The Center for International Light Art (ZfIL) in Unna is celebrating its 20th anniversary! Since it was founded in 2001, the 3,000 m 2 area of ​​the former basement of the Lindenbrauerei has been regularly used with international light art. 

The <a href="https://www.lichtkunst-unna.de/">ZfIL</a> is the first and only museum in the world that exclusively focuses on the presentation of light art. From the outset, pioneering, international contributions to light art are brought together and immersive exhibition worlds are created.&nbsp;The museum&#39;s exhibition space is now divided into a top-class permanent exhibition with its own collection and rooms for temporary exhibitions.

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The light course &quot;Dutch (De) Light&quot; invites you to go on a journey of discovery through the city center, in search of light <a href="https://www.lofficiel.at/en/categories/art-and-culture">art</a>. Designed as an evening city walk, the light trail leads to ten different locations in Unna&#39;s city center. There they wait to surprise&nbsp;visitors in unexpected corners, such as small alleys and underpasses.

With the help of a private light Parcours city map, the visitor can explore the works of art independently. Curated by the Dutch guest curators Loes Diephuis and John Prop, ten Dutch works by artists are showing theirs: Nicky Assmann, Tamar Frank, Femke Schaap, Joris Strijbos, Philipp Vermeulen and Peter Vink. Three expansive light art installations conquer the museum and create a wide variety of experience spaces. What all three works have in common is that they fundamentally change the space. In this way, visitors can have sensual experiences as they walk through the worlds of light, which make them forget time and place.

Adela Andea: Primordial Garden . Flex-Neon, CCF light, plexiglass, foam. Exhibition view, Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL, USA, 2014. © Adela Andea

The artist Adela Andea (US) is known for her unusual, technoid light sculptures. With the installation &ldquo;Chaos Incarnate&rdquo;, Andea will create a room full of psychedelic, brightly colored lights on site for six weeks. They form irregular and meandering structures that pour over the old stone walls and the floor, constantly crossing and confusing. The visitor, drawn in by the shrill, glowing chaos of light, will find it difficult to escape the radiant energy of &ldquo;Chaos Incarnate&rdquo;.

Adela Andea: Lux Lumens and Candelas. LED-Licht, Plexiglas, Fresnel-Linsen. Ausstellungsansicht, Women and Their Work, Austin, TX, USA, 2014. © Adela Andea

The installation &ldquo;Spectrum (Frame Version)&rdquo; by Olivier Ratsi (FR) also plays with the entire color spectrum of the rainbow and confronts the visitor with a series of 20 LED frames that seem to float in space with mathematical precision. The color of each frame slowly changes from magenta to purple. Pulsating up and down in one, comparable to the human breath or the waves on the beach, the light composition approaches the viewer. A soundscape enhances the sensory experience and interaction. The spatial perspectives are constantly shifting.

Olivier Ratsi: Frame Perspective. LED, Holz, Software, 8 Audio-Kanäle. 30 x 2,4 x 30m, Hersteller: Crossed Lab. © Olivier Ratsi

The third highlight of the exhibition is the audiovisual joint work &ldquo;Plane Scape&rdquo; by the four artists Wolf Bittner (DE), Lyndsey Housden (UK), Yoko Seyama (JP) and Jeroen Uyttendaele (BE). What is special is that the installation was exhibited on the museum&#39;s 10th anniversary. The unique joint project of the four artists left the visitors enthusiastic and so Jaspers saw the occasion to bring this spectacular work to Unna again. &quot;Plane Scape&quot; is a walkable forest made of thousands of white rubber bands, which forms a labyrinthine grid from vertical lines. Images of a moving, abstract landscape are projected onto the tapes, accompanied by a six-channel sound composition. The environment changes constantly and the viewer gradually loses orientation in the midst of the streams of light and sound.

Let there be light: How the city of Unna became a centre of light art

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