Artist Talk - Cristian Chironi in conversation with Jean-Louis Cohen

The conversation will start from the figure of Le Corbusier, one of the most influential personalities in contemporary architecture and urban planning, to talk about the relationships between landscapes and forms of living encountered by Chironi in his performances and in his artistic practice. For the My house is a Le Corbusier project, Chironi is in fact living in the houses built by the great architect in twelve countries. Drive is the latest development of this artistic undertaking, aimed at exploring different cities aboard a Fiat 127 Special.

In the performance, which also touched Bolzano on October 3rd, the artist himself drives the car on a tour of urban reflection and visions out the window. The meaning of staying and inhabiting a place, but also of traveling through different geographies are in fact at the center of the artist’s practice, who conceives his work first and foremost as a physical challenge. The talk at Museion will therefore be an opportunity to delve deeper into Cristian Chironi’s practice with Professor Cohen, whose writings were used by the artist in his long research.