An Organic Experience of Architectural Pragmatism

From July 6, a site-specific installation by Eva Fàbregas (*1988) will liberate the historic hall of the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin from its purely pragmatic existence. The Spanish artist's largest solo exhibition to date explores the limits of the sculptural and invites the public to a total spatial experience.

Amorphous sculptures and sound installations break up the industrial iron structure of the museum's architecture. Fàbregas leads the Berlin museum away from its strictly industrial design: she pushes it into an organic metamorphosis by fully integrating the functional passageway of the original station concourse into her work. Movement comes into play: Her biomorphic objects enter the sides of the hall.

Sonically, Fàbregas underscores the transformation with barely audible bass tones that allow visitors to subtly feel what they are physically seeing - which is irritating because the interplay of auditory and visual reception shakes up the otherwise rather clear image of the station concourse. »Technically generated, human and non-human worlds« merge in this way, as Hamburger Bahnhof reveals in its announcement. Until January 7, 2024, anyone interested will have the opportunity to see and experience the installation live. Parallel to the exhibition, the second issue of Hamburger Bahnhof's new publication series will be released.