Matter, Non-Matter, Anti-Matter. Past Exhibitions as Digital Experiences
Aalto University present s innovative virtual models of legendary art exhibitions
From 20–24 April 2022 at the Cube , visitors can experience an innovative virtual installation of the legendary art exhibitions held at the Centre Pompidou in Paris and ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe.
The installation Matter, Non-Matter, Anti-Matter. Past Exhibitions as Digital Experiences is part of the large-scale cooperation project Beyond Matter – Cultural Heritage on the Verge of Virtual Reality, dedicated to novel, digital approaches to exhibition revival, documentation, and dissemination, as well as the artistic, curatorial and museological development of the opportunities presented by virtual representation.
Beyond Matter examines the possibility of exhibition revival through experiential methods of digital and spatial modelling based on the case studies of Les Immatériaux (Centre Pompidou, 1985), and Iconoclash (ZKM | Karlsruhe, 2002). Les Immatériaux and Iconoclash are complex thought experiments deployed through space in their respective ways and are both considered landmark shows of the past decades.
The project Beyond Matter – Cultural Heritage on the Verge of Virtual Reality is an international, collaborative, practice-based research project led by ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe in partnership with the Aalto University in Espoo, Centre Pompidou in Paris, Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art in Budapest, Tallinna Kunstihoone, and Tirana Art Lab – Center for Contemporary Art. The project is co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union and German Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Matter, Non-Matter, Anti-Matter is conceived as a travelling installation, to be exhibited in 2021–2023 at the Tallinn Art Hall, Aalto University, Tirana Art Lab, ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, and Centre Pompidou Paris.
In Finland the installation is exhibited at:
Helsinki Central Library Oodi, Töölönlahdenkatu 4, Helsinki
20.4.–24.4.2022 (Kuutio)
Mon-Fri 10-21
Sat-Sun 10-20
Väre, Otaniementie 14, Espoo
26.4.–9.5.2022 (Väre, Main Lobby)
Mon-Fri 10-17
Design Museum, Korkeavuorenkatu 23, Helsinki
17.–22.5.2022 (Auditorium)
Tue-Sun 11-18
Free entry.
This online brochure provides regularly updated information on the installation.