For iTernity
When art captures infinity: With her light installation “For iTernity”, Katja Heitmann allowed a dancer to become immortal in a dreamlike way. In doing so, she not only subtly explored the human desire to never be forgotten, but also paid critical homage to the medium of the internet. At KLANGLICHT 2019 on Karmeliterplatz, visitors were […]
Diplopia
Light and shadow, flexibility and hardness, proximity and expanse, noise and silence: the three-dimensional projection “Diplopia” by the Spanish artist collective Onionlab explored the theme of contradictions. Volumetric contrasts and illusions of depth created images that fascinate, irritate and also deceive the viewer. The 3D project not only created visual contrasts, it also suggested a […]
Les Luminéoles
Back again for the 5th KLANGLICHT anniversary! The colorful “Luminéoles” won the hearts of the KLANGLICHT audience back in 2017. For the fifth anniversary of Klanglicht, the poetic aerial creatures returned and this time soared through the air above the Graz Opernring. “Les Luminéoles” are an installation by the French collective Porté par le […]
In the Rain
Nature is truth: it constantly reveals itself to us and rain, whether monsoon or sunshine, is one of its languages. With his sensory installation “In the Rain”, Yuki Anai finds a translation for all those whose senses are open to the messages of natural conditions. The Japanese artist uses light and sound to create […]
Notes towards a model opera
Today is superimposed on yesterday, but the past can no more be erased than what is currently happening: With a highly political installation by William Kentridge, the Schauspielhaus continued its exploration of the African continent at KLANGLICHT 2019. In the 3-channel video and sound installation by the South African artist, symbols of the Chinese Cultural […]
What if
What if everything were different? The immersive image-sound installation by the two artists Tina Frank and Alex Murray-Leslie is a thought experiment that uses projections of form, color and image to question the boundaries of our thoughts. Inspired by the feminist theorist Donna J. Haraway, the artists transformed the Künstlerhaus into a glass habitat for […]
Sunken Cathedrals – The sunken cathedrals
Krešimir Rogina’s project “The Sunken Cathedrals”, created in collaboration with the sculptor Siniša Majkus, is a very meaningful and poetic installation consisting of seven towers. Light and sound are used to create analogies to Claude Monet’s depictions of Rouen Cathedral, which tell of the change in our perception through the influence of light. At the […]
//movingshapes
The project “//movingshapes” is a media installation in which active and courageous participation is not only allowed, but encouraged! Using creative coding and processing, the technology of a Kinect interacts with the viewer: the forward, backward or sideways movement of the viewer’s own body sets objects in motion and changes the soundscape. Behind this were […]
Arkestra of Light: polarized
Graz Castle was given a new look as part of KLANGLICHT 2019: magical, hypnotic light and sound projections by the artist collective OchoReSotto made their way into the castle – with polarized light that is actually invisible to the human eye… and yet can be experienced: the light is refracted, reflected, polarized – and the […]
Exposure o.T.
Exposed to sound/light. A texture, first only in a gray veil. Then black, then white. Your movements change what you see. But is the picture really real? A game with the light begins, in search of the “real”, the “genuine” work of art. The sound intensifies the visuals and soon it is clear: Each of […]