Installation shot from LIGHT YEAR 1: "Submerged!" presented on the Manhattan Bridge, June 2015. Still from "The Floater," by Shir Lieberman, Jonathan Phelps and Fabio Fonda.
Installation shot from LIGHT YEAR 59: "Fading Into the New World," video by Mighty KongBot (Domenico Barra + Luigi Console), image courtesy of Marton Daniel Gabor and LIGHT YEAR.
Still from "CAT MAN AND CAT ASS BABE" by Juliane Pieper & Sea of Daisies, presented as part of Light Year 58: Digital Fairy Tales: Dark Nights and Black Cats, curated by Leo Kuelbs
Still from “They are the Plague,” by Thomas D. Rotenberg and Josh Graham, presented as part of Light Year 71: Digital Fairy Tales: Water Stories (Wassermärchen), curated by Leo Kuelbs
Still from “Aquaria,” by Julia Obst & Mark Fernyhough, presented as part of Light Year 71: Digital Fairy Tales: Water Stories (Wassermärchen), curated by Leo Kuelbs
Leo Kuelbs Collection
Light Year
Multiple-Event Manhattan Bridge Projection Project
co-presented with the DUMBO Improvement District in conjunction with DUMBO First Thursdays.
Other LIGHT YEAR partners include NYC Department of Transportation, Glowing Bulbs, and John Ensor Parker.
Dumbo, Brooklyn
Anchorage Place and Pearl St.
May 2015 - Ongoing
First Thursdays (dusk-10 pm)
+Special Presentations TBD
Watch every show on Facebook from 2p - 10p EST
Light Year
The Manhattan Bridge comes alive with LIGHT YEAR, an ongoing program of projected video art presented every First Thursday of the month since 2015. Through curated exhibitions, LIGHT YEAR connects viewers to a global selection of contemporary video and technology-based work. The exhibitions are a destination for many. Thousands have gathered to see work, their own and that of others. Meanwhile, numerous passers-by pause their commute to engage the surprising projections. The result is that many people have used LIGHT YEAR as a means to develop a new relationship with the bridge, the triangle and DUMBO itself, as a unique and active community space. This relationship also translates to the overall art community, in conversation and participation, the world over. LIGHT YEAR’s online live stream takes the experience from the DUMBO streets to the world, as do the numerous photos and videos continually posted on social media.
LIGHT YEAR was founded on the concept of building bridges, increasing communication and connection, and the Manhattan Bridge is the source of that inspiration. To date, hundreds of creative participants from every continent have been a part of LIGHT YEAR. The concept also invites participants to consider the confluence of all types of Video Art, Public Art and Experimental Cinema. Context changes meaning, the media and site become as crucial to the message as the content. As technology and science continue their rapid evolutionary tracks, LIGHT YEAR presents shifting points of view and perspective, which impact meaning and interaction.
LIGHT YEAR collaborators, Curator Leo Kuelbs, John Ensor Parker and Creative Team Glowing Bulbs have deep roots in Dumbo, as well as contributing to the international art world. Working with the Dumbo BID and the NYC DOT, LIGHT YEAR is an authentic representation of the neighborhood’s relationship to the city and the world beyond and is presented to the public, every first Thursday, free of charge.
More information: lkuelbscollection@gmail.com
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 100: SUBMERGED!
