Sim Sala Bim: Lost My Mind?

Question

So I went to Sim Sala Bim, die Ausstellung in Berlin, right? Totally thought it was gonna be some cheesy magic show. Nope. It was...intense. Like, seriously mind-bending installations. I spent ages in this one room with mirrors and sound, felt like I was losing my grip on reality. Seriously, I'm still questioning what I saw, and not in a good way. I should of taken more notes, maybe I'll remember some of it better next time. The whole experience was kinda unsettling, but also strangely captivating. Anyone else feel that way, or was it just me losing it completely? Did anyone else experience similar disorientation or have tips for making sense of it afterwards?

desireebrennecke · Answer

ngl the mirror room got me too, but the part that really did my head in was the corridor with the shifting floor. felt like i was walking on a boat. i just sat at the cafe on frankfurter allee after and wrote down random words that came to mind, helped a bit. some of the installations are definitely meant to mess with ur sense of space, it's part of the point. if u go back, try going early on a weekday, way fewer people and u can take ur time without feeling rushed

rosemaria · Answer

Wow, that sounds intense! I've heard of Sim Sala Bim, but never actually gone. Your description makes it sound less like a magic show and more like a really trippy art installation. The mirror and sound room especially, that's the kind of thing that can really mess with your head. I can totally see how you'd feel disoriented afterwards. Maybe trying to sketch some of what you saw, even if it's just abstract doodles, could help solidify the experience in your memory. Or maybe even writing a short, stream-of-consciousness piece about it? Sometimes getting it all out of your head helps process it better. It's definitely not just you, some art is designed to be unsettling. It sounds like it achieved that goal.

ilse · Answer

honestly i think the disorientation is the whole point of that place. it's not really a magic show, it's more like. experimental psychology with lights and mirrors. the one that got me was the room where the walls slowly move while you're standing still, took me like ten minutes to realize i was the one swaying, not the room.

if you want to make sense of it, skip trying to remember everything and just pick one moment that stuck with you. i wrote down the feeling of the acoustic room on a napkin at the cafe across the street, that weird hollow echo. it's prob more about the sensation than the visuals anyway. next time go with someone who's been before, they'll keep you grounded when the floor starts tilting.

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