Christoph & Sebastian Mügge: „Adriatic Inferno Package“

The Museum of Contemporary Art of Istria – Museo d’arte contemporanea dell’Istria is presenting, for the first time in Croatia, Istria, and its own exhibition spaces, the exceptionally talented and multiple award-winning German-Swedish artistic duo Christoph & Sebastian Mügge.

Working as an artistic duo—and as brothers—they create site-specific, large-scale installations in Sweden, where they live, as well as in prestigious exhibition venues around the world, using a wide range of media and formats.

Inspired by the distinctive characteristics of the location and the country/region in which they are exhibiting for the first time, and deeply aware of the challenges facing contemporary society, they have conceived a monumental site-specific installation that transforms the exhibition space into a fictional tourist destination on the Adriatic coast.

Made from discarded and inexpensive materials, as well as natural elements, and combining mass-produced objects with valuable museum artefacts and collections, the installation brings together beach culture, Istrian visual traditions, souvenir aesthetics, local patterns, and everyday objects.

This fictional resort becomes a future archaeological site of the present, preserving traces of desire, consumption, nostalgia, and the enduring belief that paradise can always be rebuilt.

Join us for the opening of the exhibition “Adriatic Inferno Package” on Friday, 16 October 2026, at 7:30 PM. In the meantime, discover more at www.msu-istre.hr and on our social media channels.