Verner Panton exibit  

Do they
Do they give you acid to drop before you enter?

I bet he
would have been a great guy to invite to a dinner party. He did a sculpture just around the corner from my apartment that's really fun and funky. The museum garden where it is installed had to post a sign to tell kids not to climb on it.

From...
From verner-panton.com
~~"Year: 1995 On the occasion of the Olympic Games in Atlanta the Swatch Art Clock Tower was set up in the Olympic Museum in Lausanne in 1996. The idea for this tower came from the Italian designer Mendini and the firm of Swatch, and involved designing a Swatch Art Clock Tower for various cities. Verner Panton's tower was one of 12 designs which should have been exhibited in Atlanta. However, as this did not happen it was erected in Lausanne and later took its place in the museum in Lausanne with two levels reduced in size.

It consists of 63 coloured rings and a large Swatch watch at the centre.



Material: iron, plastic

Manufacturer: Swatch, CH "~~
Interesting Riki...your photo shows it outdoors, while the above indicates it should be indoors? Unless it's a different one.

Maybe it was
inside the museum at one time but it's definitely outside in the museum garden now, along with about 20 other sculptures, all of which are "sports" related except for this one.

VP Madness
That is one mad installation. Any more pictures??
J