Pharadise

It represents the act of breathing before falling asleep. The inspiration is represented by cold white light flowing vertically from below into the dome, and the exhalation by warm white colored lights air flowing horizontally towards the rooftops beside the cupola.^[3]

Thanks to this evening light motion, the viewer has the experience of reliving the breath of the architectural structure, which is transformed into a light sculpture in the Skulpturengarten. The "breathing" rhythm becomes slower as time pass by during the evening, symbolizing falling asleep.

PHaradise overlooks the Phoenix Room of HHole for Mannheim, a multimedia installation at the rooftop of the Athene-Trakt of the Museum, where, among other things, natural light flows into the museum through its seven holes, meeting artificial light coming from below, thus creating a symbolic imaginary space between heaven and earth.

The architecture of the Kunsthalle becomes "alive", changing its own breathing rhythm similar to a living being.

• RNF Reportage about NatHalie Braun Barends, HHole and PHaradise
• FAZ 06/02/2015 about HHole for Mannheim 2006 - ∞
• SWR Reportage about NatHalie Braun Barends, HHole and PHaradise Archived 2015-09-25 at the Wayback Machine

Alfred Huber: Im Paradies der Farben. 12 March 2007. Mannheimer Morgen

• KunstPortal March 2007 on 100 years Kunsthalle Mannheim
• Heinrich Vetter, May 2007 on 100 Jahre Kunsthalle Mannheim
• PHaradise official website
• Kunsthalle Mannheim PresseInfo PHaradise
• Kunsthalle Mannheim PresseInfo PHaradise & Four Eyes
• Stadt Mannheim PresseInfo PHaradise