Hannes Egger / Hotel Cubo – Museion, Bolzano.

Have you ever thought about what it would be like to sleep in a work of art? Hannes Egger’s project invites visitors to do just that: to spend a night in the Piccolo Museion and see their own city in a new light.

Spending a night in a museum is not a new idea. But if the museum itself is also a work of art, things change. Hans Egger’s project “Hotel Cubo” invites visitors to become tourists in their own town. From April to June the Piccolo Museion will be transformed into a genuine miniature hotel, open to anyone wishing to spend a night there. Egger’s invite is clear: this is an opportunity to take a fresh look at an area of Bolzano that many are unfamiliar with, yet that is packed with history and life. The project will give visitors a chance to reconnect with part of their own city, as the Hotel Cubo package includes an audio guide to explore the people and stories of the Don Bosco neighbourhood the morning after spending a night there.

There will also be two guided tours following the route suggested by the artist,

at 11 am on 10/05 and 07/06.

For information on overnight stays or the audio guide tours please write to hotelcubo@museion.it

Hannes Egger – Hotel Cubo 17/04/2014 – 29/06/2014 – Curated by Frida Carazzato

Opening: 16/04/2014, 6.30 p.m.

See more on Museion website: http://www.museion.it/?lang=en

Above: Photo by Luca Meneghel – Courtesy of Museion

Above: Photos by Inexhibit

What is the Piccolo Museion / Cubo Garutti

“This little room will display works from Bolzano’s modern and contemporary art museum so that the people living in this neighbourhood can see them.Commissioned by Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige Italian culture,the work is dedicated to all those who pass by, and look at it, even just for a moment“.

Alberto Garutti

Created in 2003, the Piccolo Museion – Cubo Garutti is a work by Alberto Garutti. It functions as an outlying venue for Museion in the Don Bosco neighbourhood of Bolzano, and every year, as well as exhibiting works from the Museion collection, it also hosts projects created specifically for the neighbourhood.