| VIVRE EN POF is a cooperative project by
Kunstraum, the Art Space of the University of Lüneburg,
and the French artist Fabrice HYBERT, organized in conjunction
with the Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.
It is part of the EU project "republicart" ("Culture
2000").
POF stands for "Prototype d'Objet en Fonctionnement."
Rather than being conceived as objects of contemplation,
these prototypes are intended to serve as points of
departure for action. They have their source in drawings,
just as all of HYBERT'S work emerges from the flux of
graphic activity. The use of these sculptural objects
with performance character, the test of their utility,
their ramification or reincorporation in the cycles
(e.g. ecological or economic) from which they originally
stem, are predicated on active recipients. Only by way
of participation do the artist's designs become complete.
More than forty POFs are located at various sites around
the university campus. Short videos show Eliane Pine
CARRINGTON testing and employing the POFs. Visitors
are encouraged to follow suit, and discover their own
uses for these intriguing objects.
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