Fabrice Hyber began creating his collection of Prototypes d’Objets en Fonctionnement (POF) in 1991, and now for the first time all 150 works are on display at the Museum of Contemporary Art of the Val-de-Marne.
We recently featured a collection of subverted everyday objects produced by Jeremy Hutchinson, but while his Erratum are exactly that – things designed to be produced and consumed (or displayed) – Hyber’s POFs are to be interacted with, evolving and unfinished, provoking and challenging the viewers perceptions in a humorous way.
We are certainly challenged. Hyber says POF, we say WTF? A couple of the objects we’ve selected here are merely bizarre, some brilliant… but others look like they have come straight out of a sex dungeon. The choker had us choking, the plastic suit had us hyperventilating, and as for the swing, well let’s just say we wouldn’t be having a go on that in a hurry. Haven’t got the anatomy or the inclination.
Perhaps we’re being a little artistically Philistinic, you judge look for yourselves at the museum until 20th January. Just don’t blame us if you do yourselves a mischief…
POF 58 Arbre à une feuille, 1997.
« Discipline », exposition à la galerie Peter Kilchman,
Zurich, 1997.
POF 65 Ballon Carré, 1998
© Adagp
Paris 2012
Photo : Marc Domage
POF 87 OTO, 1997.
POF 113 Excès d’accessoires, 2000.
POF 3 Balançoire, 1992.
« C’Hybert Rallye »
Vassivières, 2001.
POF 51 Ted Hyber, 1998.
POF 139 MITman, 2007.
« Immortalités », Fondation Ekatarina,
Moscou, Russie, 2010.
