- Dates7 March 2026 - 16 May 2026
- Opening receptionFriday, 6 March 2026, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
- Artists
How does an AI hallucinate? The HALLUC project, conceived by the fictional research institute FOWDIB (http:studervandenberg.ch/fowdib), seeks to offer answers that artistically reflect on the current state of research on digital consciousness and transcendence. Based on reports by researchers experimenting with mind-enhancing substances, new image spaces open up – not only for humans, but also for machine intelligences – in which various entities swirl around in a wild cosmic dance, attempting to make contact with the observer.
The presentation features current pictorial material from the interactive VR installation that forms the core of the project: a series of high-resolution screenshots as digital prints, groups of 3D prints in white resin, large-scale textile digital prints, as well as a version of the VR work adapted for projection. The HALLUC cycle was developed between 2023 and 2026 (ongoing) and was first presented in this form in 2025 at TOKAS, Tokyo.
Wie halluziniert eine KI? Das Projekt HALLUC des fiktiven Forschungsinstituts FOWDIB soll darauf Antworten geben, die den Stand der Forschung zu digitalem Bewusstsein und Transzendenz in künstlerischer Form konterkarieren. In Anlehnung an Berichte von Forschenden, die mit bewusstseinserweiternden Substanzen experimentieren, öffnen sich – nicht nur für Menschen, sondern auch für maschinelle Intelligenzen – Bildräume, in denen sich verschiedene Entitäten in einem wilden kosmischen Reigen tummeln, die versuchen, mit den Betrachtenden in Kontakt zu treten.
Gezeigt werden Momentaufnahmen aus der interaktiven VR-Installation, die im Kern des Projektes steht: eine Serie von hochauflösenden Screenshots als digitale Prints, Gruppen von 3D-Drucken in weissem Harz, grossformatige Textil-Digitalprints und eine Version der VR-Arbeit als Projektion. Der HALLUC-Zyklus entstand 2023-26 (ongoing) und wurde in dieser Form erstmals 2025 bei TOKAS, Tokyo präsentiert.
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Creature (Mushroom)
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2025Digital print, textile, (fabric 80g/m2 recycled polyester), aluminium rod mounting
270 × 144 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 ap -
HALLUC Still #098
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2026Dgital print, photo paper, acrylic glass front-mounted, dibond backed, no frame
60 × 90 cm
Edition: 5 + 1 ap -
HALLUC Still #004
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2026Dgital print, photo paper, acrylic glass front-mounted, dibond backed, no frame
32 × 48 cm
Edition: 5 + 1 ap
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Creature (Blob)
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2025Digital print, textile, (fabric 80g/m2 recycled polyester), aluminium rod mounting
270 × 144 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 ap -
Creature (Flipper)
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2026Digital print, textile, (fabric 80g/m2 recycled polyester), aluminium rod mounting
270 × 144 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 ap
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HALLUC Still #041
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2026Digital print, photo paper, dibond backed, in wooden frame, with acrylic glass
132 × 205 cm
print: 129.2 × 202 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 ap -
HALLUC Still #123
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2026Dgital print, photo paper, acrylic glass front-mounted, dibond backed, no frame
32 × 48 cm
Edition: 5 + 1 ap -
HALLUC Still #163
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2026Digital print, photo paper, dibond backed, in wooden frame, with acrylic glass
132 × 205 cm
print: 129.2 × 202 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 ap -
HALLUC Still #029
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2026Dgital print, photo paper, acrylic glass front-mounted, dibond backed, no frame
60 × 90 cm
Edition: 5 + 1 ap
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Support Group
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2025Group of 3 resin 3D print figurines, wooden base plate
23 × 36 × 36 cm
base plate: 1,2 × 36 × 36 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 ap -
Support Group
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2025Group of 3 resin 3D print figurines, wooden base plate
31 × 36 × 36 cm
base plate: 1,2 × 36 × 36 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 ap -
Support Group
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2025Group of 3 resin 3D print figurines, wooden base plate
24 × 36 × 36 cm
base plate: 1,2 × 36 × 36 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 ap
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HALLUC Still #060
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2026Dgital print, photo paper, acrylic glass front-mounted, dibond backed, no frame
32 × 48 cm
Edition: 5 + 1 ap -
HALLUC Still #131
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2024Digital print, photo paper, dibond backed, in wooden frame, with acrylic glass
132 × 205 cm
print: 129.2 × 202 cm
Edition: 3 + 1 ap
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HALLUC Still #006
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2026Dgital print, photo paper, acrylic glass front-mounted, dibond backed, no frame
60 × 90 cm
Edition: 5 + 1 ap -
HALLUC Still #007
Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg2026Dgital print, photo paper, acrylic glass front-mounted, dibond backed, no frame
60 × 90 cm
Edition: 5 + 1 ap

Monica Studer / Christoph van den Berg
Monica Studer (*1960) and Christoph van den Berg (*1962) have been working as an artistic duo in the field of computer art since the early 1990s. They are pioneers of Internet art in Switzerland and are also known for their installational works and large-scale, rich prints, which often merge digital and analogue spaces into immersive, sometimes interactive visual inventions. Their career is marked by extensive international exhibition activity as well as numerous residencies and awards, including the PAX Art Award for Swiss Media Art in 2020. For several years now, their work has focused on questions of digital truth production through artificial intelligence.






