Their lack of scientific knowledge doesn't need to be a handicap, as the increasing number of successful collaborations between art and science shows. Many artists are learned specialists in tackling any theoretic field or subject with a sense of playfulness - pivotal for the creative phase of Incubation. Play opens new perspectives and shapes outdated strategies into an exciting stage for innovative research. The stage is a secret piggery built into the cellar of a large Swiss farm house during the Second World War. It was abandoned long ago, and one last light bulb throws a pale light on cracked plant pots, empty wooden cases and dusty compartition walls of former pig boxes.
Green moss grows in the window shafts.
Work is well under way to document the project on the world wide web. The first photographs will be launched with the next bulletin in November. It took the artist Christo more than twenty years to plan for the wrapping of the Reichtag's building in Berlin. This may indicate how long it takes until the relevant authorities give the green light for public art projects. The next stage is the construction of an electronic traffic light modell.