With a little imagination, any work of art could come to life. If you digitise them, you experience them. Exactly what the creators of Atelier des Lumières by Culturespaces had in mind. In Paris -where the concept saw the light of day- the digital immersive art centre attracted over 3 million visitors.
Late 19th century Viennese art
On 22 April, the crazy digital spectacle landed in our capital. The Purification Hall of the former Westergasfabriek was transformed into Fabrique des Lumières. Until the end of the year, digital exhibitions will bring the works of Gustav Klimt, Friedensreich Hundertwasser and other important Viennese artists to life digitally. "The exhibition takes visitors on a journey through one hundred years of Viennese painting and takes an original look at the work of Klimt and his successors through a presentation of the portraits, landscapes, nude portraits, colours and gilding that revolutionised Viennese painting at the end of the nineteenth century and in the following century."
Ode to the Netherlands
But not only paintings play an impressive role at Fabrique des Lumières. The renowned photographer or visual anthropologist Jimmy Nelson, known for capturing original cultures, has mounted a temporary exhibition on the occasion of his latest book 'Between the Sea and the Sky'. This ode to the Netherlands is a tour of our country's remaining traditional cultures, portrayed through intimate portraits and iconic landscapes, interspersed with projections of Nelson's work with indigenous peoples.
Gustav Klimt -Gold and Colourful is on view until 31 December 2022. The exhibition of Jimmy Nelson - The Last Sentinels: Heroes from near and far- is on temporary display until 13 November. Two more contemporary creations are on show in the adjoining Studio Lab: Journey -an experimental journey that takes as its theme the creation of photons and Memories -about memory defining our being and shaping the contours of our identity.
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