The Future of Light Art: Ana María Cetto | Light within and the future of Light Art

Light is a messenger from the universe. The arts are the messengers of light.  

Everything we know, we know from light – that is the claim by astrophysics at least. One thing is clear: From quantum optics (»The Angular Momentum of Light«) to chronobiology, from nano-optics to photonics, a new frontier of scientific research on the nature of light is emerging. These options, which offer us new theories and practices of light, from biophysical chemistry to the lithosphere, also have an impact on artistic possibilities. 

For this reason, renowned experts and institutions from the sciences and arts of light met at the symposium „The Future of Light Art“ at the ZKM | Karlsruhe from February 8 - 9th, 2018, to open up the new horizon of the light spectrum in an exchange of experiences.

Prof. Ana María Cetto is research professor in Physics and head of the Museum on Light of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Her main research area is in the foundations of quantum mechanics (interaction of light and matter).

Video documentary:

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Camera: Frenz Jordt
Live-Editing: Moritz Büchner
Editing: Andy Koch