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“Everything is in motion –
nothing stands still.”
Technical precision as it relates to water is the dynamic challenge that
Geberit faces on a daily basis. The company uses clever sanitary
technology to ensure that water is used sparingly and transported in
an optimal manner. A goal oriented innovation process ensures
that the quality of Geberit products and the development of specific
know-how is continually expanded, thus assuring its place as market
leader.
Technology and water also marked the life of artist and sculptor,
Jean Tinguely. He is certainly best known as the artist who was able
to perfectly combine water and technology, precision and playfulness
and humor and surprise. Creating his art demanded a wealth of
knowledge, creativity, the will to succeed and excellence. These
values are also those that Geberit embraces.
However, unlike Geberit the artist fabricated working structures using
imprecise parts, consciously playing with inaccuracy. For his moving
objects and noisy motor-driven machine sculptures the artist predominately
used scrap yard metal pieces. These machines, a balance
between playful wit and threatening aggressiveness, reflected Tinguely’s
intrigue with technology, ironically their absurdity also represented
the modern industrial world and the business of making art.
Jean Tinguely, 1925–1991
“I see colors primarily as
movement – just think of painting.
I only seldom apply colors
to my objects subsequently, I only
make changes to accentuate
and illustrate. Colors are elements of
the object, they form an
integral part and are therefore
movement.”
(spoken to Salzmann, 10.11.78,
Neyruz, CH)