Thursday: 11-20
Monday closed
2000 Frederiksberg
T: +45 30 73 80 32
E: cisternerne@frederiksbergmuseerne.dk
Today, Cisternerne is an underground art space and a hidden pocket beneath the city where you can retreat from everyday life, where time stands still, and where the mobile signal does not reach.
When the cold and damp climate of Cisternerne envelops you, you do not merely observe the art – you are completely surrounded by it.
The old water reservoir is dimly lit, and the atmosphere evokes fascination and enchantment in both children and adults. Each year, we invite an internationally renowned artist or architect to create an exhibition specifically for the underground spaces of Cisternerne – an exhibition that awakens all the senses and interacts with the unique architecture, climate, ambiance and history of Cisternerne.
JAKOB KUDSK STEENSEN: PSYCHOSPHERE
In Psychosphere, visitors are invited to move around in an immersive installation created specifically for Cisternerne’s unique space by artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen. Deep-sea volcanic landscapes come to life in a virtual interpretation. Fossils of long extinct sea lilies and ammonites appear alongside living fish species as well as an unknown form of life – perhaps an evolution, a future being that is neither plant nor animal.
Upcoming events
Exhibition space, water reservoir and dripstone cave
Practical information
Cisternerne is an art space for contemporary art with reverberation, humidity and dripstones. Prepare yourself to go underground
Past exhibitions
KIMSOOJA / WEAVING THE LIGHT
Cisternerne
Chiharu Shiota: Multiple Realities
Cisternerne
Tomás Saraceno: Event Horizon
Cisternerne
SUPERFLEX: It is not the end of the world
Cisternerne
Jeppe Hein: In is the only way out
Cisternerne
Hiroshi Sambuichi: The Water
Cisternerne
Eva Koch: That Dream of Peace
Cisternerne
Ingvar Cronhammar: H
Cisternerne
Christian Lemmerz: Andante
Cisternerne