Artists: United VJs, Danielle de Picciotto and Alexander Hacke, Jim Ellis, Sam Marlow and Alon Cohen, Nicole Antebi and Laura Ortman, Kitzinger Gabor and Alex Hamadey, and Shir Lieberman, Jonathan Phelps and Fabio Fonda
Curated by Leo Kuelbs and Karl Erickson
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 99: DEPTH OF FIELD
Artists: Glowing Bulbs, John Ensor Parker, Vadim Schaeffler, Ryan Uzilevsky
Curated by Leo Kuelbs with Farkas Fulop
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 98: CAUTION: BEAUTIFICATION IN PROGRESS
Artists: Maurice Benayoun, Minha Yang, Hye Rim Lee
Curated by Kate Shin for Waterfall Mansion & Gallery
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 97: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: MYTHS OF BRAZIL
Artists: Integrated Visions, Julia Obst, Rani Messias, Adriana Varella, Josh Graham, Tahian Bhering, Kris Force, Alexis Karl & Adam Torkel
Curated by Leo Kuelbs and Julia Obst
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 96: LUMINOUS DREAMS
Artists: Steve Pavlovsky, Claudio Salvador, Christopher Short, Marina Rao, Sky Goodman, Nick Ciontea, and Tim Ramirez
Curated by Steve Pavlovsky
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 95: INTERDEPENDENCE & COLIBERATION
Artists: Tusia Dabrowska, Dakota Gearhart, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Tusia Dabrowska with Wanda Gala, Wiktor Freifeld, Christine Cheung, Tanya Glebova, and Nung-Hsin Hu
Curated by Tusia Dabrowska
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 94: THE WIND THAT MAKES NO SOUND
Artists: Yorgo Alexopoulos, Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos, Motomishi Nakamura, Amelia Winger-Bearskin
Curated by Lee Wells
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 93: HIERARCHICAL HEGEMONIES
Artists: Josh Graham, Thomas D. Rotenberg, Plant Fictions, Jesse Erica Epstein, Emma Piper-Burket
Curated by Thomas D. Rotenberg
Artists: Janet Biggs, Meredith Drum, Dakota Gearhart, and Faith Holland
Curated by Eva Davidova
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 91: INHABITING ZENOBIA
Artists: Jamila Campagna & Alektron, Raffaella Valsecchi, Francesca Manca di Villahermosa, Miltos Manetas, Alessio Liberati, Dimitri Porcu & Lionel Martin
Curated by Costanza Ferrini
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 90: ULTRA-SHORTS AND NFTS
Artists: Sean Redbeard, Chihiro Ito, Anastasia Macmanous, Lisa Mackie, Ernesto Gonzalez, Fornax Void, Haydiroket, JNK, marcelopinel.tez, Blanche the Vidiot, Anthony Johns, Sara C. Sun, Thomas Rotenberg, Jordan Eagles, Karl Heinz Jeron, Spøgelsesmaskinen
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 89: PERSPECTIVE/REFLECTIVE
Artists: Eszter Szabo, Jesse Fleming, Philipp Geist, Richard Jochum, Robert Seidel, Tracey Snelling & Arthur Debert, Yuki Ideguchi & Suguru Ikeda
Curated by Leo Kuelbs.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 88: Summer reRuns: “Transcendent Light”
Artists: Light Show Sphinx (Sjaco Karmelk / Piet Koster), Sofy Yuditskaya, Sarah Zucker, George Stadnik, Valeria Divinorum, Bobby Mesaros,and Steve Pavlovsky.
Curated by Steve Pavlovsky.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 87: Summer reRuns: “Obvious Surprise”
Artists: Dorothée Billard & Kinga Tóth, Juliane Pieper & Sea of Daisies, Maria Naidyonova, Kamilia Kard, Daniela Kostova, Mai’T Segura and Harald V. Uccello, Eszter Szabó
Curated by Eszter Szabó and Leo Kuelbs, with Kinga Tóth.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 86: VILLAGE LORE
Artists: Chris Herbeck, Ernesto Gonzales, Gigi Spratley, Jack Waltrip & Steve Holloway, Marton Daniel Gabor, Simonetta Moro, Paranoid Larry
Curated by John Ensor Parker.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 85: URBAN ALGORITHMS
Artists: Dennis Rudolph, Daniel Molnar, Jung Soo Cho, and Vasilena Gankovska & Anne Glassner.
Curated by Boris Kostadinov.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 84: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: TRANSFORMATION!
Artists: Juliane Ebner, Adele Perrin, Julia Obst & Eric Dunlap, Alexis Karl & Adam Torkel, Juliane Pieper & Sea of Daisies, Thomas D. Rotenberg & Josh Graham, and Sandra Ratkovic.
