Motion Scape
“We see in order to move. We move in order to see.” William Gibson Once in endless motion as children, today we only move our heads. Thoughts flow … but can they alone really grasp the meaning of life? Like dancers, like athletes or simply like children, we let ourselves drift here to these sound […]
Les Luminéoles
“Les Luminéoles” is the name of an installation by the French collective “Porté par le Vent”. “Carried by the wind” is also the program when the poetic creatures filled with helium and light take to the air and dance with the wind. The public space is redefined by the integration of these creations. The Luminéoles […]
Target Swooping Austria
As life goes: Janet Echelman started out as a painter, but her material was lost on one of her trips. As a replacement, she began to work with increasingly large-scale nets. Janet Echelman’s sculptures reach heights of a good 70 meters and yet appear light as a feather. Her work “Target Swooping Austria” is made […]
Arkestra of Light
As with the previous events at Klanglicht, the film and projection artists OchoReSotto – Volker Sernetz, Stefan Sobotka-Grünewald and Lia Rädler – were responsible for the “display” of the opera house on the Kaiser-Josef-Platz side. Their orchestration of the light transformed the façade into a visual experience. The focus was on LIVING. Movements and elements […]
Follow the Light
As part of KLANGLICHT, Graz Opera dedicated itself to the themes of sound and light in a variety of contexts. In the “Follow the Light” performance, which was repeated every 30 minutes, 300 visitors were invited to explore the opera house from a completely different perspective, namely from the stage. First, the percussionists of the […]
Domestic and Wild
The sculptures by Slovenian architect Katja Paternoster describe the phenomenon of the coexistence of the most diverse creatures in a common habitat. The artist’s intention is to show the diversity of animals that live among us – and yet largely unnoticed. Paternoster’s sculptures are made of wire and are staged with light in the castle […]
A Perspective on Color
Dutchman Rombout Frieling says of his concept: “Colors don’t really exist. They only exist in our heads. They are the result of complex processes of observation, comparison and adaptation.” A carpet of light and color, which was rolled out in front of the Next Liberty Children’s and Youth Theater on Opernring, proved that our eyes […]
Text splitter
There is whispering, laughing, complaining. And finally someone says: “Open your eyes and you will see!” With a radio play, the Schauspielhaus Graz added a strong acoustic note to Janet Echelman’s object in front of its building. The texts were taken from plays of the season as well as from “Cyrano de Bergerac” by Edmond […]
Pulsation
The concept for Pulsation was created by Gerhard Kosel. Raphael Meinhart was responsible for the music and performance. The starting point for the project was “Tribute to Steve Reich”, which Meinhart performed for the first time at Austrian Soundcheck 2016. The two-hour performance used the style that Reich, the inventor of minimal music, had specified. […]
A.R.T
In our everyday lives, we are exposed to a growing stream of sensory impressions that demand our attention. Two Dutch scientists, Rachel and Stephen Kaplan, have studied this topic. In their theory (“Attention Restoration Theory”, A.R.T.), they claim that certain patterns in nature allow us to relax and recharge our energy. Based on this theory, […]