SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE 2022
You can see the facade of the Karlsruhe Castle. Projected on it is a rainbow with spotlights shining in the black sky.
Thu, August 18, 2022 – Sun, September 18, 2022
Schlossplatz Karlsruhe

The SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe, with worldwide appeal, will return from August 18, 2022 under the motto »music4life« and will light up the façade of the Karlsruhe Baroque Palace.

On August 18, 2022, the Schlosslichtspiele 2022 will celebrate its premiere and transform the baroque façade of the Karlsruhe Palace into a canvas of impressive works by international projection mapping artists every evening until September 18. In summer, the palace is the focal point of the city and the center of the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Light Festival, which allows Karlsruhe to be experienced in a new light. Prof. Peter Weibel, curator of SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe and artistic director of the ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien Karlsruhe, chose the fitting motto »music4life« for the upcoming season. »The blues arose on and thus originated in the fields where slaves performed arduous labor: Music helped them to endure this life of exploitation. Songs therefore serve to compensate for the deepest suffering and yet at the same time are an expression of the highest joy – music is able to make an unbearable life tolerable. Music is joy of life. It is religion for the ears, because it opposes truth and beauty to the joyless present, like an aesthetic promise of salvation, which is also redeemed in a real epiphany«, says Prof. Peter Weibel. »It can thus become the gateway to consciousness-expanding ecstasy in an intoxication without chemistry, all by its enjoyment alone«.

We cordially invite you to the premiere on Thursday, August 18, 2022 at 8:15 pm in the palace garden Karlsruhe!

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Impressions of the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE 2022

Open Gallery
  • On view is the opening of the Schlosslichtspiele. The Karlsruhe Castle leuctet under the motto Music 4 Life, which is projected on the facade.
  • You can see the colorfully illuminated facade of the Karlsruhe Baroque Palace.
  • You can see the illuminated facade of the Karlsruhe Baroque Palace in the colors blue and yellow.
  • In the background you can see the illuminated facade of Karlsruhe Castle. A blue sky is projected over a landscape of trees with a waterfall. In the foreground the projection is reflected in a fountain. Spotlights rise into the sky.
  • The castle of Karlsruhe illuminates in yellow-orange hues. In the foreground the facade is reflected in the water of the fountain. The evening sky has already darkened.

Impressions of the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE 2022

Overview
  • On view is the opening of the Schlosslichtspiele. The Karlsruhe Castle leuctet under the motto Music 4 Life, which is projected on the facade.
  • You can see the colorfully illuminated facade of the Karlsruhe Baroque Palace.
  • You can see the illuminated facade of the Karlsruhe Baroque Palace in the colors blue and yellow.
  • In the background you can see the illuminated facade of Karlsruhe Castle. A blue sky is projected over a landscape of trees with a waterfall. In the foreground the projection is reflected in a fountain. Spotlights rise into the sky.
  • The castle of Karlsruhe illuminates in yellow-orange hues. In the foreground the facade is reflected in the water of the fountain. The evening sky has already darkened.

Impressions of the new shows at the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE 2022

