Peter Simon

According to Hermann von Helmholtz, experience contributes decisively to our view of the environment. “Drift” picks up on his research into the psychological effects of visual perceptions.

What we see does not necessarily exist – and sometimes reveals more about what is going on inside us.
Based on experiments in perceptual psychology from the 1960s, the gallery space becomes a space of experience.

Visitors are left to their own devices in a room that feels like 50 square meters of dense fog, where the only light source is a fast, stroboscopic yellow light.
There are no objects in the room that would create an image on the retina. Thus, the brain begins to create its own images, line structures and geometric shapes emerge. Although the room seems daunting at first glance, after a short time you lose your fear and feel a sense of well-being.
According to scientific findings, fast stroboscopic light cures migraines and jet lag.