The route of light

Enikő Dörfler: Barbican's smile

The Barbican's Smile is a puppet animation project, within the framework of which the building will be transformed into a huge dollhouse with a gothic atmosphere for the duration of the festival. At first, you can only take a look at the castle itself, and when the wall opens, you can get to know its inhabitants as well.

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Projection technology partner: Fényhangár
Projection technology mentor: László Pala Papp

Javier Riera (ES): Dimensions of light

The aim of the work is to create a meditative atmosphere through a minimalist, yet highly effective, hypnotic visual experience. The beauty of Javier Riera's work lies in its simplicity, based on the projection of geometric drawings projected on semi-translucent textile layers arranged in parallel.

Geometric shapes symbolize the order of our inner nature, which connects our self with nature, leading to a higher state of perception and a sense of wholeness.

The shapes are made with the help of mathematical programs, into which golden ratios, Fibonacci sequences and other numerical relationships found in nature are built.

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Francesca Macciò (IT): Chasing Love

Chasing Love is a little love story between two colors trying to reach each other.
When they finally get together, they will become wonderful, colorful music.
The piece speaks about two parts that, despite the obstacles, 
find the way to become one thing together.

MárkusZínház Puppet Theatre: On the wings of shadows...

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Mohammed Nur: Afterimage

This year's creator of the Light Carpet is Mohammed Nur, the head of the Anuri graphic and design studio in Budapest.
Seemingly there is nothing there – yet it is outlined. The deletion is incomplete: the contour is preserved.

Projection technology partner: Night Projection

Bálint Gévai / Headlamp Visual: Neurocosmos

Neurocosmos is an audiovisual spatial experience that allows us to feel part of a complex network system. Standing in the middle of Széchenyi Square, the visitor is placed in the middle of a floating world, surrounded by the conscious, the subconscious and the unconscious as a colourful network.

In addition to the micro-world of neurons and neural networks, the panoramic projection is also reminiscent of outer space. The visual world draws parallels between the structure of the human brain and the structure of the universe: the microscopic details of our bodies and distant galaxies show similar patterns.

Moving images generated by digital painting and artificial intelligence shape the façade of the buildings of Széchenyi Square, while neurons, cells and cosmic patterns are outlined. 

The further we look, the closer we get to mapping ourselves. Step in and merge with the light – be part of the collective consciousness that operates the networks.

Music: Dániel Csapó Elf
Projection technology partner: Gonzo Visuals
Supported by: Pétáv Kft.

Kőrös Attila Márk: Interconnection 

Interconnection is an audiovisual video installation that presents the passage of time and the interconnectedness of human experiences in an abstract way. At the heart of the installation is a dynamic system of 700,000 points of light, symbolizing the hours of an average person's life.

These points of light are in constant motion and randomly connected to each other, pointing out the unpredictability of life and the chain of events that form an invisible network. Random interactions between points of light show that even the smallest, seemingly insignificant moments can create waves, that shape our lives and relationships.

With its conceptual depth and visual complexity, Interconnection transforms the intangible phenomenon of the flow of time into a tangible experience. The installation emphasizes the connection between time and events, while it provides a meditative space for viewers to immerse themselves in the fragile balance and harmony of life.

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Horváth Erzsébet: Field

Erzsébet Horváth is a sculptor and artist from Pécs. He graduated from the Faculty of Arts of the University of Pécs, where he also obtained his DLA degree. He also studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where he studied art therapy and sculpture. His work is characterized by the use of materials, the sensitive examination of light and shadow relationships and spatial perception. He has participated in numerous national and international solo and group exhibitions. His publications also deal with questions of art theory. He is a member of several professional organizations, including MAOE, VUdAK and the International Kepes Society. She also curates, teaches and participates in art residencies in Hungary and abroad.

Cooperating partner: LOKART, Nick Gallery

LOKART Contemporary Art Biennial on view from 26.06.2025 to 21.09.2025

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Encor Studio (CH): Alcove LTD

Márkus Theatre, a Between the isolation, emergence and transformation of a space and its audience that interacts with it.
This artwork uses a twenty foot recycled container as a canvas.
The audience's perspectives are blurred by liquid crystal films that reveal, hide, blur and compose a 360 degree environment.
A true light box, the installation plays with contrasts and masking of light sources. The spectators gather and see each other around the work...
Before being separated by opaque bars. Once illuminated, they find themselves inside the work through a reflection effect in the glass...
The barriers then close, taking them into the work. 

