LichtRouten 2010 - Forum of Light in Fine Art and Design

Lichtrouten
International Forum of Light in Fine Art and Design
Lüdenscheid, Germany
24.9.-3.10.2010

Wunderkammers of Light
From September 24th to October 3rd, 2010, the fifth edition of the LichtRouten takes place in the public space of Luedenscheid. In the exhibition, art and design works which show excellence in the use of light as material or media, are presented throughout the city's center.
In 2010 works by Armsrock, Gudrun Barenbrock, Katherine Berndt, Christian and Andreas Breil Ermisch, Ghiju Diaz de Leon, Ali Heshmati and Lars-Meeß Olsohn with Philip Sydow, Olga Kisseleva, Thorbjørn Lausten, Dominik Lejman, Ocubo, Stefan Reusse, Sigrid Sandmann, Gebhard Sengmüller, Ursula Scherrer and Kurt Laurenz Theinert as well as by RaumZeitPiraten are on display. All works are created site-specific or adapted to the specifics of the locations. For the first time, the large-scale projections of Armsrock from Denmark, Ghiju Diaz de Leon from Mexico and Ocubo from Portugal are to be shown in Germany. New artistic concepts come from Ali Heshmati, Lars-Meeß Olsohn and Philip Sydow, Olga Kisseleva and Sylvain Reynal and Thorbjørn Lausten.
 In the choice of locations for the installations and interventions, the focus of LichtRouten 2010 is the development of the city during the industrialization, which since the mid-18th century has given the city a very unique face. The old administration building, the old district court, the old post office, the first department store, selected factories and selected houses and the landmark "Schützenhalle" (translates as "shooting gallery") date from the period of promoterism. In the artistic approach emerges a dialogue between past and present and in the collage of technical-industrial, economic, sociocultural and artistic values the art and design works act as a "double exposure" offering stunning sites and insights. (Press text). For more information: www.lichtrouten.de

 Film by Thomas Schielke