Christopher Bauder: Vektor

Memories in Light and Sound

For his largest indoor installation to date, light artist Christopher Bauder heads to one of his favourite places: At Kraftwerk Berlin, 50 lasers and other light elements merge with a three-dimensional soundscape.

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"Vektor" is the latest audiovisual installation by international light artist Christopher Bauder at Kraftwerk Berlin. In his most personal work to date, Bauder merges kinetic light from 50 moving lasers with a self-composed three-dimensional soundscape to create a synaesthetic work of art. Moments and set pieces from his life are processed into an abstract light art experience. Visitors are immersed in a wondrously fascinating sound and visual space.

A large-scale kinetic light art installation at Kraftwerk Berlin

With "Vektor" at Kraftwerk Berlin, Bauder is also returning to one of his absolute favourite places. After "Skalar" and "Deep Web", "Vektor" is his third monumental installation in this unique industrial cathedral. As a tribute to his fascination with mathematical principles, "Vektor" concludes a triptych that Bauder began in 2018 with "Skalar" at the Kraftwerk and continued in 2023 with the outdoor installation "Tensor" in his permanent exhibition "Dark Matter".

Bauder created the multi-channel soundtrack to the "Vektor" installation himself

Sound elements are woven into the three-dimensional sound worlds of "Vektor", recapitulating the artist's previous work and outlining his path into the future. The distant church bells take us back to Bauder's childhood in the countryside, the sound of the sea takes us to his island of longing and the references to early techno tracks illustrate the nights spent dancing the night away in the Berlin underground of the 90s.

Vektor: Memories in light & sound

Opening hours: Tuesday to Thursday from 2pm to 10pm, Friday and Saturday from 12pm to 11pm, Sunday from 12pm to 10pm

Tickets: Not available on Berlin.de (Tickets available at the box office)

Runtime: Thu, 01/02/2024 to Sun, 07/04/2024

Takes place here:

• Kraftwerk Berlin