Encor Studio

ENCOR is an art studio founded in 2016 by swiss artists Mirko Eremita, David Houncheringer , Valerio Spoletini & Manuel Oberholzer.

They use light and acoustics as messenger and symbolic value to project themselves into a world which like the properties of light itself are still mainly mysterious and out of reach of our full understanding.

Their work documents our place in time by creating kinetic sculptures, motion design, contemporary architecture, installation art, sound visualizations and its distributions. By developing and combining their own tools and technologies with social processes and high- and lo-fi materials they redefine the limits of all used mediums.

The very strong group identity is built upon each member contributing his own skill set and sensibilities when approaching each project.

This work can be visited on July 4, 5 and 6 from 12:00 noon.

Sponsored by: Waberer's

Filip Roca & Zarko Komar (EM-SB): Stardust

Arriving at a sprawling international airport, looking at people consumed by where they’ve come from or where they’re going, one may be overwhelmed, as if existing slightly outside of time. Contemplating the notion of proportion becomes inescapable amidst such surroundings. The inspiration for Stardust comes from the experience evoked by being together in public spaces. Although the form is technical, it always includes the poetic. It’s an immersive audio-visual experience best partaken in groups, verging on the idea that empathy, both in communal and personal contexts, can pave the path towards a more expansive transformation.This piece illustrates the formation of essential elements that constitute ourselves and our surroundings using generative dynamic particle systems. Looking at the stars, what you see probably happened millions of years ago, yet it feels so close. Filip Roca plays with this idea with help from Zarko Komar’s composition and sound design, hinting at universal laws that we can only awe in wonder.
 
This work can be visited on July 4, 5 and 6 from 12:00 noon.
Sponsor: ÁRKÁD Pécs Shopping Center

LaLuz Visuals: Watermovements 

"The inspiration for the performance is water and its manifestations, and dance.
On our planet, water is present in boundless diversity, everywhere it is a fundamental and inexhaustible source of life. The patterns of its movement – such as waterfalls, ripples, waves, evaporation, fog – are sources of inspiration. We follow these natural phenomena manifested in different states with the medium of dance.
Dance is a form of human expression that connects us in our honest, liberated moments, spanning cultures and countries. We visualize the dance movements and vibrations born from observing the movement of the water, and then transform them into rhythm and image."

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Bence Farkasinszki (Benze): Francis 

In Memoriam. 

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Zoltán Mizsei, Lili Anna Mizsei & Péter Kühn / Glowing Bulbs: Fragile circles

Meditative cruise through the dome

Fragile Circles is a continuous dive from the tiny details of the reality around us – the dome itself – towards the unconscious, through shadow and light, to get back to the present with a slow return. The main component of the music played in the dome space is the human voice, the visual world built on real photographs using analogue technology. Muslim and early Christian sung prayers, free-flowing melodies, and musical motifs reflecting on the proportions and patterns of the dome complete the journey of inner light-sound.

visuals: Lili Anna Mizsei and Péter Kühn/Glowing Bulbs
sound: Zoltán Mizsei
curators: Rozi Mákó and Kiégő Izzók

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This work can be visited on July 4, 5 and 6 from 12:00 noon.

Vince Varga: Lighted are the torches

The mythical story of the boys who have become deer comes to life in a grandiose, immersive installation: during the virtual journey taking place in the tulle forest growing on the stage of the Concert Hall, we find ourselves in the thickets of the Mecsek Mountains and in the familiar squares of Pécs, the visually captivating and emotionally moving experience places the plot of the centuries-old Bartók myth in a contemporary context.

The questions inherent in the story, which comes to life in the voice of Béla Bartók, invite us to transformative deepening: what can hide the possibility of renewal today? What is our relationship to becoming a real adult? Have we already experienced our inner freedom? Do we live our days with self-identity? What can be the bridge between urban people and nature, between the ordinary and the renewing, between the real and the mystical? What does it mean and where do we look for the pure source?

