’Tropfsteinmaschine, 1996-2496‘ in Hamburg, Germany

The Hamburger Kunsthalle houses almost 91,000 works of art. The most famous of these is undoubtedly Caspar David Friedrich’s 'Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer' (Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog). However, among the various collections on display, one modest piece might easily pass unnoticed in the Contemporary Art section. In the basement of the 'Galerie der Gegenwart' (Gallery of Contemporary Art), a room with four columns connects 'the Cube' to the exhibition halls hidden beneath the 'Plateau' in front of the museum’s entrance. This passageway leads to a small room with walls covered in travertin...