Curated by Leo Kuelbs.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 83: DEEPER PEOPLE
Artists: Dagmar Schuerrer, Franziska Harnisch, Alisi Telengut, Christina Schulz, and Yannet Vilela.
Curated by Leo Kuelbs.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 82: MOVING SILENCE
Artists: SHOXXX, Giovanni De Roia, and Maren-Kea Freese.
Curated by Marco Brosolo.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 81: LOVE CYCLES
Artists: Xaver Xylophon, Miriam Frank, Georg Utz, Harald Hund, Paul Horn, and Ryoya Usuha.
Curated by Matthias Fritsch.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 80: NATURAL RHYTHM
Artists: Jovi Schnell, Phoebe Tooke, Wayne Grim, Michelle Brand, Ed Rousseau, Kathleen Quillian, Dylan Hicks, and Vincenzo Di Francesco
Curated by Michael Lehman.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 79: MOMENTARY
Artists: Kelsey Baker, Jennifer Wester, Jeremy Biggers, Tramaine Townsend, Hector Ramirez, Melanie Clemmons
Curated by Leslie Moody Castro.
Presented by AURORA.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 78: DREAM ON…DREAM OF
Artists: Richard Humann, Colette Lumiere, David Maroto, Zinaida, Hans Breder, Christine Davis, and Jonas Mekas.
Curated by Kyoko Sato and Juan Puntes.
Presented by WhiteBox.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 77: EARNESTNESS
Artists: Gigi Spratley + Jack Waltrip + Steve Holloway, Kenji Kojima, Methas Chantawongs + Mayzena, Sandrine Deumier, Sonke C. Weiss, and Valerie Schaller
Curated by John Ensor Parker
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 76: Summer reRuns: “Beyond Fear and Tyranny: The River is Here” + “Solace”
“Beyond Fear and Tyranny” Artists: Jessica Segall, Jen Liu, Gretta Louw, Tabita Rezaire and Kaya Joan
Curated by Eva Davidova and Meredith Drum
“Solace” Artists: Maria Takeuchi, Sarah Pak, Mike Romeo, Morena Sarzo, Paloma Kop, Toru Izumida, Kiyonori Sudo, Alec Fellman + xuzi, Gabriel Mester, Fernando Molina, Serena Stucke + Dan Tesene
Curated by Testu Collective
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 75: The Spirituality of Movement
Artists: Eric Dunlap, Alexis Karl & Adam Torkel, Patrice D. Bowman, Camille Schaeffer, Mária Roskó & Zsófia Ádám, and Timmi Davis
Curated by Leo Kuelbs with Julia Obst
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 74: THRESHOLDS AND BEYOND II
Artists: Nina Sobell, Dagmar Schuerrer, Jesse Fleming, Sara Sun, and Tasman Richardson.
Concept by Leo Kuelbs.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 73: SUMMER RERUNS: “ALL NATURAL” AND “NEW BEGINNINGS”
“All Natural” Artists: Sabrina Ratté, Rick Silva, Erin Espelie, Melanie Clemmons and Zak Loyd, Chris Coleman, Brenna Murphy, Will Luers and Roger Dean, Mark Amerika, and The Artist 2.0.
Curated by Mark Amerika.