Director: Vince Varga
3D and VFX artist: Máté Birkás
Lighting designer: Tamás Bányai
Composer and sound designer: Gábor Keresztes
3D scan: Greypixel Geometrics

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Projection technology partner: EPSON, Harman

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This venue can be visited on 4, 5 and 6 July, from 12:00 noon.

Yasuhiro Chida (JP): Analemma 

Countless particles of light float around the viewer. White threads weave into three-dimensional, polygonal shapes as clear rays of light emerge on the ground, then grow upwards and disappear.

The deceptively simple structure of Yasuhiro Chida's work creates countless complex light phenomena. The visitor can experience the light phenomena by walking along the path leading through the artwork, or they can stop to contemplate the artwork for a longer period of time.

Chida creates beauty in a space that cannot be touched or seen in its entirety. We have all been to a place – be it in nature or in the built environment – where we felt inexplicable relief. Analemma seeks to depict this beauty in three-dimensional space and brings this experience close to the viewer.

Yasuhiro Chida creates stunning light installations that explore awareness of the transformations of three-dimensional space and bodily perception. His works are rooted in his experiences as a mountaineer and ice climber. Chida's work has been presented at numerous international light festivals and light art exhibitions. Among his most outstanding achievements is the establishment of a spatial art museum in the city of Tatsuno, in the Japanese province of Nagano.

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This venue can be visited on 4, 5 and 6 July, from 12:00 noon.

DRUKKER: Floating and Flow

Between the Kodály Centre and the Zsolnay Quarter lie the Balokány Park, the lake and the former bath.
 
The open-air bath next to Lake Balokány was first built in 1853, and the largest renovation took place in 1933. The hugely popular beach had its golden age in the sixties and seventies, but closed in the early eighties.

In 2011, a civil initiative was launched to tidy up Balokány Park and develop it with family and community functions. Their work has been crowned with many successes, in recent years the lake stage has been renovated, a children's playground has been built, and most recently, the legendary Pepita Café has been enriched with a garden with a nostalgic atmosphere.

The teams of the Light Festival, Drukker and Aquaprofit Zrt. will join this initiative to make the ivy-covered façade of the main building of the Balokány Bath shine in its old and new light on the nights of the festival.

Supported by: Aquaprofit Zrt.
Cooperating partner: Association for the Balokány Park
Projection partner: Night Projection

PTE MK Light Course

LIGHT ART CAMP

MOME Media Design: Video Mapping Workshop
LIGHT ART CAMP

Workshop leader: Zádor Tamás / Glowing Bulbs
Music: Adam Salman feat. Sanyi
Participants: Barna Nóra, Barta Imola, Horváth Adrienn, Nagy Sára Miriam, Pálinkás-Szűcs Emili, Péri Gergő Gábor, Rósz Anna, Takács Bori, Tóth Katinka, Vészi Samu
Pálfalusi Attila, Molnár Júlia Dóra

Bódis Dávid: LightGarden
LIGHT ART CAMP

Today's people believe that the existence beyond the body, without a body, is mostly discovered in technology and virtual reality. However, the exit from oneself is completed by merging with the great, collective consciousness of nature, symbolic blossoming and rooting in eternity. Return to the Garden – the light carpet I designed illustrates this spiritual quest with a series of different surreal human-plant entanglements, and at the same time invites us to a dreamlike walk in the garden so that we too can blossom along the Route of Light.

Eper Digital: Loop 

LOOP is a torus-shaped installation that does not emit its own light, but distorts its surroundings and reflects it back, thus manipulating our perception.

The sculpture-like work, which is almost 9 meters wide and 3 meters high, moves our imagination using the symbolism of the ring and the mirror.

A torus is a three-dimensional shape that most closely resembles a circular ring. This shape is usually associated in physics with the magnetic fields generated by the current in the coils, the magnetic or electric field that takes the shape of a torus.

The toroidal shape is seen as a model of how energy flows in the universe.

It symbolizes a loop of continuous energy, suggesting that energy is constantly circulating and renewing.
 
The shape of the ring has a rich symbolism, embodying themes of love, unity, protection, and natural cycles in life. The mirror has historically been the first tool of virtuality or augmented reality, not only duplicating reality, but also capable of transforming it.

