Dark Rooms

“Dark Rooms”: Empty Shelters Art

The Dark Rooms exhibition in Berlin turned darkness into substance - in the abandoned Willner Brewery, visitors descended into 1,500 m² across five floors, where only the artworks themselves were illuminated.

In this dim architecture, the audience became invisible observers, free to slow their gaze and wander through individual rooms crafted by each artist.

Large seating areas invited contemplation, giving time back to the perception of art in opposition to today’s rapid visual rush.

“Empty Shelters”, presented within the Dark Rooms Exhibition, imagined a parallel Berlin — a city still divided, its spaces suspended in history. The work drew silent connections between Berlin and Seoul, exploring how architecture and memory reveal what remains unseen when borders never fall.

“Empty Shelters”: Artists

SA-PO artists Igor Posavec and Sven Sauer merge the no-man’s-land zones of Berlin and Seoul to construct a dystopian vision — a protective wall that might have become reality amid the tensions of the Cold War. Within this imagined world, inhabitants spend their entire lives inside vast bunkers, surrounded by warning signs they have long since learned to ignore.

SA-PO’s visual works explore the repetition effect - how constant exposure transforms danger into routine, and warning into background noise.

Artists: Igor Posavec & Sven Sauer.