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The twin brothers, whose earlier work included
an open-air "zero-star-hotel", want to show how art can
influence the mentality of a place and the inhabitants of the
Zwhatt neighbourhood scheme in Regensdorf.
The pair will visit nearby households asking them to donate
regular objects like ironing boards and chairs which will be
then cut up and combined with similar objects to signify
creative co-existence.
The Riklins, 47, will make around 15 "twisted works of art"
which will go on display before being buried in the foundations
of the Zwhatt development.
Visitors will be able to see images of the pieces through an
augmented reality museum which is due to be built at the site in
2024.
"It may seem strange to create works of art and then bury them
in concrete underground, but we think it's exciting when a city
is built on top of an art museum," said Frank Riklin.
The project is called Foundation Riklin - a play on words as the
pieces will appear in the foundations of the new development of
600 apartments, along with commercial space, as well as support
the foundation of the community.
"As a society we need to find new and better ways of bringing
people together no matter what our differences are," said Patrik
Riklin.
"We had this idea long before the coronavirus pandemic, but this
difficult situation with everyone living separately has made it
even more relevant."
(Reporting by Arnd Wiegmann and John Revill; ediitng by Emelia
Sithole-Matarise)
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