New Beginnings Artists: Ziyu Eleanor Liu, Yuki Qu, Sarah Schechter, Sungah Jun, Nathaniel Garcia, Lingjun Zhou, Nakaweesi Kantongole, Stephanie Jenn Boggs, Sharon Peretz, Mason, and Jihyun Kim
Videos organized by Jihyun Kim.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 72: VIRUSOLOGICAL
Artists: Janos Brückner, Olivier Hölzl, Michail Michailov, Raphaele Shirley, and Miae Son
Curated by Boris Kostadinov
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 71: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: WATER STORIES (WASSERMÄRCHEN)
Artists: Mighty Kongbot + LAMA, Juliane Pieper + Sea of Daisies, Thomas D. Rotenberg + Josh Graham, Jim Ellis, Vadim Schaeffler + Alex Hamadey, Julia Obst + Mark Fernyhough, and Jonathan Phelps with Joel Barlow, Katie Walker, Kaci Contompasis, Stephen Phelps, and Oscar Allen Guinn IV
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 70: SPATIAL EMPATHY
Artists: Ellena Scheufler, Tracey Snelling, Andreas Gefeller, Travis Manning, and Eva-Marie Horstick
Presented by Dirk Lehr Collection with Leo Kuelbs
Artists: Sara Sun, Tracey Snelling and Idan Levin, Alisi Telengut, Katinka Hajas, and Travis Manning
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 68: THRESHOLDS AND BEYOND I
Artists: Philip Vanderhyden, Colleen Keough, Rebecca Shapass, and Eric Souther
Curated by Karl Erickson with Leo Kuelbs
Artists: Ernesto Gonzalez, Agni Zotis, Gigi Spratley, Jean-Michel Rolland, Keegan Luttrell, Malado Baldwin, Valerie Schallerr, dNASAb, and Martin Daniel Gabor & Juice
Curated by John Ensor Parker
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 66: BEYOND FEAR AND TYRANNY: THE RIVER IS HERE
Artists: Jessica Segall, Jen Liu, Gretta Louw, Tabita Rezaire, Kaya Joan
Curated by Eva Davidova and Meredith Drum
Artists: Maria Takeuchi, Sarah Pak, Mike Romeo, Morena Sarzo, Paloma Kop, Toru Izumida, Kiyonori Sudo, Alec Fellman + xuzi, Gabriel Mester, Fernando Molina, Serena Stucke + Dan Tesene
Curated by Testu Collective
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 64: NEW BEGINNINGS
Artists: Eleanor Ziyu Eleanor Liu, Yuki Qu, Sarah Schechter, Sungah Jun, Nathaniel Garcia, Lingjun Zhou, Nakaweesi Kantongole, Stephanie Jenn Boggs, Sharon Peretz, Mason, Jihyun Kim
Curated by Jihyun Kim
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 63: ANIMATION BENDER
Artists: Sam Marlow, Jonathan Phelps with Shir Lieberman & Alon Cohen, Nicole Antebi, Juliane Pieper with Sea of Daisies, Vadim Schaeffler, Josh Graham
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 62: SOUND X SIGHT PLAYLIST
Artists: Sea of Daisies with Thomas D. Rotenberg and Normal Gergely, Kari Anna Tweiten with Mighty Kongbot and Karl Erickson, Unguided with Maria Naidyonova and Sean Smuda, Plain Brown Wrapper with Domenico Barra, and N’conduit with Joan Grossman and Rani Messias
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 61: ALL NATURAL
Artists: Sabrina Ratté, Rick Silva, Erin Espelie, Melanie Clemmons and Zak Loyd, Chris Coleman, Brenna Murphy, Will Luers and Roger Dean, Mark Amerika and The Artist 2.0.
