Casey Kaplan
LIAM GILLICK: FILTERED TIME | PERGAMONMUSEUM, BERLIN
APRIL 6 – OCTOBER 15, 2023
Light, sound show transforms Berlin museum’s exhibits
By Kirsten Grieshaber
April 4, 2023
BERLIN — Hadad, the ancient weather god at Berlin’s Pergamon Museum, growls deeply as he casts his neon-blue gaze on visitors, his body bathed in pulsating orange light. What seems like a scene from a horror movie is in fact the product of a light and sound installation by British contemporary artist Liam Gillick, part of the show Filtered Time that opened Tuesday at one of the German capital’s most popular museums. The exhibition at the Museum of the Ancient Near East in the south wing of the Pergamon Museum uses unexpected layers of sound, light and color to breathe new life into iconic sculptures and artifacts that are thousands of years old. It comes as the Pergamon Museum, which is based on the city’s famous Museum Island, prepares to close its gates for several years on October 23 for renovation. The show Filtered Time will end a week before the museum’s closure.
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