Pierre Alexandre Risser, founder of the company “Hoticulture et Jardins”, designs city terraces and gardens since 1986. Within a quarter of a century, he produced in Paris and in the Parisian region hundreds of creation for a clientele composed of private owners and professionals. He is also the author of three books published by Solar Editions : “Un Jardin en ville” (A garden in the city), “Terrasses et balcons en ville” (Terrasses and balcony in the city) and, “Un beau Jardin au fil des Saisons” ( A beautiful garden in changing seasons). His latest book, “Les Jardins à vivre de Pierre-Alexandre Risser” (Pierre-Alexandre Risser’s gardens as living places) is edited by Ulmer.
His first collaboration with the Palais de Tokyo took place in 2009. At that time, a partnership between Electrolux and the institution dedicated to contemporary art started. This is when Pierre-Alexandre Risser installed five vegetable gardens on the museum’s terraces. Since then, a strong link between the Landscape Designer’s ideas and the ambition of the Palais de Tokyo was born.
Pierre-Alexandre Risser, salutes and supports the permanent drive for innovation and renewal demonstrated by this cultural institute. As he feels close to the Palais de Tokyo’s bold approach, he wishes to strengthen their connection by becoming one of their partners.
In a world becoming increasingly bound to virtuality, where excitement takes over contemplation and where the will to progress ever faster blurs the boundary of time, one needs to relink with its senses and its environment.
Pierre-Alexandre Risser considers the garden as a shelter. He recreates a link between Man and Nature through his work.
When facing the cycles of plants, one remembers the values of patience and time. He watches, listens and tastes. His senses awaken, he starts to interact with his environment as well as with mater the way an artist would.
The horticulturist project is well inscribed within a site such as the Palais de Tokyo. They both encourage the visitor to become a mindful and active spectator at once. As a contemporary art site, it unveils questions about time. It triggers a thinking process based upon time as a tendency as well as chronology, but also time passing by.
If the Palais de Tokyo is a resting place, it is also a place dedicated to doubt. This is when the work of Pierre-Alexandre Risser becomes complementary. After being challenged, the visitor finds in the gardens guidance toward serenity.
Whether because of shared values, or emotions they want to convey or even questions about time; the artist and the Palais de Tokyo meet each other, complete each other and have the same love for boldness and innovation.
Pierre Alexandre Risser, founder of the company “Hoticulture et Jardins”, designs city terraces and gardens since 1986. Within a quarter of a century, he produced in Paris and in the Parisian region hundreds of creation for a clientele composed of private owners and professionals. He is also the author of three books published by Solar Editions : “Un Jardin en ville” (A garden in the city), “Terrasses et balcons en ville” (Terrasses and balcony in the city) and, “Un beau Jardin au fil des Saisons” ( A beautiful garden in changing seasons). His latest book, “Les Jardins à vivre de Pierre-Alexandre Risser” (Pierre-Alexandre Risser’s gardens as living places) is edited by Ulmer.
His first collaboration with the Palais de Tokyo took place in 2009. At that time, a partnership between Electrolux and the institution dedicated to contemporary art started. This is when Pierre-Alexandre Risser installed five vegetable gardens on the museum’s terraces. Since then, a strong link between the Landscape Designer’s ideas and the ambition of the Palais de Tokyo was born.
Pierre-Alexandre Risser, salutes and supports the permanent drive for innovation and renewal demonstrated by this cultural institute. As he feels close to the Palais de Tokyo’s bold approach, he wishes to strengthen their connection by becoming one of their partners.
In a world becoming increasingly bound to virtuality, where excitement takes over contemplation and where the will to progress ever faster blurs the boundary of time, one needs to relink with its senses and its environment.
Pierre-Alexandre Risser considers the garden as a shelter. He recreates a link between Man and Nature through his work.
When facing the cycles of plants, one remembers the values of patience and time. He watches, listens and tastes. His senses awaken, he starts to interact with his environment as well as with mater the way an artist would.
The horticulturist project is well inscribed within a site such as the Palais de Tokyo. They both encourage the visitor to become a mindful and active spectator at once. As a contemporary art site, it unveils questions about time. It triggers a thinking process based upon time as a tendency as well as chronology, but also time passing by.
If the Palais de Tokyo is a resting place, it is also a place dedicated to doubt. This is when the work of Pierre-Alexandre Risser becomes complementary. After being challenged, the visitor finds in the gardens guidance toward serenity.
Whether because of shared values, or emotions they want to convey or even questions about time; the artist and the Palais de Tokyo meet each other, complete each other and have the same love for boldness and innovation.