Planetariums take us to unknown, mysterious places – usually distant stars or foreign planets. But what about the infinite vastness of art and fantasy here on earth? From 11.–13.09.2020 the Zeiss Planetarium is being transformed into a gallery of the future, showing video and sound installations within its giant dome for the Berliner Festspiele’s “The New Infinity” as part of the Immersion series. What might a VR simulation of a psychedelic experience look like? And what is the nature of human existence? Works by artists including Jan Kounen, Caterina Barbieri and Ruben Spini provide answers for this by focusing on “visual music”, where musical structures are translated into visual images. Starting things off is a reimagining of light artist Thomas Wilfred’s meditative symphonies of color which connect art and technology. Meanwhile David OReilly’s new work “The End of Stories” deals with personal accounts of people during the lockdown. Topping things off are full-dome audio-visual performances by Agnieszka Polska, Robert Lippok and Lucas Gutierrez. (Text: Olga Potschernina / Kunst: Makusu Matsutake, Robert Lippok, Lucas Gutierrez & David Oreilly / Fotos: Michael Nast)
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“The New Infinity” at the Zeiss Planetarium, Prenzlauer Allee 80, 10405 Berlin–Prenzlauer Berg; map
The Berliner Festspiele’s Immersion series also includes the summer project Down to Earth, running until 13.09.2020 at Gropius Bau.
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