“Sleeping House” by Not Vital
Standing in front of Museum der Moderne Salzburg on the Mönchsberg is a very special steel sculpture. The “Sleeping House” (2009) is a donation from Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac – erected every day in the morning, and put back to bed again in the evening.
The “Sleeping House” is probably the only artwork in Salzburg that gets up in the morning and lies down to rest at night. During the daytime, visitors can actually step inside the sculpture – these “waking phases” depend on the opening hours of Museum der Moderne Salzburg.
Swiss artist Not Vital originally created this 10-meters-long steel cone for an exhibition in Vienna. It is a temporary variation of his architectural constructions, reflecting the artist’s fascination with the interplay between reality and surreality.
