The exhibition "Light Sound Senses" explores light as both a physical, natural phenomenon and an aesthetically useful one, and aims to stimulate our diverse sensory perceptions. Visitors are invited to engage with multisensory artworks to sharpen their own awareness of space, time, light, and sound. Light, in particular, is explored as an indicator of technological development and as a cultural construct with symbolic significance. Through works from the Heidi Horten Collection, as well as loans from TBA21 and site-specific and immersive installations—created exclusively for the exhibition by invited artists—"Light Sound Senses" fosters a deeper understanding of the nature of light, sound, and our five senses.

In the exhibition, which spans two floors, visitors will learn about László Moholy-Nagy, a pioneer of light art, and encounter immersive light installations by Olafur Eliasson, Brigitte Kowanz, and Siegrun Appelt. Appelt’s work, among other things, explores light pollution and the scientific foundations of daylight research. Tracey Emin and Joseph Kosuth use neon as an artistic and conceptual medium. A room-filling sound installation by Austrian artist Bernhard Leitner will encourage visitors to “see” sound; other artists, meanwhile, use sound to foster a heightened awareness of one’s own body. Finally, works by Lena Henke and Ernesto Neto stimulate the senses of smell and taste. A distinctive feature of the exhibition is that visitors are encouraged to engage with the works in a participatory manner.

A prime example of this is Carsten Nicolai’s work *Bausatz noto*, in which visitors themselves take on the role of sound artists: At a table equipped with four turntables, they can combine vinyl records of different colors to create a variety of timbres. Carsten Nicolai will create a light-and-sound installation exclusively for the exhibition. The aim of the exhibition *Light Sound Senses* is to take a perspective on our sensory perceptions that is as scientifically critical as it is humorous and artistically aesthetic—to challenge them and play with them. Featuring works by: Siegrun Appelt with Constanze Müller, John M Armleder, Cibelle Cavalli Bastos, Olafur Eliasson, Tracey Emin, Cerith Wyn Evans, Dan Flavin, Ceal Floyer, Peter Friedl, Gelatin, Helga Griffiths, Lena Henke, Carsten Höller, Krištof Kintera, Edgar Knoop, Brigitte Kowanz, Joseph Kosuth, Bernhard Leitner, Paul McCarthy, László Moholy-Nagy, Iván Navarro, Ernesto Neto, Carsten Nicolai, Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Tony Oursler, Finnbogi Petursson, Ugo Rondinone, Christine Schörkhuber, SUPERFLEX, Iv Toshain, and Martin Walde.