Composition / Exhibition
db
Tue–Fri 10:00–18:00
Sat 11:00–20:00
So 11:00–18:00
Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof
Japanese composer and visual artist Ryoji Ikeda has conceived an exhibition for the Hamburger Bahnhof that, for the first time, compositionally unites the two symmetrical halls on the upper level of the museum’s east and west wings.
The exhibition’s title db (short for decibel) refers to this symmetry while simultaneously indicating the complementary relationship between the two exhibition spaces. Ikeda has designed the white room and the black room as counterparts, not only physically (brightness, color), but also conceptually and perceptually. The project is a composition in which time and space are shaped through minimal use of sound, light and visual elements.
The exhibition db is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Germany. It is the latest project in the Works of Music by Visual Artists series, which Freunde Guter Musik Berlin has presented in collaboration with the Nationalgalerie Berlin since 1999 and, since 2002, also with MaerzMusik.