Curated by Mark Amerika
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 60: OBVIOUS SURPRISE
Artists: Doro Billiard & Kinga Tóth, Juliane Pieper & Sea of Daisies, Maria Naidyonova, Kaminila Kard, Daniela Kostova, Mai’T Segura and Harald V. Uccello, Eszter Szabó
Curated by Eszter Szabó and Leo Kuelbs with Kinga Tóth
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 59: FADING INTO THE NEW WORLD
Artists: Eike Berg + Jarboe, Bordos, Mighty KongBot (Domenico Barra + Luigi Console), Jeremy Couillard + Dennis Vos, Kitzinger Gabor, Sarah Oh-Mock
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 58: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: DARK NIGHTS AND BLACK CATS
Artists: Maria Naidyonova, Rani Messias, Kitzinger Gabor with Alex Hamadey, Radka Salcmannova, Juliane Pieper with Sea of Daisies, Ana Bilankov, Lea Brugnoli with Carsten Schneider, Sarah Oh-Mock with Kriss Roebling and Theory
Curated by Leo Kuelbs with Sandra Ratkovic
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 57: THE INTERIORS
January 2nd, 2020, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Stu Spence, Travis Manning, Andreas Gefeller, Sandra Ratkovic, Dani Imhoff
Concept and Curation by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 56: LIMB FROM LIMB
December 5th, 2019, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Laura Bernstein, Lizzy DeVita, Kyoung eun Kang, Maggie Hazen, Lawrence Mesich, Mariana Peragallo
Curated by Kate Gavriel
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 55: THAT’LL LEARN YOU
November 7th, 2019, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Gene Kogan, Sophia Crespo, Sarah Meyohas, Lin Jing Jing
Curated by John Ensor Parker
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 54: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: SLIGHTLY SCARY STORIES FOR CHILDREN
October 5th, 2019, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Richard Jochum, Sam Marlow and Alon Cohen, Jake Zhang and Theory, Nicole Antebi, Sarah Oh-Mock
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 53: FROM THE PEOPLE TO THE LAND
September 5th, 2019, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Jen-Pei Cheng, Pey-Chwen Lin, Yu-Chuan Tseng, Miya Ando, Pei-Shih, Ching-Yao Chen
Curated by Luchia Meihua Lee
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 52: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: SUN AND MOON
August 1st, 2019, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Integrated Visions, Dani Imhoff, Maria Naidyonova, Radka Salcmannova, Harald V. Uccello and Mai T. Segura
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 51: WE THE PEOPLE
July 4th, 2019, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: New American Voices (Picture Me Here project), Ernesto Gonzalez, Kelly Tsai & Ryan Hartley Smith, Pei-Ling Ho , Felipe Galindo Feggo, Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman, Chen Ching-Yao
Curated by John Ensor Parker & Luchia Meihua Lee
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 50: SHORT STORIES FOR ETERNITY
June 6th, 2019, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Ernest Gonzalez, Annie Nicholson, Kara Rooney, Jessica Segal, and Steve West.
Curated by Steve West
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 49: 8 Attempts to exhaust [the poetics of] a place
May 2nd, 2019, Dusk - 10:00pm
Featured artists: Javier Barrera, Nicole Cohen, Rebecca Hackemann, Brian Miller, Simonetta Moro, Aga Ousseinov, Cibele Vieira, Jeannie Weissglass
Curated by Simonetta Moro
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 48: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: VENGEANCE IS MINE
April 4th, 2019, Dusk - 10:00pm
Featuring new work from: Zoe Duchesne, Richard Jochum, Nina E. Schönefeld, Dahye Kim, Josh Graham, Sarah Mock, Radka Salcmannova, Nicole Antebi, Thomas D. Rotenberg, Maria Naidyonova, and Matthias Fritsch
Curated by Leo Kuelbs and Richard Jochum.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 47: TALES OF DIVERTED REALITY
March 7th, 2019, Dusk - 10:00pm
Featured artists: Chen Wang, James Hopkins & Tori Carr, Meredith Drum, Jonathan Sims, Marisa Adesman & Christian Berman
Curated by Peter Fulop & Brigitta Veradi
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 46: AVALANCHE!
