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In Sphere I3+, the frames holding the lights are built from structures derived from industrial assembly tables, the kind a factory line runs on. Romain Tardy has fitted them with LED tubes, mirrors, moving LED screens and a central luminous circle, and set the whole thing going to an original score by the Belgian musician Le Motel.

The subject is what you never see: the material and industrial chains that make everyday technology possible. Ket.brussels called it a metaphor for our relationship with technology and flow. You walk into a choreography of light beams and reflections, and the mirrors put you inside it.

It is one of three new works unveiled on 14 February 2026 for the 20th anniversary of the Atomium's renovation, and it runs until 3 February 2027 during normal hours, 10:00 to 18:00 with last entry at 17:30. The Atomium warns that the effects can be disorienting for anyone prone to vertigo or epilepsy.