Scala Lucida

Staircase of light. Where the steps nestle close to the rock. Where the staircase connects height and depth like a bridge. A mosaic of impressions of life is illuminated there – a picture of what was here and what is today. Scala Lucida. Let’s take the time to look at it and to ascend with […]

Art in public spaces: Light 2017

The Institute for Art in Public Space Styria also dedicated itself to the theme of light in April 2017 and presented eight artistic projects in the city center of Graz on the theme of “light”. The artists’ collective Plex Noir (Germany) has created an interactive light and sound installation for the Joanneum Quarter, the intention […]

Art house

The Kunsthaus Graz can be read as a utopian building whose roots go back to the late 1960s and are based on concepts such as living architecture and an intelligent exhibition machine. In its organic-technical form, arteries became mobile roller conveyors; the once transparent façade, which was intended to make the life inside the exhibition […]

Dundu

You and you make Dundu – breathtaking, magical and unique. With Dundu, puppeteer Tobias Husemann, his partner Stefan Charisius and their team have succeeded in creating a mechanical articulated puppet that combines size and imposing appearance with natural grace and gracefulness. The perfect agility and astonishing humanity of his actions never cease to amaze and […]

FAÇADE LIGHTING: BEST VIEW? FROM THE CASTLE HILL!

At nightfall, the façade of Energie Steiermark AG’s E-Office reflects the calm, powerful flow of energy with gentle, contemplative scenes in the Graz cityscape. The LED façade makes reference to the theme of energy. The concept begins with the rising sun (extension of the day) at around 7.30 p.m. and moves on to rain, waterfall, […]

Illusion
(2019)

Light is an illusion until it meets matter. The perception of color as a manifestation of light is a counterpoint to ideology, whose material existence manifests itself in the actions of an individual. The “Mehr Licht” association, led by artist Ada Kobusiewicz, has set itself the goal of opening up the Schlossbergstollen for light art […]

CROWN-ART-BIM

With his wild mix of comic art and street art, Tom Lohner from Graz is one of the shooting stars of the local art world. His latest highlight: he has designed an “art streetcar” for the Kronen Zeitung, on which he takes an unusual look at the sights of Styria and interprets the print and […]

TRANSFIGURATION

Transfiguration “Transfiguration – The Transformation”, Onionlab (ESP) and Xavi Bové (ESP) Light and sound transform the space and turn it into a new, unique experience. The surrounding architecture, whether familiar or not, becomes part of an experience for the eyes and ears. The interplay of live orchestral music and precisely controlled aesthetic lighting allows the […]

KLANGLICHT CONNECTED

  In the run-up to the exhibition “Connected. Peter Kogler with…” at Kunsthaus Graz, the internationally active Austrian media artist Peter Kogler made a double intervention at KLANGLICHT 2019. Visitors encountered his hypnotic patterns both on the BIX media façade and in the urban outdoor space. Scarves with a net-like pattern became a highly visible […]

Stages

  Traditional spirituality translated into the present day: The Russian artist Gor Chahal transformed the tradition of Hesychasm of the Orthodox Church into a contemporary formal language in the parish church. In his video “Stages”, created in 2005, the written invocations to God unfold a spatial pull that is hard to resist. For the presentation […]