Produced by Perrotin, 2026
Satin ribbon with printed text in French and gold pushpin
Custom box with metallic hot stamping
Ribbon length: 350 cm | 138 in
Box: 9.5 x 4.5 x 4.5 cm | 3.75 x 1.75 x 1.75 in
Limited edition of 50
Signed and numbered by the artist
Available in Tango Orange, Fizz Red, Lipstick Pink, Kiwi Green, and Ocean Blue
Sold individually, with limit of one of each color per person/household please. This item ships from Perrotin New York at the end of October.
English translation:
Proposal for a birthday ritual. With the laudable and legitimate intention of founding a custom, would you agree, on the birthday of a person close to you, to do, on this day and on this day alone, something that they would ask of you as a favor? A favor which would be reciprocated to you on your own birthday. Does this set of demands, possibly unusual but not dangerous or impossible, scare you? to live a moment, a day, without becoming; the temporary abandonment of a system, a piece which does not necessarily enter the sphere of personal imagination, or even a simple and devoid of importance act. This is a game, not an ultimatum; an episode that does not register in the memory of a relationship; an act of courtesy in the extreme sense of the term. Extraordinary or familiar, this gesture is the reflection of a moment of unreal submission. It will fade away, it has no future. You cannot then bear responsibility for an act of which you are only an extra, carried out to satisfy a real desire of the other. -Sophie Calle
