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Software with AI for Dortmund
Gasometer, Projektspeicher, Tyde, Künstlerhaus, Kokerei Hansa: Tobias Post knows Dortmund from five exhibitions. For IGA 2027 he leads the BBK Westfalen exhibition team in Dortmund – and he studied here too: computer science with art as a minor at TU Dortmund.
For companies he develops software with AI – as a developer, not as an agency, with over 40 years of programming experience. He programs the technology of his immersive spaces himself; what comes out of it can be transferred to trade fair stands, control rooms and planning systems.
Exhibitions · 2026 · completed
Kokerei Hansa — Giants and Art
In 2026 on the curatorial team of “Giganten & Kunst”, with a work group of his own: BRUTAL VERDREHT takes up the rotation, compression and flow of the historic compressors – three site-specific works of digital light art for the compressor hall.
IGA 2027 in Dortmund
The International Garden Exhibition Metropole Ruhr runs from 23 April to 17 October 2027 and spans the whole region. Tobias Post leads the BBK exhibition team in Dortmund: the compressor hall of Kokerei Hansa, the Alte Schmiede and an administration building in Huckarde. Working title: Nature and Art “Reimagined”.
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Stations · 2027
IGA 2027
Head of the BBK exhibition team, three exhibition venues in Dortmund.
The technology, shown in Dortmund
At the 2025 studio show in the Dortmunder U, the engine room of an immersive space was on view: five projectors, two graphics cards with 24 GB each, the mapping onto five projections – everything programmed anew by hand, to fit. At the Künstlerhaus Dortmund, the installations ran in three rooms, with projectors from the KoproduktionsLabor of the Dortmunder U.
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Videos · 2025 · with film
Immersive Space Dortmunder U
A look into the engine room of immersive art – with a great deal of software of his own.
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Exhibitions · 2025 · with film
Künstlerhaus Dortmund
DORNENSTAUB, immersive, in three rooms of the Künstlerhaus (2025).
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Videos · 2025 · with film
KOPRODUKTIONSLABOR DORTMUNDER U
Tec Day at the KoproduktionsLabor: projectors with different light outputs to try out.
At the harbour and on Phoenix-West
In 2024, oil paintings hung at three industrial heritage sites in Dortmund: IKARUS WILL NICHT BRENNEN in the Hoesch-Gasometer on Phoenix-West and in the Projektspeicher at the harbour, VERLUST in the Tyde beneath the old harbour office. At the gasometer, Tobias Post was also commissioned to film the renovation of the roof, by drone.
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Exhibitions · 2024 · with film
Industrial Monument — Gasometer
A tall, imposing landmark – Ikarus and Phoenix are kindred in spirit.
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Exhibitions · 2024 · with film
Projektspeicher
A creative centre right at the harbour, next to the Academy for Theatre and Digitality.
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Exhibitions · 2024 · with film
Tyde
The former boat workshop right on the water.
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References · with film
Industrial Monument — Gasometer — Drone footage
On commission: the renovation of the roof, filmed by drone – five films and a making-of.
What comes of it for companies
Behind the immersive works are tools of his own, built with AI. Their patterns hold wherever many image surfaces, sensors and continuous operation come together, wherever variants have to become visible before they cost money, and wherever several people work on one large image.
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Case studies · with film
IMPACT4IMMERSIVE Runtime
Projections as zones, mapping, LiDAR sensors and continuous operation – for trade fair stands, control rooms, visitor centres.
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Case studies · with film
Impact4Exhibition
Play it through before a single wall is up – for shop fitting, trade fair stands, showrooms.
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Case studies · with film
Minimal X Interaction
Planning and exploring together – for city models, factory layouts, learning spaces.
More on film
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