SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe 2024

From August 15 to September 15, the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe will enter its 10th edition. The baroque palace façade will once again be the projection surface for sensational media art, which has attracted more than two million visitors to the UNESCO City of Media Arts in recent years. Under the title »Everybody Counts«, the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE will focus in particular on the topics of law, freedom and democracy, as the Grundgesetz turns 75.

Right next to Karlsruhe Palace is the Federal Constitutional Court, the place where our constitution is interpreted and defended. It is therefore only natural that the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Light Festival Karlsruhe will focus on law, freedom and democracy in the anniversary year and that Karlsruhe, the Residence of Law and the UNESCO City of Media Arts will merge together in the projections on the palace façade. While artists and collectives will focus on individual aspects under the umbrella term »law« in their projection mapping works, the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe will be held under the overarching motto »Everybody counts«.

»More than ever, as the world seems increasingly polarized and embattled, we need to come together as people, to gather in a place where we all have a voice, where we are all respected and where we are all heard,« says Alistair Hudson, Scientific-Artistic Chairman of ZKM | Karlsruhe. »Being able to contribute and participate equally, with full rights and fearless hearts, is the foundation of democracy. This is a place where everybody counts.«

So it will be interesting to see which new shows will light up the façade of Karlsruhe Palace. And, of course, you will also be able to admire full-length shows from previous years on the façade. In addition to well-known groups such as the Hungarian artist collective Maxin10sity, the 10th edition will feature the three best-placed works of the BBBank Award as well as a new show by Simone Serlenga and his Overlapping Studio: last year, they explored artificial intelligence in their show »AI+GA«, and their new work won the dm Award »Connecting worlds« for works that combine digital and analog space.

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