Author Description

Invited by Barbara Casavecchia and Andrea Zegna, curators of the AllAperto project, to create a public work for the area around Trivero, Swiss visual artist Roman Signer delivered Horloge, a four-metre-high time sculpture, for the events fourth edition. This catalogue deals with the artists coming to terms with his first permanent public commission, illustrating the project through a selection of images and texts that narrate the genesis, production and installation of the site-specific piece. The book includes extensive documentation, a conversation with the artist, contributions from the curators, plus texts by Anna Zegna, Giovanni Carmine, and Signer himself.