The sculptor and object artist Liam Gillick (b. Aylesbury UK 1964 lives and works in New
York) has created an intervention titled Filtered Time for the historic galleries of the
Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Projections of light and color and acoustic effects condense six
thousand years of cultural history into an immersive spatial experience. Gillick initiates a
conversation between the iconic Processional Way and the Ishtar Gate from Babylon the
monumental sculptures of Tell Halaf and other exhibits engendering new layers of meaning
across all historical periods. The first joint project of the Vorderasiatisches Museum and the
Hamburger Bahnhof-Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart makes for a singular visual and sensory
experience. Designed by the artist himself the publication not only documents the richly
colorful production but also provides insight into the eventful history of the museum which
is approaching its centennial. Liam Gillick studied at the Hertfordshire College of Art in
1983-1984 and at Goldsmiths University of London from 1984 until 1987. Gillick is a prolific
published writer as well producing essays reviews fiction and theatrical scenarios.