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Varga Balázs: Center Point 

The center: the meeting of light and algorithm, where technology-driven glow creates a focal point and visual balance at the heart of the space.

Center Point is an innovative light installation that focuses on the interaction of space and light. At the heart of the installation is a robotic arm that emphasizes the dynamics of light with its precise movement and control. The laser and robotic lights create unique lighting effects that are constantly changing, giving every viewer a new experience.

The immersive sound system of the artwork creates an immersive atmosphere in harmony with the combination of light and movement. The different sounds and light shows together allow the viewer to explore a journey of discovery, where the center is not only the physical center of the space, but also the inner spiritual focused state.

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Projection technology partner and sponsor: Harman
Audio Partner and Supporter: Adamson

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This venue can be visited on 4, 5 and 6 July, from 12:00 noon.

Berényi Boglárka: Light Bearers
LIGHT ART CAMP

The installation titled "Light Bearers" combines elements of sculpture and light art. Its concept means the discovery of inner light, the progress towards enlightenment. He depicts light as an intangible, elemental force with which the human figures forming the flowchart try to identify - the first offers it, the second becomes conscious, and the third figure encompasses light.

The sculptures are made of papier-mâché, which is made of recycled paper.

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Szécsényi-Nagy Loránd: Light Wave Modulator
LIGHT ARTIST CAMP

The installation examines the cosmic redshift, the discovery of which provided clear evidence of the accelerating expansion of the Universe.

The redshift of light, which can be detected by astronomical instruments, is due to the Doppler effect and the expansion of the Universe. The path of light coming to us from a distant celestial body increases as it travels due to the expansion of the universe, so its wavelength is elongated and its color shifts towards red.

The installation uses a mirror and liquid to break down the light of the lamp integrated into its structure into the colors of the rainbow, which is then disassembled into colors by moving a cylinder with a reflective metal surface. Through its cyclic motion, the structure always projects a specific range of colors and reflects all the colors of the generated rainbow in turn. In this way, the installation evokes the colour shift of light as it crosses the cosmos.

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MOME Media Design & CAU Virtual Convergence College: Immersive Beats - Audio-Visual Projects

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Koza Petra: The secret life of the playground

In this strange playground, toys come to life under the cover of night and take on exciting, vibrant colors in ultraviolet light. In the darkness, a new, unusual world unfolds, which invites all explorers young and old to adventure.

Kálmán Mátyás & Kiss Patrik: Microcosmos

This interactive installation uses the power of artificial intelligence to present visitors with ever-changing visual images generated in real time. Participants directly control the dynamics of the image stream through their movements and postures, inspired by the meticulous details of macrophotography and the microscopic world of nature.

The work aims to explore the aesthetic and structural richness of invisible nature while encouraging the visitor to actively participate.

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Szilágyi Csilla & Pala Papp László: Mosaic eyes

"Our installation is based on the analogy of the compound eyes of insects. The work was created from the triple unity of glass-concrete-light. The artwork reacts interactively to the approach of visitors. With the help of special sensors, the eyes follow the movement of the audience. The triangular-hexagonal structure, which often occurs in nature, is the basis of the composition, which can be observed, for example, in the microscopic image of the muslinca's compound eye. This work is also a visual reference to the guardian beings appearing in the angelic hierarchy, who constantly watch, keep an eye on, and follow the activities of people with many eyes. We can also associate it with the continuous observation/control presence provided by modern technologies."
 
A widespread construction principle in Csilla Szilágyi's sculptural works is the triangular grid structure, which appears here with strict geometric precision. Sandblasted optical lenses have been placed in the eyes of the 2.5 cm concrete grid, on which media artist László Pala Papp projects moving eyeballs.
 
Music / looper: Papp Mukunda

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Németh Konkrét Gábor: Media complex dynamics and others

Gábor Konkrét Németh, the host of the Kultikum Director's House in Budafok, not only organizes large-scale exhibitions and other attractions in his complex, but also creates kinetic light objects himself. His work is characterized by the reuse of raw materials and components, often from industrial waste, which regularly have emblematic antecedents.

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