Sven Sauer

DEVIATION by @studiosvensauer The installation spreads out across the room as a carpet of glass fragments. Woven from shards collected from all over the world. In our society, broken glass symbolizes something ominous. Broken windows precede earthquakes. Shards are broken during riots when anger thunders against shop windows. And there is glass that is deliberately broken to stop people. Shards of glass on the tops of walls. Sharp-edged borders. If we look at our world today, there seem to be shards everywhere. On closer inspection, we humans don’t usually come off well. But are we really as dark as we perceive ourselves to be? Studies and eyewitness accounts from recent decades paint a very different picture of humanity. The installation is based on texts by historian @rutgerbregman . The data shows that in times of great hopelessness, people always moved closer together. The willingness to help grew. Since the negative is louder, this is often taken as a general truth. But in times of need, the exact opposite happens. The installation addresses the misconception that people fall into barbarism in a state of emergency. Sven Sauer works with the stories and data from the studies in his installation. The shards are processed in such a way that from a certain angle, a light is created that is divided a hundredfold. Artwork „DEVIATION“ BY: @studiosvensauer TRAIN MODIFICATION: @helldorfer_engineering ELECTRONICS: LUKAS ESSER CREATIVE CODING: @studiomarkusgraf PRODUCTION: @nsevvalg @martinhussain MUSIC: theatre_of_delays TEXT AND STUDIES BY: @rutgerbregman CLIPS: @frank_sauer Exhibition: @thedarkroomsexhibition #new_media_art #deviation #Installationart #lightartist #lightart #studiosvensauer #

@visualatelier8 presents DEVIATION by @studiosvensauer The installation stretches across the room like a carpet of glass fragments, woven from shards collected worldwide. Broken glass often feels ominous: shattered windows before earthquakes, shards from riots, or jagged borders meant to keep people out. Today, it can seem as though shards are everywhere, and humanity doesn’t always appear in the best light. Based on texts by historian @RutgerBregman , DEVIATION reveals another truth: in times of crisis, people tend to move closer together, and acts of kindness grow. Negativity may be louder, but history shows cooperation prevails. From certain angles, the processed shards catch light and divide it a hundredfold, turning fragments of destruction into reflections of hope. Artwork: @studiosvensauer 
Train Modification: @helldorfer_engineering 
Electronics: Lukas Esser
Creative Coding: @studiomarkusgraf 
Production: @nsevvalg martinhussain
Music: theatre_of_delays
Text & Studies: @RutgerBregman 
Clips: @frank_sauer 
Exhibition: @thedarkroomsexhibition

El estudio alemán @studiosvensauer nos acompañó estos días en la Colegiata del Palacio de Revillagigedo para enseñarnos todos los matices de la esperanza con su instalación Deviation. Fuisteis muchxs lxs que os acercasteis durante #LEVFestival a ver el recorrido de su tren traqueteando entre fragmentos de vidrio traídos de todo el mundo. Un espectáculo de colores que nos hizo reflexionar sobre el potencial de unirnos y trabajar colectivamente. _____ The German studio Studio Sven Sauer joined us over the last few days at the Colegiata del Palacio de Revillagigedo to show us all the nuances of hope through their installation Deviation. Many of you came along during #LEVFestival to watch their train rattle its way through fragments of glass brought from all over the world. A spectacle of colours that made us reflect on the potential of coming together and working collectively. _____ w/ @gijon @gijondivertia @cultura.gijon @visitagijon 📹 @mindthefilm

There is another world behind the cinema halls. Cinema complexes have hidden dark transport passageways that connect the empty halls with one another. A labyrinth of back corridors, projection rooms and dark chambers. The exhibition leads you through this tunnel system. At the end there are 8 large old cinema halls, some completely gutted, some with a landscape of reclining cinema seats. In this atmosphere, international light and sound artists build their installations... Artworks by: @lumus.instruments @boris.acket @alexischoplain @jorisstrijbos @encor_studio @studiosvensauer & @ceeys_music @coreyschneider.art @5putniko @cristian.rizzuti & @JulianAlvarez Cinema shots by @Frank_Sauer —————————— Exhibition: July 10–26, 2026 —————————— Limited number of tickets: Link in the bio —————————— #thedarkroomsexhibition #Berlinexhibition #Installationart #lostplace #Immersiveexperiences THEDARKROOMSVEINS

This July, we’re taking you on a journey through the hidden corridors and abandoned screening rooms of a massive movie theater complex. You’ll receive an email from us later this week. Here’s the teaser with some first impressions... Artworks by: @lumus.instruments @boris.acket @alexischoplain @jorisstrijbos @encor_studio @studiosvensauer & @ceeys_music @coreyschneider.art @5putniko @cristian.rizzuti —————————— Exhibition: July 2026 —————————— Put me on the list for the next exhibition: —————————— More informations: @thedarkroomsexhibition —————————— #thedarkroomsexhibition #Berlinexhibition #Installationart #Immersiveexperiences #THEDARKROOMSVEINS Music: Brilliant Sky - Time Capsules

@aka_chang Gaka_chang is at @monopolberlin for a few days. Be sure to check it out. Highly recommended.

