Musikwerke Bildender Künstler: db 
Artist: Ryoji Ikeda
Curators: Ingrid Buschmann, Gabriele Knapstein

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 (abbr. 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 the most minimal use of sound, light and visual elements. It is the artist’s first solo exhibition in Germany.

A project by Freunde Guter Musik Berlin e.V. and Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin. In collaboration with MaerzMusik 2012 | Berliner Festspiele. Made possible by funding from Ernst Schering Foundation and Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
 

The exhibition is the latest project of 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, with MaerzMusik | Berliner Festspiele.

Vernissage/Opening time and date: 27. Januar 2012, 20:00
Exhibition dates: 27 Januar – 9. April 2012
Opening hours each day: Di-Fr 10:00 –18:00, Sa 11:00 – 20:00, So 11:00 – 18:00
Cost: 8 € / 4 €
Address:  Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin, Invalidenstr. 50–51, 10557 Berlin  
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(Image: data.tron, audiovisual installation, 2007, © Ryoji Ikeda, photo by Ryuichi Maruo, courtesy of Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media [YCAM])