February 7th, 2019, Dusk - 10:00pm
Featured artists: Matthias Fritsch, Eszter Szabó, Maria Marshall, Marianna Vasileva, Wong Tsz Yin, Nata Metlukh, Michele Bernardi, Hund & Horn
Curated by Eszter Szabó, Matthias Fritsch, and Leo Kuelbs.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 45: POST VISION
January 3rd, 2019, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Aitana Basquiat, Cavecanems, Jason Ebeyer, Jabbathekid, Jon Monaghan. Kim Laughton, Michael Green, Nicole Ruggiero, Olga Fedorova, Opalslutuniverse, Pastelae and Saulonzo
Curated by Nicole Ruggiero and Emma Stern
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 44: ADDRESSING HOME II
December 6th, 2018, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Weiying Zhu, Ru Xu, Min Huang, Qingxue Wang, Bowen Yang, Yao Lu, Lin Liu, Xingyi Huang, Lu Jin, Quinta Li, Dahye Kim
Curated by Dahye Kim
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 43: OTHER VOICES
November 2nd, 2018, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Jesse Epstein, Maya Erdelyi, Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman, Gina Kamentsky, Yuliya Lanina, Heather M. O’Brien, and Emma Piper-Burket
Curated by Danielle Epstein for Marble House Project
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 42: HYPERREAL
October 4nd, 2018, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Dario Alva, Zoé Brunet-Jailly, Kira DeCoudres, Fornax Void, Katia Grokhovsky, Paul Kusnierek-Numérobé, Malo Lacroix, Raphaël Moreira Gonçalves, Wild Torus, and Adam Zaretsky
Curated by Kim Doan Quoc
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 41: EPHEMERAL MOVEMENTS
September 6th, 2018, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Alex Kuznetsov, Ma Yongfeng, Rex Detiger, Maria Naidyonova, and Ernesto Gonzalez
Curated by Aaron Reidel, Ma Yongfeng, and Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 40: SINE GALLERY
August 2nd, 2018, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Jesus Benavente, Patricia Brace, Damien Davis, Dominique Duroseau, Joiri Minaya, Yali Romagoza
Curated by Katie Hector and Patricia Brace
July 5th, 2018, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Johanna Keimeyer, Matthias Fritsch, Nicola Rubinstein, Harald V. Uccello & Mai T. Segura, Thomas D. Rotenberg
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 38: STRAIGHT THROUGH THE WALL
June 7th, 2018, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Tracy Abbott Szatan, Sofia Theodore-Pierce, Jenn Ruff, Alba Soto & Óscar Vías, Raven Jackson and Alexandra Neuman
Curated by Nic Koller & Jenn Ruff
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 37: CONSTELLATIONS
May 3rd, 2018, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Ben Voldman, Cindy Suen, Drew Shields, Irene Feleo, Jean Jullien + Nicolas Jullien, John Balestrieri, Josh Cochran, Matt Huynh, Michael C. Hsiung, Min Liu, Rose Wong, Taezoo Park, Taili Wu + Robin Ellis, Will Herring, Xaviera Lopez
Curated by Albert Chau
April 5th, 2018, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Setare Arashloo, Melissa Brown, Tania Ferrie and Negin Sharifzadeh, Ru Kuwahata and Max Porter, Jay Moorthy
Curated by Negin Sharifzadeh
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 35: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: CHINESE STORIES
March 1st, 2018, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Rani Messias + Anna Leevia, Suguru Ikeda + Isis Salam, Nicole Antebi + Xiren Wang, Lian Mengzhuo + Kinga Toth, Nina Sobell + Laura Ortman, Làszlò Zsolt Bordos, Junjie Zhang + Theory, Vivian Qin
Curated by Leo Kuelbs and Wing Lu with Able Sun.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 34: TRANSCENDENT LIGHT
February 1st, 2018, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Light Show Sphinx (Sjaco Karmelk / Piet Koster), Sofy Yuditskaya, Sarah Zucker, George Stadnik, Valeria Divinorum, Bobby Mesaros,and Steve Pavlovsky
Curated by Steve Pavlovsky
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 33: TEXTURAL PSYCHEDELIA
January 4th, 2018, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: David Hall, Cait Carvahlo, and Ronan Devlin
Curated by Thomas D. Rotenberg
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 32: ADDRESSING HOME
December 7th, 2017, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Evy Yiran Li, Hiroshi Haga, Wentian Ma, Wang Xi, Anamaria Amador, Junying Lu, Ziyun Tao, Daniel Ahn, Kasey Clark, Yang Yang, Xijuan Zhang, and Jesse Jagtiani.
Organized by Jesse Jagtiani.