Las instalaciones de @studiosvensauer exploran un tema que interpela especialmente a nuestro tiempo: la esperanza. No como un estado idealizado, sino como algo real y verificable. Deviation se extiende por la sala como una alfombra de fragmentos de vidrio tejida a partir de esquirlas recogidas por todo el mundo. El vidrio roto suele resultar inquietante y parece indicar que la humanidad no siempre se muestra bajo su mejor luz: ventanas rotas, vallas de bordes afilados, cristales rotos a propósito para impedir el paso de la gente… Pero, ¿somos realmente tan oscuros? Basada en los textos del historiador @RutgerBregman , la instalación apunta hacia otra posibilidad: desde ciertos ángulos, los fragmentos de vidrio capturan y procesan la luz transformando los restos de destrucción en reflejos de esperanza. _______ Sven Sauer’s installations focus on a theme that increasingly challenges our times: hope—not as an idealized state, but as a real, verifiable trace. Deviation spreads out across the room as a carpet of glass fragments, woven from shards collected from all over the world. In our society, broken glass symbolizes something ominous, and suggests that humanity does not always show itself in the best light: broken windows, sharp-edged borders, glass that is deliberately broken to stop people… But are we really as dark as we perceive ourselves to be? Based on texts by historian Rutger Bergman, the installation reveals another truth: From certain angles, the processed shards catch light and divide it a hundredfold, turning fragments of destruction into reflections of hope. _______ Instalación ::: 30 ABRIL- 3 MAYO / APRIL 30 – MAY 3 ::: Colegiata del Palacio de Revillagigedo ::: ENTRADA gratuita / FREE admission _______ w/ @gijon @cultura.gijon @gijondivertia @visitagijon #innovaciongijon 📹 @frank_sauer

THE DARK ROOMS HOTEL**** In 2025, the exhibition was created in an abandoned hotel. Across 9 levels, 15 international artists created light and sound installations. Their works told stories that would otherwise have remained hidden—topics we longed for and that society seemed to overlook. Artists in the order they appear in the trailer: @ji.nl.ee @studiosvensauer @chidayasuhiro @fleans_mechatronic & @kopf.studio @vincentrang Rabih Mroué @theklongs @ji.nl.ee @ausgang.studio @studiosvensauer @marcobarotti @wiebkemariawachmann @kristofkintera @lumus.instruments @studiomarkusgraf & @studiosvensauer @ji.nl.ee Location by: Beos Produced by: @wirimraum Sandra Hui Matthias Schmidt @ClaraSauer @JanH äusler @jan_oertzen @studiosvensauer —————————— Exhibition: 11.4.-11.5.2025 —————————— Put me on the list for the next exhibition: —————————— More informations: @thedarkroomsexhibition —————————— #thedarkroomsexhibition #Berlinexhibition #Installationart #lostplace #Immersiveexperiences Clip: @frank_sauer Music: Factor One - Operational

2024 The Dark Rooms returned to a forgotten automobile factory of the 20th century. This is a one-minute film about the exhibition that was only on view for a few days. The abandoned factory was an unexpected place — silent columned halls, vast rusty steel tanks, and a tower once the tallest building in Germany, a monument of Berlin’s industrial past. Visitors ascended twelve stories above Berlin, encountering light and sound unfolding in every room. Lightning became trees, forests burned with clarity, and cornfields emerged in the darkness of a hundred-year-old building. All works were new to Berlin, many premiered here, some created solely for this site. The exhibition existed only in this moment — and could not be repeated. At the highest levels, small guided groups entered the tower’s most breathtaking spaces, while the remaining rooms were explored freely, alone with the dark. Artists in the order they appear in the trailer: @boris.acket @theklongs @nonotakstudio @lumus.instruments @marcobarotti @studiosvensauer & @dajolife_musik @philip_vermeulen_3000 @boris.acket @davidbowenart @nonotakstudio @sizhuli @h.antonsson @seckin___aydin @studiosvensauer Location by @dieag_innovation —————————————— Exhibition: 18.1.-04.2.2024 —————————— Put me on the list for the next exhibition: —————————— More informations: @thedarkroomsexhibition —————————— #thedarkroomsexhibition #Berlinexhibition #Installationart #lostplace #Immersiveexperiences Clip: @frank_sauer Videos by: @fabianfrost Music: Tempered - Threshold

This year, the festival starts earlier! Starting tomorrow, you can visit the installation “Deviation” by German artist Sven Sauer at the The Radvila Palace Museum of Art of the LNMA. @radvilurumai @nacionalinisdailesmuziejus “Deviation” resembles a carpet of glass shards, woven from fragments collected from around the world. Broken glass often feels ominous: windows shattered after earthquakes, shards left behind after riots, or jagged walls designed to restrict access to certain spaces. Today, it may seem that shards are everywhere, and humanity does not always show itself in the most favorable light. However, “Deviation” also reveals another truth: in times of crisis, people tend to come closer together, and acts of kindness grow stronger. The installation can be visited until January 23 during the museum’s opening hours, and from January 23–25 between 11:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. 📷Carsten Beier 🎥Frank Sauer

We have just learned that our installation has become part of the C100 List. The C100 List is a worldwide selection of 100 artworks created in 2025. It features 20 installations. C100 writes: “The List honors and celebrates significant, defining work that we believe reflects, expands, and deepens how we see the world.” The list is well worth seeing and includes many of my absolute favorites from the past year: ‘Landscape Painting [Mine]’ by @juliusvonbismarck , ‘BUTCHERED’ by @anish.kapoor , ‘Subtractive Variability KOSMOS Axis 2 by’ @felipepantone , ’Animals`by @beeple_crap , ‘Spiral Economy’ by @julian.charriere , ‘Diagram of Lightning’ by @_james_clar , ‘October 2025’ by @elmgreenanddragsetstudio , ‘Dynamics of a Dog on a Leash’ by Takayuki Todo, ‘Cutting Edge’ by @kallenio , ‘fixed 29’ by @dirkkoy , The full list can be viewed here: /the-c100/2025 @contemporary100

At #MIRA2025, Sven Sauer transformed light into shifting sunset patterns, fading into darkness, an artificial sunset born from absence.