To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the temporary LICHTGRENZE (Border of Light) a light installation, illuminated by 8,000 helium balloons will trace the route of the former inner-city division in Berlin from the 7th – 9th of November. The 15.3 kilometer frontier that once divided the city will be re-imagined in light by thousands of illuminated balloons, following the former route of the Berliner Mauer: the LICHTGRENZE (or border of lights).
The brothers Christopher Bauder and Marc Bauder conceived the idea of the LICHTGRENZE in 2011, supported by the Robert-Havemann-Gesellschaft e.V. and developed with the help of Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH.
"15.3 kilometer frontierthat once divided the city..."
Running through the center of Berlin, from Bornholmer Straße to the Oberbaumbrücke, the installation will stretch past the Mauerpark, along the Berlin Wall memorial on Bernauer Straße through to the Brandenburg Gate, over Potsdamer Platz to Checkpoint Charlie and on to the East Side Gallery.
Art and Design Studio WHITEvoid develops and produces the 8000 battery powered light elements.
Where.- light installation for 25th anniversary of the fall of the wall, in Berlin. Germany.
When.- 7.-9.11.2014.
CREDITS.-
Idea LICHTGRENZE.- Christopher Bauder und Marc Bauder.
Development and production light installation.- Christopher Bauder, WHITEvoid.
Production of LICHTGRENZE.- WHITEvoid, bauderfilm und Kulturprojekte Berlin
Length.- 15,3 km.
About 8000 Ballons.
Film-Highlight.- MAUERSTÜCKE by Marc Bauder.
A coproduction of whiteVOID, bauderfilm and Kulturprojekte Berlin.
Founded by the Lottostiftung Berlin.
Christopher Bauder (born 1973) started creating large scale spacial art installations and lighting design after finishing his studies in the Digital Media Class at the Berlin University of the Arts. His projects focus on the translation of bits and bytes into objects and environments and vice versa. Space, object, sound, light and interaction are the key elements of his work.
In 2004 he founded the multidisciplinary art and design studio WHITEvoid as a necessity to realize his large scale art and design pieces and environments. The studio is comprised of specialists in interaction design, media design, product design, interior architecture and electronic engineering.
Christopher Bauder has brought installations and performances to events and spaces like the Centre Pompidou in Paris, MUTEK Festival in Montreal or The National Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan. His projects have received worldwide recognition and have won several awards including the German Lighting Design Award, the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Reddot Design Award and the iF Communication Design Award.
Christopher Bauder lives and works in Berlin.