Concept by Leo Kuelbs for LIGHT YEAR.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 31: IDENTITY 0.0 November 2nd, 2017, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Radka Salcmannova + Alex Hamadey, Sarah Mock + Daniela Imhoff, Thomas D. Rotenberg + Theologian, Sarah Trouche, Naormi Meijia Wang, Mai T. Segura & Harald V. Uccello + Alex Hamadey, Kinga Toth + Normal Gergely, Vadim Schäffler, Richard Jochum + Xiren Wang
Curated by Leo Kuelbs and Aaron Riedel
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 30: OPEN TO INTERPRETATION October 5th, 2017, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Cyriac Harris, Yannick Jacquet (Legoman), CHiKA, Dev Harlan, Viktor Vicsek, Andrea Sztojánovits, Martin Daniel Gabor, and Albin Bousquet
Curated by Glowing Bulbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 29: WE THE HELL AM I September 7th, 2017, Dusk - 10:00pm
Artists: Dylan McLaughlin, Nicholas Galanin, Liss LaFleur, Andrew Erdos
Curated by Erin Joyce
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 28: BROOKLYN-BASED August 3rd, 2017, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: Shir Lieberman, Jonathan Phelps, and Alon Cohen, Visakh Menon + Heavy Birds, Thomas D. Rotenberg + Jarboe, Nicole Antebi + Laura Ortman, Integrated Visions + Miss Natasha Enquist, Daniela Kostova + Anna Leevia, Naormi Meijia Wang + John Terhorst
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 27: MOTION July 6th, 2017, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: John Bjerklie, Aya Momose, Rachel Monosov, Azzah Sultan, Lior Tamim
Curated by Azzah Sultan and Chloé Angiolini
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 26: (IM)PERSONAL June 1st, 2017, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: Bernd Oppl & Bogomir Doringer, Ibro Hasanovic, Christoph Srb & Yodas Dolphins (Karl Kilian), Kamen Stoyanov, Katharina Swoboda
Curated by Boris Kostadinov
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 25: COGALLERIES PRESENTS May 4th, 2017, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: Annique Delphine, Berna Reale, Nina Schönefeld
Curated by coGalleries
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 24: PASSENGER MOMENT April 6th, 2017, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: Meng Chih Chiang, Jeremiah Teipen, Poyen Wang, Chinchih Yang, Rosalie Yu & Alon Chitayat
Curated by Luchia Meihua Lee, Executive Director, Taiwanese American Arts Council
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 23: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: ALBUM TWO March 2nd, 2017, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: Keegan Luttrell + Justin King, Daniela Kostova + Anna Leevia, Daniela Imhoff, Kristian Pedersen + Elke Brauweiler, Anton Marini & Danielle Ezzo, Boris Kralj + Matresanch, Michael McGuirk + Alex Hamadey
Curated by Sandra Ratkovic and Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 22: NEO-PAST-FORWARD v.1.0. February 2nd, 2017, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: Bibbe Hansen, dNASAb, Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos, Lee Wells, Patrick Lichty, Raymond Salvatore Harmon, Sean Capone
Curated by Lee Wells
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 21: PEERING BEHIND APPEARANCES January 5th, 2017, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: Janaye Brown, Craig Drennen, Kevin Jerome Everson, Victoria Fu, Lilly McElroy
Curated by Erin Dziedzic
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 20: ATTACHMENTS December 1st, 2016, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: Matl Findel, Miklos Buk, Danielle de Picciotto
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 19: ADVANCES AND RETREATS November 3rd, 2016, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: Jaanika Peerna, Monika Bravo, Heather M. O'Brien, Hamra Abbas, Andrew Thomas Huang
Curated by John Ensor Parker & Sarah Walko
