An evening square with trees, a small stage with a lit screen and people gathering under a blue sky

OPEN SPACE 2022

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FIELD OF WORK
Audiovisual Art
Stage Design
Light Art
Stage Design
Stage Design
DELIVERABLES

Media stage

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INTRO

For the Open Space Project 2022, we developed an audio-reactive light installation that accompanied the diverse stage programme on the Domshof in Bremen from June to September 2022 and visualised the sounds on the stage.

The cosy atmosphere on the Domshof Bremen and the distinctive vertical elements of the stage design by Wirth Architekten were complemented with over 70 metres of pixel-precisely controllable LEDs. The plants, which were part of the stage design, and the surrounding urban gardening ensemble were included in the media design as well. For select events a temporary LED wall was added, with VJ content made for each occasion.

Key challenges

One setup for every genre

Light among living plants

Media inside a given architecture

THE SQUARE

The Domshof is more than a thousand years old. It could only develop as a square after the wall around the cathedral precinct was torn down in 1043. In 1922 it took over the city's weekly market, which the Nazi administration moved back to the Marktplatz in 1939, and in 1940–41 an air-raid bunker for 2,500 people was built beneath it. A year before this edition, Xenorama had already built OPEN SPACE DOMSHOF on the same square. More on this edition on Xenorama's project page.

The programme changed almost daily: concerts, performances, readings, cooking events and DJ nights on a two-sided stage, attended by more than 15,000 people over the season. Because the light was driven by the sound, it took on the pace of whoever was on stage, from a reading to a DJ set. The project was commissioned by the Bremen Senate for Economics, Labour and Europe, with JOKMOK & LITE LIFE coordinating the events.

Vertical light tubes among climbing plants beside wooden tables at dusk
Vertical light tubes among climbing plants beside wooden tables at dusk
A crowd in front of an orange-lit stage, a crew member in a LIVE vest in the foreground
A crowd in front of an orange-lit stage, a crew member in a LIVE vest in the foreground
A DJ at a desk under a canopy, a large yellow-and-blue projected image behind, plants in crates
A DJ at a desk under a canopy, a large yellow-and-blue projected image behind, plants in crates
Close-up of a white light tube between green vine leaves
Close-up of a white light tube between green vine leaves
The stage under the canopy at night, blue lights and a projection screen above the DJ
The stage under the canopy at night, blue lights and a projection screen above the DJ
A crowd watching a screen under green-lit trees at night
A crowd watching a screen under green-lit trees at night
A cobbled square at night with light tubes rising from planted wooden crates
A cobbled square at night with light tubes rising from planted wooden crates
CREDITS

Concept, Setup and Visuals: Xenorama
Support Technical Setup: Mateo Ziethen, Camila Mejia, Erik Wälz
Stage Design: Wirth Architekten
Event coordination: JOKMOK & LITE LIFE GmbH
Commissioned by: the Senate for economics, labor and europe

Institutions & Partners:

  • Domshof Bremen