The Hearth Room

Show & Culture

This autumn, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Casino Luxembourg, artists Christoph Meier and Ute Müller are given carte blanche to explore the very notion of the forum. Combining the functions of a stage, a laboratory, and a social sculpture, their installation will take the form of an amphitheater open to the public, questioning traditional spatial hierarchies and emphasizing collective action. Here, the boundaries between stage and backstage, audience and artists, center and periphery are meant to blur. Occupying the entire first floor of Casino Luxembourg, the exhibition aims to put the creative process at the heart of the project. Conceived as a structure conducive to spontaneous encounters and co-creation, it will offer a space for experimentation, exchange, and collective engagement, functioning as a temporary laboratory where collective reflection, construction, and action become visible. Throughout its existence, the project will not follow a fixed script but will evolve with changing rhythms, developing a temporal narrative that allows the space to stay open, visible, and adaptable. The work can be claimed by all those who activate it through their presence. The result is an ever-evolving social sculpture, where collective reflection, construction, and engagement blend with performative, social, and transformative moments. This process aims to foster new forms of dialogue and shared collective experiences extending beyond the physical space itself.