XFEL: Lighthouse: Big stage for first art exhibition
Lighthouse: Big stage for first art exhibition
Artist Kalle Maukel explains how he invented the concept of wire-sculptures at the vernissage at the Lighthouse. Photo: European XFEL
The mayor of Schenefeld, Christiane Küchenhof, who had Boris Vogeler (sound) and Werner Jarmatz (light) explain the technical tricks behind the illuminated wire sculptures. Photo: European XFEL
As host, the Chairman of the European XFEL Management Board, Prof. Dr Thomas Feurer, took the guests on a journey to the interfaces of art and science, of the visible and the invisible.
The exhibition ‘Strahlzeit’ can be seen in the Lighthouse on the European XFEL campus until 30 January 2025. Admission is free. Photography is expressly permitted.
European XFEL Managing Director Prof. Dr. Thomas Feurer greeted the audience with a short talk about the interfaces of science and art. Photo: European XFEL
Opening hours:
Monday: closed
Tuesday: 10.00-15.30
Wednesday: 10.00-15.30
Thursday: 10.00-17.30 (on 12 December only until 15.00)
Friday: 10.00-15.30
The ever-changing sculptures can be seen until 31 January 2025. Foto: European XFEL
Background:
Vernissage Strahlzeit: Well Wired Team - science and art in dialogue
In the recently opened European XFEL exhibition and conference centre Lighthouse, the artist team Well Wired Team led by Kalle Maukel (fabrication), Werner Jarmatz (light) and Boris Vogeler (sound) is showing three expansive wire objects. They are inspired by molecular structures and representations of so-called electron densities, which are being researched at the European XFEL. The surfaces of the three-dimensional wire objects serve as reflection surfaces for several projectors.
This creates three-dimensional, moving motifs that correspond to the molecular structures and electron densities on the one hand and have a pleasantly graceful, captivating and calming effect on the other.
European XFEL and the Well Wired team want to make the invisible visible. They show how fascinating new creations emerge from a kind of ‘dimensional leap’ of a three-dimensional body onto an irregularly shaped (two-dimensional) projection surface.
The installation is accompanied by sounds that emphasise the atmosphere of the artistic action, but at the same time represent an independent element. Light and sound complement each other and emphasise their respective effects.
