced a
series of works referred to as “Vehicles for Another Landscape”
that include his own active presence inside the work itself as
navigator and less as Performer. True to his nature of inciting
suspicion in the way we read his installations, Viscio makes the
viewer aware of their own spatial relationship to his work and
the space they occupy.
This time around a Hang Glider
is suspended from the ceiling
of the Michaela Stock Galerie
in Vienna with a reclining sofa
chair dangling from it, (it’s
upholstery becoming the
fabric for the hang glider),
known by its trade name in the
USA as a “Lazy Boy”.
is suspended from the ceiling
of the Michaela Stock Galerie
in Vienna with a reclining sofa
chair dangling from it, (it’s
upholstery becoming the
fabric for the hang glider),
known by its trade name in the
USA as a “Lazy Boy”.
| “Hang Gliding with a LazyBoy”, Installation view. 300 x 600 x 200cm |
| “Gilmore’s Last Tattoo”, Chili peppers. 80 x 80cm. |
| “Hang Gliding with a LazyBoy”, Installation view. 300 x 600 x 200cm. |
| “The Sarcophagus of a LazyBoy”, 80 x 177 x 20cm. |
| “Brainwaves of a Recliner”, 57 x 57cm. Silicone and paint on glass. |
| The Flying Piñatas, “Fe” and “Esperanza”. |
| “Fe”, Wood, wax and insulation spray foam. 40 x 85 x 25cm. |
| “Otard Dupuy”, Ink jet print with leather frame. 46.5 x 43.5 x 2cm. |
| “Otard Dupuy”, Ink jet print. Print edition, 1 of 7. 18 x 15cm. |
| Hang Glider, Wood, leather from the LazyBoy and steel wire. 600 x 200cm. |
| LazyBoy, before being stripped, outside on the terrace. |
| Opening Night; Michaela Stock, Christiane Spatt… |
“Hang Gliding with a LazyBoy” exploits
the precarious relationships between
high-risk recreational activities and
the act of “vegging”, doing nothing at
all. It challenges the multi tasking
agenda we’ve accepted to perform at a
high level of engagement with a diverse
arsenal of gadgets that help uphold
the illusion of getting things done
when we’re really just trying to keep
ourselves amused with our
surroundings while in a constant mode
of risk assessment compared against
the return of our investments.
All images courtesy
Michaela Stock Galerie
and Alexander Viscio
Hang Gliding with a LazyBoy, 2010©
www.alexanderviscio.com
www.galerie-stock.net
the precarious relationships between
high-risk recreational activities and
the act of “vegging”, doing nothing at
all. It challenges the multi tasking
agenda we’ve accepted to perform at a
high level of engagement with a diverse
arsenal of gadgets that help uphold
the illusion of getting things done
when we’re really just trying to keep
ourselves amused with our
surroundings while in a constant mode
of risk assessment compared against
the return of our investments.
All images courtesy
Michaela Stock Galerie
and Alexander Viscio
Hang Gliding with a LazyBoy, 2010©
www.alexanderviscio.com
www.galerie-stock.net
