SUPERFLEX : THE RETURN OF PABLO
For Danish collaborative trio Superflex, the plight of the bearded vulture —the near extinct bird that recently re-established residence above the Diablerets peaks—became the departure point for a sculpture that looks both forward and back in time. Pablo, the bird they identified for this work is a direct descendant of the same vulture that dropped a turtle on the head of the Greek poet Aeschylus so giving birth to the idea of tragedy. Crafted by local artisans, the resulting sculpture takes the form of a totem where history, mythology, ornithology and speculation have been skewered on a timeline of tragedy extending from Greece to Les Diablerets, from Aeschylus to Pablo himself.
