Berlin-based artist Claudia Wieser has transformed the ground floor of Bloomberg's European headquarters in London into a Roman Empire-inspired installation that references the site's heritage.
Called Shift, the multimedia installation features five sculptures: a mirrored, stainless steel cube, a tiled and copper throne, two ceramic tiled benches and a plinth covered in wooden, vase-like sculptures.
"Roman cultural goods interest me as a manifestation of human inquiry, thoughts, questions of existence, morality, power and philosophy," Wieser told Dezeen.
"I relate to Greek and Roman antiquity because we still refer to it even though it was so long ago. For example, we still regularly perform plays in the theatre that originated 2,500 years ago. They are timeless," she said.
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