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Gasometer's new record attendance with ‘Out of this World‘

The three-quarters of a million level has been reached: the Exhibition “Out of this World – Wonders of the Solar System” in Oberhausen Gasometer has now counted its 750,000th visitor. It is thus by far the most successful exhibition that has so far been seen in Oberhausen’s landmark. The exhibitions “Fire and Flame” and the “The Dream of Vision” which were also extended each attracted about 500,000 visitors, the installation “The Wall” by Christo and Jeanne-Claude managed very nearly 400,000.
The exhibition “Out of this World” opened in 2009 and continued as a project by RUHR.2010 with the “largest moon on Earth” as the highlight of the 100-metre high interior hence proves to be, besides “The Most Beautiful Museum in the World” and the Ruhr Museum at Zollverein Colliery, an outstanding crowd-puller within the Capital of Culture’s exhibition programme.
The German Aerospace Centre (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR)), the co-operation partner for “Out of this World” was very pleased. The enormous response provides impressive evidence of the great interest the public shows in astronomy and space travel themes.

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German star author Frank Schätzing talks about his brandnew novel in the Gasometer

With his novel "The Swarm" Frank Schätzing wrote a bestselling and world-wide known novel. His new book "Limit" invites the reader to a journey to the moon.

Denis Scheck, presenter of the German literary programme "druckfrisch", conducted an interview with the author about his eagerly awaited work. The sun system currently shown in the Gasometer in the context of the exhibition "Out of this world" offered the perfect scenery.
Schätzing was also impressed by "the largest moon on earth", the artistic climax of the exhibition. This is also where the pictures of the authors were shot.

The broadcast, which was shown on ARD on 4. October, contains impressive pictures of the current exhibition and can now be seen on the ARD website.

Interview with Frank Schätzing on ARD Mediathek

Close to the sun: Frank Schätzing during the interview with Denis Scheck

Sold out: Gasometer presented outstanding Marillion Concert

Fans of the band Marillion booked all available tickets for the extraordinary performance within only a few days. Eight weeks before the gig, it was already sold out.

The British band Marillion that achieved fame in the 1980s with songs like Kayleigh and Incommunicado presented its songs on 17th October at the Gasometer in a new, excitingly different acoustic interpretation. 

The concert was given within the scope of Marillion’s ‘Less is more’ Tour. For it the songs were acoustically rearranged and recorded. Polished in this way they will provide even Marillion fans of the first hour with a completely new listening experience. For the concert Marillion have selected fascinating songs from their repertoire which have never been played live on stage in this way before. 

Marillion promise Less Is more

WDR shows tribute to ‘Light Sky‘ on the Internet

In 2006, the Berlin artist Christina Kubisch designed the interior of Oberhausen’s Gasometer to transform it into a gigantic sound and light sculpture: the ‘Light Sky’. During the current exhibition the work cannot in fact be seen, but it is a permanent integral part of the Gasometer.

west.art, the cultural magazine on WDR television showed a tribute to the unique work of art within the scope of its ‘Masterpieces‘ on 26 May 2009. Currently, the luminous dome can be admired on the Internet.

The west.art feature on the Gasometer's 'Light Sky'

The 'Light Sky' by Christina Kubisch