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Celebrating 20 years of light art in Unna

Zentrum für Lichtkunst
Zentrum für Lichtkunst
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Light plays an essential role in how we feel and perceive the world. In a literal sense, light means life. Without it, there would be no existence.

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Me [in Dialogue], 2005, Photograph: Frank Vinken; Tunnel of Tears, 2002; Photograph: Frank Vinken; Third Breath, 2005; Photograph: Frank Vinken

Colour is the wonderment of light - Marc Van Halsendaele
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The Signature of the Word, 2001, Photography by Frank Vinken; Lotus Shadow, 2006; Photograph: Frank Vinken

While it is ZfIL’s mission to pay respect to the masters of the past, it is also our goal to showcase and celebrate its future. As the world and technology change around us, it is our duty to explore new forms and the potential for digital integration along with the tools and crafts of light art founders.
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The Reflecting Corridor, 2002, Image by Werner J. Hannappel

A work is only complete when the spectator becomes engulfed and experiences the exhibition. In this sense, it could be said that light art creators and dark sky advocates are not polar opposites but one and the same as they both support the controlling of light to keep our night skies as they are intended to be.