Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum
Located on the ground floor of the London Mithraeum, Bloomberg SPACE showcases a series of contemporary art commissions responding and bringing fresh perspectives to the site’s rich archaeological history.
Inspired by the history of the site, Sunstrum explores how the public engages with archives and artifacts, and their presentation in museum spaces. The Pavilion (2023) is a wooden structure comprising a promenade of interrelated viewing booths reminiscent of Victorian ‘cabinets of curiosities’, often considered precursors to museums. The intricate cabinetry, designed in collaboration with Remco Osório Lobato, will house a selection of Sunstrum’s animations dating from 2007–2016 that draw on the artist’s fascination with ancient mythologies, scientific theories, mythological archetypes and the cosmos.