Christopher Bauder is light artist, designer and CEO at the same time.
Christopher Bauder (*1973) is the Creative Director of design studio WHITEvoid, which he founded after completing his studies at the Berlin University of the Arts. In addition to his managerial role, he is ever furthering his career and passion as a light and media artist across the world. Bauder is also the founder and Managing Director of the innovative lighting technology manufacturer KINETIC LIGHTS.
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Above all else, Bauder is best known for his expansive light art installations. In 2014 along with his brother Marc, he was responsible for the project LICHTGRENZE. The extensive outdoor installation was realized as part of the fall of the Berlin Wall’s 25th anniversary, and stretched over 15 km along the wall’s former route. In total, almost 8,000 balloon steles were specially developed and manufactured for the occasion by Christopher Bauder and his studio WHITEvoid.
Photo: Martin Diephold
Christopher Bauder, WHITEvoid, and KINETIC LIGHTS have already exhibited their installations and performances in many places around the world, including at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, MUTEK Festival Montreal, CTM and Transmediale Berlin, Festival of Lights Lyon, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, and the National Center for the Performing Arts in Beijing. His latest project SKALAR, conceived alongside music producer Kangding Ray, has already received more than 200,000 visitors in Berlin, Zurich, Amsterdam, and Mexico City.
TECHNOLOGY
DARK MATTER redefines the interfaces between technology, creativity and interaction in order to create space for personal sensory experiences.
The exhibition introduces new and technical concepts, most of which will be made visible to the public for the very first time.
The employed technologies, such as KINETIC LIGHTS' computer-controlled synchronized winches and light elements, and the completely new HOLOPLOT 3D soundsystem, represent the absolute highest levels of modern technology. The groundbreaking combination makes DARK MATTER a unique high-tech location for audiovisual spatial experiences.
DARK MATTER also functions as a research laboratory in which the interactions between these new technologies can be further analyzed and optimized. Each visit is thus a snapshot of what is currently technically possible and at the same time an outlook on the media technologies of the future.
It is only through the cooperation of the companies involved that DARK MATTER can become an experience that reaches the extreme limits of what is technically possible. And in some cases, becoming something that even redefines these possibilities.
PARTNERS
Through the support of our strong partners we can offer our visitors a unique experience at the highest technical standard. As a result, DARK MATTER becomes a memorable audiovisual experience always at the cutting edge of technology.
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