Visitors sitting on the floor of the Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig hall, walls and ceiling covered in projected white and violet patterns

360° INSTALLATION

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Immersive Experience
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INTRO

Gasworks, power station, district heating plant, and since 2016 a house for digital art: in October 2021 the Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig hosted Bright Festival Connect, and XENORAMA brought a 360° installation.

Built in 1863 to supply gas to the districts of Lindenau and Plagwitz, the building was converted in 1900 to generate electricity for Leipzig's new electric trams, with five brown-coal steam engines. From 1964 it belonged to VEB Energiekombinat Leipzig and delivered heat until it was shut down in 1992. It stood unused for two decades before reopening as a centre for immersive art (Kunstkraftwerk Leipzig).

Highlights

A 360° work in a former power station

One shared rig for over 40 works

Artists from 12 countries under one roof

It was the second immersive art festival in the building and ran from 21 to 24 October (programme). For it the halls were fitted with 54 high-performance projectors and a 30-speaker sound system. Over 40 installations and performances by more than 25 artists from 12 countries filled 3,600 square metres, combining digital art, music, projection mapping and light (pressetext).

Seated visitors silhouetted against a wall of projected light patterns
Seated visitors silhouetted against a wall of projected light patterns
A crowd standing in the hall under golden projected branch patterns
A crowd standing in the hall under golden projected branch patterns
Silhouetted visitors in the dark hall in front of glittering projected light
Silhouetted visitors in the dark hall in front of glittering projected light