Book Launch: ‘Not Vital: SCARCH’: In the presence of the artist

  • Thu 30 January 2020
  • 6 pm

Please join us in celebrating the launch of Hauser & Wirth Publishers’ new title ‘Not Vital: SCARCH’, published on the occasion of the January 2020 exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Somerset. Not Vital will read some of his artist writings that are published in ‘Not Vital: SCARCH’ and the event will include a conversation in German between Not Vital, Tilla Theus (architect and contributor to ‘Not Vital: SCARCH’) and Giorgia von Albertini (co-editor of ‘Not Vital: SCARCH’ and Vital’s studio manager). The event takes place at the Hauser & Wirth Publishers Headquarters at Rämistrasse 5 in Zurich at 6 p.m. on Thursday, 30. January 2020. The event is free to attend, however, due to limited capacity reservations are recommended. Click here to register.

About ‘Not Vital: SCARCH ’ ‘Not Vital: SCARCH’ is a survey of sculptural architect Not Vital’s career, published on the occasion of a January 2020 exhibition at Hauser & Wirth Somerset. Vital has created and installed responsive works that are integrated into habitats and communities around the globe: in the Engadine region of his native Switzerland and across Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia. Edited and with texts by Olivier Renaud-Clément and Giorgia von Albertini, the book features Vital’s prose and poems, and additional essays by Philip Jodidio and Tilla Theus. The book brings together the far-flung locations where the artist’s works are situated and envisioned, and his projects and typologies are introduced by geographic groupings.

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