As a thermal power plant in the past, the Bergson is a fascinating venue for art, culture, music, and culinary highlights. Even a rare species of bats feels completely at home in this atmosphere and has taken up residence – hidden from the visitors – in the building’s catacombs.
Every visit is a unique experience. This time, I particularly enjoyed the Digital Arts Center. Here, you can experience artworks in a completely new way and, through modern technologies like extended reality, transform from a passive observer into an active participant.
The Digital Arts Center featuring EMIXAR focuses on developing and presenting interdisciplinary exhibitions with an emphasis on digital art, integrating new technologies such as XR, AI, light installations, video mapping, and other surprising tools. Depending on your perspective, you can always discover something new and extraordinary within the artworks and even interact with them yourself.
One of my favorite galleries is Gallery König, which enjoys a global reputation for showcasing masterpieces of the art world and have also a fine home in the Bergson Area. The exhibition MEMORY INDEX by New York-based artist Daniel Arsham is one of these ones.
At the heart of the exhibition are Arsham’s labyrinth sculptures: classical busts into which complex staircases, corridors, and miniature figures are embedded. These architectural portraits reflect the structures of memory and the intimate spaces of self-reflection where physical form and imagined worlds intersect.
These sculptures are surrounded by drawings and paintings of rivers, imaginary landscapes, and scenes that feel both familiar and mystical.
