Danish creative, Jakob Kudsk Steensen, is responsible for bringing this exhibition to life. It’s a tribute to Berlin’s origin as a wetland before it was drained in the 1700s.
So that’s the focus and the exhibition itself takes up two floors which showcase Steensen’s research of what remains of the wetlands. What he’s done is use photogrammetry, which takes hundreds, maybe even thousands, of images of one object/subject. He then uses this to create a 3D visual experience in the Unreal Engine.
Steensen said of Berl-Berl, “[it’s] a song for the swamp, a place for the undefinable – morphing, liminal and mystical. Berl-Berl mourns what is lost and embraces what is new.”
To provide a little bit of mood, a soundscape has been created by audio artist Matt McCorkle and Venezuelan singer Arca. You might be wondering, “Why would a wetland need music?” Well apparently, songs and music were a large part of ancient wetland culture and it doubled up as a way to navigate the area and to share mythologies and stories.