Peter Kiecht with Roman Signer

On the road through Signer's Suitcase, elusive artist Roman Signer brings his chosen spots alive using a variety of tricks from his kit bag, launching brilliantly simple operations with a combination of gunpowder, fuses, rubber boots, balloons, stools, small tables and other seemingly random items. All his endeavors result in a marvelous visual display full of poker-faced humor that has earned him a place on the cover of Gastr del Solos Upgrade and Afterlife, as well as the sometimes title, Roman Signer: the Buster Keaton of Art. Signer's Suitcase is also a journey through a state of mind, a tightrope walk from fun to melancholy. Mental and physical risk promote stimulus of the senses and sudden crashes and abrupt changes of mood determine the rhythm and atmosphere of this cinematic journey.