Drifters for Mudam, 2005-2006
24 benches
Painted wood, metallic structure
3 sizes: 45 × 192 × 88 cm (8), 45 × 297 × 88 cm (8), 45 × 292 × 154 cm (8)
Technical conception: in collaboration with Rob Engel
Commission and Collection Mudam Luxembourg Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean
Production 2006 with the support of the Administration des Bâtiments Publics
Drifters for Mudam
Mudam / Luxemburg
Exhibition view / 2020
The Drifters project for Mudam is the result of a search for “fluid” and mobile elements in landscape, architecture, and furniture, as opposed to the rigidity of the fixed and immobile elements dominating the organization of architectural space.… Their shapes derive from a dialogue with the forms of Mudam’s architecture designed by Pei, Cobb, Freed & Partners, while formally resembling sheets of fragmented ice.… Drifters is composed of a multitude of elements that allow ever new compositions, which means the installation can be adapted to suit different spaces and situations.
Bert Theis, 2005
Working notes related to the Drifters project (2005), Bert Theis Archive.
Drifters for Mudam
Mudam / Luxemburg
Installation view / 2020
© Photo: Rémi Villaggi
Bert Theis replies to the monumentality of the building with modular mobility. Adapting his platform work to the space of Mudam and inspired directly from the room plans, he has created seating that can adapt itself to any configuration. The six elements that make up the Drifters are like pieces of a puzzle that slide around and develop haphazardly in the museum like some icebergs. As an artist summoning up meaning and knowledge he thus joins together the functional and the poetic as well as design and application.
Mini guide of the exhibition Eldorado
sept. 2006 / ed. Mudam Luxembourg.
Drifters for Mudam
Mudam / Luxemburg
Installation view / 2020
© Photo: Rémi Villaggi
Drifters for Mudam
Mudam / Luxemburg
Installation view / 2020
Drifters for Mudam
Mudam / Luxemburg
Installation view / 2006
Drifters for Mudam
Mudam / Luxemburg
Installation view / 2005
Drifters for Mudam
Mudam / Luxemburg
Installation view / 2020
Drifters for Mudam
Mudam / Luxemburg
Installation view / 2005
Drifters for Mudam
Mudam / Luxemburg
Installation view / 2005
Drifters for Mudam
Mudam / Luxemburg
Installation view / 2005
Drifters for Mudam
Mudam / Luxemburg
Installation view / 2020
Drifters for Mudam
MAMCO / Genève
Installation view / 2007