Welcome "The Flying Piano" as a Restaurant and ArtGallery / The Concept of Pedro
“The Flying Piano” – representing a musical fairy tale- was
published by Pedro as a Swiss citizen end of 1993. The image of the “Flying
Piano” has similarities to the “flying carpet” as we know it in the arabian
fairy tales. In the following musical fairy tale, it’s as if the “Flying Piano”
plays the role as a hero. On one side he appears as a musician, a singer, a
stringend instrument in the evening skies of Thurgau – a flying object, that
however has explicit landing prohibition on Swiss territory….a persona non
grata!
The saver of the day is symbolized by a small “barn-owl” in
a park of a psychiatric clinic, which spreads out it’s veil to enable a save
landing to the falling wing (grand piano). This marks the beginning of a love
story. A dialogue evolves between music and language – a language of fairy
tale. In the morning the wing (grand piano) has disappeared. On it’s wings it
made it’s journey to the east – to Indonesia,
to Bali.
In Bali Pedro, as the musician (piano) and author to the
“Flying Piano”, developed a third dimension to it. In the nineties a total of
12 sculptures were born (6 large-sized and 6 miniatures). The “Flying Piano” made of wood (Garuda), bamboo and iron
were exhibited in public in the Hilton Hotel Nusa Dua in 1995. It was a
succesful attempt to achieve a combination of music and language into a three
dimensional shape of the same themes. Thus begins the phase of visual shapes.
When Pedro opened a restaurant in August 2004, it was
obviously named “The Flying Piano”. The first investment to it was an
outstanding secondhand Yamaha Grand Piano from Tokyo.
On 12th of October 2002, when a suicide bomb
detonated Bali and tore 202 people into death – among them over 85 Australians
– Pedro was motivated to publish another book with the title “Amorand Amok in
Bali”. “Amor” referring to a love story that coincidentally took place at the
same time of the catastrophe. “Amok” as a synonym to the catastrophe it self
(runner amuck).
This book of plates with illustrations of the sculptures,
respectively was replenished by pictures of the sculptures, since in the
meantime the sculptures had been stolen (sold).
The latest creative phase took place in 2007 during his
visits to Bangkok and Kathmandu,
where Pedro discovered his new passion to collect tibetan and nepali
Mandalas. By summer “The Flying Piano” restaurant additionally turned into an
art-gallery.
In the spirituality of Buddhism, singing, mind and shapes
meet in an incomparable way as a synthesis. The association with this world of
spirituality gave the author the characteristics of gates, apertures or
manifestations that lead to the cosmos.
The
Mandalas of the Himalaya has inspired Pedro to endless amount of creations, which
have their roots in Tibet.
It is not a coincidence, that our Tibet
– Exhibition falls on the same time as the Olympic Games 08.08.08 in China. It is
meant as a recognition to a FREE TIBET. The freedom of a soul should always be
the freedom of sport competition in order to let rivalities dominate! All
friends of Buddhism are welcome at our TIBET EXHIBITION!
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