SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE 2022

The façade of the castle as a retro-futuristic jukebox. The show »GenER/REations« by the artist collective Maxin10sity takes us through a century playlist: from the first Viennese school to swing to the Berlin techno of the early 2000s. The picture worlds follow the musical epoch panorama and reflect the style of an entire era as an audiovisual experience. The Hungarian artist collective Maxin10sity has been touring internationally with its projection mappings (Bolshoi Theatre, Brandenburg Gate, Parliament Building Bucharest) and has been part of the Light Festival Karlsruhe from the very beginning.

from 31^st August 2022 in the framework of the 11^th Assembly of the World Council of Churches.

A musical narrative dedicated to the eternal cycle of creation and destruction, integrated into the Light Festival Karlsruhe on the occasion of the 11^th Assembly of the World Council of Churches. »Wir Menschen sind Fische im Exil« (We humans are fish in exile) transfers the baroque sarabande by George Friedrich Händel into the electronic age and incorporates the theory of evolution as well as the fish as an early Christian symbol for Jesus Christ. Peter Weibel has been Artistic and Scientific Director of the ZKM Centre for Art and Media Karlsruhe since 1999 and curator of the Light Festival Karlsruhe. Nikolaus Völzow is a system developer for interactive installations, audio-visual works and multimedia solutions for performances.

The video opera »ODE. Im Lauf der Zeit« (ODE. Over the Course of Time) uses Beethoven's 9^th Symphony to question the foundations of a contemporary as well as millennia-old idea of humanistic freedom. With twelve synthesizers and the children's choir Cantus Juvenum Karlsruhe, the opera embarks on a journey through the history of ideas in Europe – from antiquity to the Renaissance and the Industrial Revolution to our present day. Detlef Heusinger works internationally as a composer, director and conductor and heads the SWR Experimental Studio in Freiburg.

Prize winner 1st place BBBank-Award in Projection Mapping 2022  

What will we leave to future generations? With »Resilience«, Atelier v3 is dedicated to planet earth and the protection of our common habitat. Between strength and fragility, the work focuses on the balance of nature and asks about the consequences of pollution and global warming. Atelier v3, that's Christophe Briere and Marik Morvan. They live in France and work at the intersection of art and technology with a focus on live shows events.

2nd place

Prize winner 2nd place BBBank Newcomer Award in Projection Mapping 2022  

»Reframing the Structures« is a declaration of love to Karlsruhe as the place of the first email received in Germany. Data streams and their infrastructure merge with abstract cityscapes to create a pulsating mapping. Synthwave music reminiscent of the atmosphere of classic action films of the 80s underpins this first-ever projection. The artist Leonie Oridt is also a computer scientist. She lives in Dortmund and works on the topics of robotics and virtual reality.

Prize winner 2nd place BBBank Newcomer Award in Projection Mapping 2022 

In a world characterised by abundance and lack of control, the artist duo Hotaru Visual Guerrilla creates a visual thought experiment with the show »Plethora«. They develop a narrative of forms of prosperity that could be more sustainable and thus hold out the prospect of a future in which technological innovations lead to new harmony between humans and nature. Hotaru Visual Guerrilla is a creative studio from Spain founded by Ander Ugartemendia and Jone Vizcaino. Their work focuses on creating audiovisual experiences and focuses on aesthetics and experimentation of the future.