Mathieu Lehanneur / Audemars Piguet / Art Basel Hong Kong - Basel - Miami

14 – 18 May '14

Hong Kong

Audemars Piguet to unveil new lounge at Art Basel in Hong Kong 2014 from 14 – 18 May 2014 by leading French designer Mathieu Lehanneur, featuring a video installation about the brand’s origins by Austrian video artist Kurt Hentschläger.

In its second year as a global Associate Partner of Art Basel, Audemars Piguet is delighted to today announce plans for a new lounge created by leading French designer Mathieu Lehanneur as well as a new piece by Austrian video artist Kurt Hentschläger inspired by Audemars Piguet’s home in Le Brassus in the Vallée de Joux. The innovative design by Lehanneur will provide the setting for a reflective video piece by Hentschläger and an exhibition of exceptional historic and contemporary timepieces, including a display of six new models of the Royal Oak Offshore in 42 mm. The lounge will be on show at Basel and Miami in december.

Mathieu Lehanneur’s imaginative designs take inspiration from the worlds of science, nature and technology. For this new design concept, Lehanneur has used the latest technology in resin and fibre moulding to cast replicas of the rocks he discovered in the Vallée de Joux, Audemars Piguet’s home in one of Europe’s remote and pristine forest regions.

Exploring the themes of technology versus nature, Lehanneur has taken exact prints of the ancient Swiss rocks to create his own new versions of nature, seemingly mastering the art of recreating the landscape of one of Europe’s most isolated and challenging environments, all executed without leaving behind any trace of human activity on the environment. Lehanneur’s cast resin and mineral rocks will be displayed in the Audemars Piguet booth in the Collectors’ Lounge, bringing the rugged, natural landscape of the company’s origin to each global edition of Art Basel in 2014.