The Bank

The Bank

Mudam Luxembourg – Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean has invited the artist collective SUPERFLEX to develop a multi-phase project that will culminate in the creation of a permanent artwork for its surrounding Park Dräi Eechelen. This artwork, which does not exist yet, will help transform the park into a living space for all and strengthen the ties between the museum and its environment. It will be designed following an initial participatory phase taking place throughout the summer of 2026, with the aim of gathering ideas from visitors of the park and the museum.

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Entitled The Bank, this participatory phase approaches museums as ‘banks of culture’ that both preserve and create value. It invites Mudam’s audiences – especially children and playful grown-ups – to deconstruct its architecture and rebuild their own ‘bank’ from it, thereby expressing their ideas, visions or dreams for the future of institutions. ‘There are many kinds of banks – financial banks, blood banks, seed banks, food banks, and more. Each of these keeps something of value safe. Imagine that you are designing a new bank. What do you think it should store for the future? What should the building look like?’, SUPERFLEX asks.

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Using moulds designed by SUPERFLEX, participants are invited to create clay pieces inspired by Mudam’s architecture, letting their imagination run free while constructing their own model. The models will then be brought outside the museum, gradually forming a ‘city of banks’ that will grow over time, while transforming under the effects of the weather and ultimately returning to the soil.

From this collective creation, SUPERFLEX will develop a proposal for a permanent installation that will act a place to gather, exchange, play and rest. With The Bank, SUPERFLEX places participation and intergenerational dialogue at the heart of their decision making processes. This project may suggest that the future of institutions has more to do with collaborat...