Author: Helena Horn

Worlds of Light between Neuroscience and Cognition

At the very beginning of his career, Warren Neidich (*1958, New York/USA) posed the question of how profoundly our thinking is shaped by images, media, and structures of power. To this day, his practice operates at the intersection of art, neuroscience, and political theory. Warren Neidich harnesses light, neon, and projection to make perception and cognition tangible, revealing how sensory experience, neural processes, and social conditions intersect.

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Termin: 2026

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The 9th edition of the LIT Lighting Design Awards celebrates the winners

The winners of the LIT Lighting Design Awards 2025 showcase the outstanding achievements of international lighting designers, artists, and manufacturers. The winners demonstrate vividly that light remains one of the most powerful tools for shaping how we see, feel, and connect with the world.

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Termin: 2025

Adresse: LIT Lighting Design Awards 2025

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ILO » Urban Tales in Light and Shadow

The International Light Festivals Organisation (ILO) is a global alliance of light festivals, artists and experts dedicated to illuminating public spaces with creativity, innovation and impact. Uniting visionaries from across cultures, ILO fosters collaboration and exchange at the vibrant crossroads of art, design, technology and urban life. → Read more

Termin: ILO AGM 2025 on 24th October

Adresse: Graz _ AT

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Walter Giers » Just do it!

Walter Giers is counted among the pioneers of electronic art. His interactive objects, sound, and light installations fuse constructivism, kinetics, and light art into ..

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Termin: 19.10.2025 - 19.04.2026

Adresse: Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch/DE

Light Art from the Marli Hoppe-Ritter Collection

To mark its 20th anniversary, Museum Ritter celebrates light in all its facets. Around twenty selected works from the Marli Hoppe-Ritter Collection — spanning from the 1960s to today — reveal how light, as material, medium, and metaphor ..

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Termin: 19.10.2025 - 19.04.2026

Adresse: Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch/DE

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» Happy Birthday – 10 Years!

The Essen Light Festival is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. What began as a small, experimental event in the northern part of the city center has since evolved into a spectacular event – not only in North Rhine-Westphalia, but far beyond.
For this special anniversary edition, visitors can look forward to 17 impressive light installations, video mappings, and shows spread throughout the entire city center.

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Termin: 2025

Adresse: Essen / Germany

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Where light meets space, experimental media art begins

For more than fifteen years, OchoReSotto has been creating immersive installations, video art, and large-scale projections – both analogue and digital. Spaces and places are immersed in a transformed light, with the surfaces of architecture as well as natural and landscape elements becoming an integral part of the artistic statement. The resulting works move between conceptual rigour and atmospheric intensity, opening up new forms of perception.

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Adresse: Graz _ AT

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