Panometer Dresden
Panometer Dresden brings monumental panoramic art to a former gasometer in Dresden, Germany. The cylindrical building rises 39 metres and spans 54 metres across, giving Yadegar Asisi’s paintings room to surround you. Inside, art and history meet in a circular exhibition space.
Two panoramas alternate: Baroque Dresden recreates the city in 1756 from the viewpoint of the Katholische Hofkirche. The scene measures 27 metres high and 105 metres around, with perspective and Eric Babak’s soundtrack creating a sense of depth. Historic maps, original drawings and Asisi’s paintings add context. Dresden 1945 takes you to the city after the Allied bombing raids, showing destruction at one-to-one scale from Dresden Town Hall’s tower. Its almost 3,000 square metres also connect Dresden’s experience with Rotterdam, Coventry, Stalingrad and Warsaw.
The gasometer was built between 1879 and 1880, and its steel-and-brick scale remains part of the experience. Since opening in 2006, the space has drawn more than 500,000 visitors during its first two years.
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