Total Space describes a designed total space experience. The classic distinction between subject and object, between inside and outside, is dissolved. Total Space is also a call for serenity in interesting times. Luftwerk’s Total Space: Landscape is a Composition draws inspiration from the theories of the Italian Renaissance painter and polymath Leon Battista Alberti and applies Alberti’s observations on color and perspective to create an ever-changing, immersive space. Two pigments used in painting that bear the geographical names Naples Yellow and Prussian blue were applied to the high walls of the space in precise geometric patterns. And then the room was flooded with light. With these three components alone, Luftwerk creates a vibrant spatial landscape. Light, color, and form fuse to form a whole that, once illuminated, can be contracted or expanded, going through continuous transformations. Combining the two colors with light generates a harmonious and almost meditative effect that alternately defines or blurs our perception of space. Landscape is a Composition is part of Total Spaces designed by Soft Baroque, Trix & Robert Haussmann, Kueng & Caputo, Suck & Bratwurst. More on this exhibition here.