Lichtbrücke

As part of the festival “con_con: constructed connections”, Berlin /DE

Supported by funds from the Ernst Schering Foundation, the art project “Light Bridge” was opened on May 8 on the Friedrichsbrücke to Museum Island as part of the “con_con: constructed connections” festival. The “Light Bridge” by artist Mischa Kuball and architects Riken Yamamoto and Beda Faessler reflected the urban significance of bridges through optical immaterialization. A video projection of flowing water on the Friedrichsbrücke at the Alte Nationalgalerie changed the physical appearance of the bridge so that a real river seemed to exist in place of the footpath.

The strongly flickering projection caused the footpath to lose its contours. The legs of passers-by were visually immersed in the flowing water.