Pinakothek der Moderne

The installations created by Benjamin Bergmann (*1968) revolve around fundamental recurrent questions faced by mankind- the preoccupation with the significance of one's actions, the need for fulfillment and meaning, the treatment of time and transitoriness. Bergmann's most recent work - created specifically for the large staircase foyer - presents a mysterious borderline situation: hundreds of baskets are suspended high up under the ceiling in the museum. They are reminiscent of the changing rooms in collieries and make the existence of a hidden world tangible. The potential up-and-down movement of the items of clothing corresponds to the miners' daily routine which, however, is not rendered visible. Indirectly, this imagery is also a reflection of the dynamism of life. Simply from the inner logic of their function alone, a graphic pattern is created by the long ropes on the wall - their austere lines ressembling a music score. These seem to trace the past and the future in an abstract manner. In its idiosyncratic, eloquent silence, »tief unten tag hell« conjures up an anticipation for something different and becomes a metaphor for a perpetual process of searching that is never completed.