LA HALTE 2023, Châtenois, Alsace
LA HALTE 2023 Châtenois, Alsace (WV B028)
Permanent walkable installation between the historic city walls | 12 stone slabs (gabbro) | Total size 300 × 240 × 2 cm | Fig.3: Technical construction drawing for the realization of the work | Fig.4: F. Diering, J. Kitzbihler, C. Gill and Mayor L. Adoneth, Opening at sept. 15th 2023
Permanent walkable installation between the historic city walls | 12 stone slabs (gabbro) | Total size 300 × 240 × 2 cm | Fig.3: Technical construction drawing for the realization of the work | Fig.4: F. Diering, J. Kitzbihler, C. Gill and Mayor L. Adoneth, Opening at sept. 15th 2023
Felizitas Diering, FRAC Alsace, Sélestat
Jochen Kitzbihler’s LA HALTE is a floor sculpture designed specifically for this site: situated on the path between the two city walls, 12 slabs form the letter «H». The idea is to become aware of the place and of one’s own presence, a place to stop, discuss and observe, but also a (landing) sign, visible from afar in a third, vertical axis, seen from the sky.
Perceived as a sculptural ideogram (letter-sign, double «U» opening), the «H» links the mountain (Hahnenberg) to the Rhine plain, the vineyard to the church and the village, and places the visitor at the centre of these multiple directions. The letter «H» thus refers to a multitude of spatial, social and contextual references.