"(...) Yet artists also provided works of a refreshingly noncommercial nature. Chief among them were the forty-five-minute custom recitals that Stephen Prina arranged at Galerie Mezzanin for the Vienna-based virtuoso pianist Marino Formenti to perform for audiences of one—probably the fair’s most cathartic work (...)"

Way out West, 17.06.2013, artforum.com

45 minutes

45 Minutes is a collaboration between pianist and conductor Marino Formenti and artist Stephen Prina and will take place at Art Basel 44 at every full hour, exclusively for one person at a time.

Formenti will have a conversation with the visitor, and perform on the piano, creating a dialogue between them. The intimate musical session will last exactly 45 minutes, and is based on a concept developed by Formenti and Prina. It will take place in a closed space arranged by Prina.