Within the monumental spaces of Berghain, Pierre Huyghe presents Liminals, a new commission by LAS Art Foundation that marks his first solo exhibition at a Berlin institution. The work takes shape as an immersive environment combining film, sound, vibration, and light—turning the venue into an unstable perceptual system in constant transformation.
At the heart of the installation, a film the artist describes as a “modern myth” follows the emergence of a faceless humanoid figure, suspended in a world outside time and space. It’s a place where the boundaries between inside and outside, between living and non-living matter, dissolve—making room for a reality made of simultaneous possibilities and continually shifting states.
Liminals takes shape through a dialogue between art, quantum physics, and philosophy. Huyghe collaborated with physicist Tommaso Calarco and philosopher Tobias Rees, integrating the logic and outputs of quantum systems into the creative process. Part of the sound, for instance, comes from simulations run on a quantum computer—translating the oscillation of matter into a sensory experience.
Rather than explaining science, the work stages uncertainty as an existential and perceptual condition. The viewer isn’t asked to understand, but to sink into a liminal space where reality is never fully defined and the very act of observing loses its centrality. Liminals can be visited at Halle am Berghain until 8 March 2026.
ph. credits: © 2026 Pierre Huyghe. Photo: Andrea Rossetti and © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2026
