Alfonso Hüppi
The Pisser
The Pisser
1977 /2000
150 x 25 x 300cm
bronze
What may look light and like a piece of wood is in fact bronze and had to be very carefully attached to the façade of the »Villa«. Now the stream of water emitted by the bronze woman startles, entertains and refreshes the visitors. It reminded one female visitor that she herself had once attempted to attend to the call of nature in a similar position against the side of a boat. But in that rather tense situation, she had failed to perform. In Freiburg in 1977 the sculpture served as an »artist shower« during a sculptors’ symposium, but later faded into obscurity. Daniel Spoerri retrieved it from storage and claimed it for the Giardino. His friend Hüppi agreed.