Open Gallery
  • The globe lights up on the facade of Karlsruhe Castle. Two spotlights shine over the audience.
    Atelier v3 »Resilience«
  • Karlsruhe Castle illuminates in a blue-green plant pattern. You can also see the many people sitting in the audience.
    Atelier v3 »Resilience«
  • In the foreground you can see the audience that was present at the opening of the Schlosslichtspiele. Projected on the castle you can see a lot of colorful hands rising from the ground.
    Detlef Heusinger »ODE. Im Lauf der Zeit«
  • In the foreground you can see the audience that was present at the opening of the Schlosslichtspiele. Projected on the castle you can see a face reminiscent of Medusa, because the head has snakes instead of hair.
    Detlef Heusinger »ODE. Im Lauf der Zeit«
  • The brightly lit castle stands out strongly against the black night sky. Something resembling a sun can be seen, its rays stretching over the castle.
    HOTARU VISUAL GUERRILLA »Plethora«
  • The brightly lit castle stands out strongly against the black night sky. You can see an abstract pattern in white and red, which stretches across the lap.
    HOTARU VISUAL GUERRILLA »Plethora«
  • Colorful abstract shapes stretch across the castle and form various structures.
    Leonie Oridt »Reframing the Structures«
  • The black sky as a background highlights the brightly lit castle. Karlsruhe Castle illuminates in various shades of purple and pink, exploiting the structures of the castle to create geometric patterns.
    Leonie Oridt »Reframing the Structures«
  • In this picture Karlsruhe castle lights up colorful in a comic style. Yellow spotlights shine in the black sky. Spectators fill the lawn in front of the castle.
    Maxin10sity »GenER/REations«
  • The castle lights up in a color combination of blue, purple and pink tones. Depicted is a face under a mask, which runs outward in geometric shapes. Purple spotlights illuminate the sky.
    Maxin10sity »GenER/REations«
  • You can see the facade of the Karlsruhe Castle. Projected on it is a rainbow with spotlights shining in the black sky.
    Peter Weibel und Nikolaus Völzow »Wir Menschen sind Fische im Exil«
  • The lock lights up red. In the center you can see a lava outpouring from a vilkan. The sky is black and gives a contrast to the bright castle. The spectators are lit by small spotlights on the way to the castle.
    Peter Weibel und Nikolaus Völzow »Wir Menschen sind Fische im Exil«

Impressions of the new shows at the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE 2022

Overview
  • The globe lights up on the facade of Karlsruhe Castle. Two spotlights shine over the audience.
    Atelier v3 »Resilience«
  • Karlsruhe Castle illuminates in a blue-green plant pattern. You can also see the many people sitting in the audience.
    Atelier v3 »Resilience«
  • In the foreground you can see the audience that was present at the opening of the Schlosslichtspiele. Projected on the castle you can see a lot of colorful hands rising from the ground.
    Detlef Heusinger »ODE. Im Lauf der Zeit«
  • In the foreground you can see the audience that was present at the opening of the Schlosslichtspiele. Projected on the castle you can see a face reminiscent of Medusa, because the head has snakes instead of hair.
    Detlef Heusinger »ODE. Im Lauf der Zeit«
  • The brightly lit castle stands out strongly against the black night sky. Something resembling a sun can be seen, its rays stretching over the castle.
    HOTARU VISUAL GUERRILLA »Plethora«
  • The brightly lit castle stands out strongly against the black night sky. You can see an abstract pattern in white and red, which stretches across the lap.
    HOTARU VISUAL GUERRILLA »Plethora«
  • Colorful abstract shapes stretch across the castle and form various structures.
    Leonie Oridt »Reframing the Structures«
  • The black sky as a background highlights the brightly lit castle. Karlsruhe Castle illuminates in various shades of purple and pink, exploiting the structures of the castle to create geometric patterns.
    Leonie Oridt »Reframing the Structures«
  • In this picture Karlsruhe castle lights up colorful in a comic style. Yellow spotlights shine in the black sky. Spectators fill the lawn in front of the castle.
    Maxin10sity »GenER/REations«
  • The castle lights up in a color combination of blue, purple and pink tones. Depicted is a face under a mask, which runs outward in geometric shapes. Purple spotlights illuminate the sky.
    Maxin10sity »GenER/REations«
  • You can see the facade of the Karlsruhe Castle. Projected on it is a rainbow with spotlights shining in the black sky.
    Peter Weibel und Nikolaus Völzow »Wir Menschen sind Fische im Exil«
  • The lock lights up red. In the center you can see a lava outpouring from a vilkan. The sky is black and gives a contrast to the bright castle. The spectators are lit by small spotlights on the way to the castle.
    Peter Weibel und Nikolaus Völzow »Wir Menschen sind Fische im Exil«
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