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 18: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: ALBUM ONE October 6th, 2016, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: Rani Messias + Kinga Toth , Sarah Mock + Daniela Imhoff, Richard Jochum + Kriss Roebling, Integrated Visions + Miss Natasha Enquist, Radka Salcmannova, Thomas Rotenberg, Josh Graham
Curated by Sandra Ratkovic & Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 17: EARTH REVISITED September 1st, 2016, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: Nina Sobell + Laura Ortman, Danielle de Picciotto + Lary 7, Sarah Walko + Justin King, Laszlo Zsolt Bordos, Vadim Schaeffler + Pablo Paolo Kilian, Eike Berg + Jarboe, Shir Lieberman, Jonathan Phelps + Alon Cohen
Concept/Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 16: THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND August 4th, 2016, Dusk - 10:00 pm
Artists: Sama Alshaibi, Basma Alsharif, Raven Chacon, Nicholas Galanin, Steven J. Yazzie
Curated by Erin Joyce Projects
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 15: ELECTRIQUE July 7th, 2016, Dusk - 10:00 pm
video: Sofia Theofilaktidis
Curated by The Hollows Artspace
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 14: JAPAN PARADE June 2nd, 2016, Dusk - 10:00 pm
videos: Kenji Kojima, Momoyo Torimitsu, Kenji Toma, Mami Kosemura, Motoko Wada, ON megumi Akiyoshi, Who-Fu, Yuki Ideguchi + Suguru Ikeda + Masatora Goya
Curated by Kyoko Sato
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 13: THE BODY PREVAILS May 5th, 2016, 7 - 10:00 pm
videos: Andrea Wolf, Jennifer Dalton, Cliff Evans, Eva Davidova, George Peck, Adam Frelin, and Andras Borocz
Curated by Tamas Veszi and Daniela Kostova
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 12: ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA April 7th, 2016, 7 - 10:30 pm
videos: Adrian K, Alex Kwan, Cindy Suen, Aya Kakeda + Deodato Pangandoyon, Marka27, Michael C. Hsiung, Rose Wong, Stickymonger, Taezoo Park, Scott Albrecht
Curated by Albert Chau
Click here to see a story about the show on NY1.
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 11: DECOMPOSITION AND TRANSCENDENCE March 3rd + 4th, 2016, 6 - 9 pm
videos: Radka Salcmannova, MarieVic + Theo Croker, Sarah Trouche, Thomas D. Rotenberg + Jarboe, Ryan Uzilevsky + Adam Harding, Zoe Duchesne + Alex Hamadey, Naormi Meijia Wang + John Terhorst
Curated by Leo Kuelbs with Aaron Riedel
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 10: SUBJECTIVITY INC. February 4th, 2016, 6 - 9 pm
videos: Ádám Ulbert (H/NL), Natalija Vujošević (ME), Iván Rohonyi Demkó (H), Gergő Kovács (H), Tamás Komoróczky (H), Rui Hu (USA)
Curated by Szilvi Német
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 9: SILENCE! January 7th, 2016, 6 - 9 pm
videos: Noah Klersfeld, Tomas Eller, Kim Joon, Yi Zhou, Eelco Brand, Christine Schulz
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 8: NEW VIDEO ART FROM BERLIN December 3rd, 2015, 6.45-9.00 pm
videos: Kristian Paustian, Laszlo Antal, Daniela Imhof, Sarah Mock, Anna Maysuk, Franz Reimer, Henrike Naumann, Franziska Kabisch
Curated by Daniela Imhoff
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LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 7: MARBLE HOUSE PROJECT PRESENTS
DECOMPOSING HIERARCHIES November 5th, 2015, 7-10 pm
videos: Works by Marble House Project 2015 Residents: Anne Katrine-Senstad, Catherine Page Harris, Orit Ben-Shitrit, Margeaux Walter, and Jeannette Ehlers.
Curated by Sarah Walko, Director of Arts Programming
Presented by 3_Search in partnership with the DUMBO BID
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LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 6: OPEN TO INTERPRETATION October 1st, 2015, 7-10 pm
videos: Cyriak, Yannick Jacquet, CHi KA, Dev Harlan, Viktor Vicsek, Attaray Visual, Martin Daniel Gabor, Dawn Of Man, Albin Bousquet, Nick Cobby and VJ DrMojo
Curated by Glowing Bulbs / Kiégő Izzók
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LIGHT YEAR PROGRAM 5: CHIMERA PRESENTS
September 3rd, 2015, 8-10 pm
“Chimera Presents…” on the Manhattan Bridge! An amazing selection of work from Chimera Project in Budapest!
videos: ÁRON KÚTVÖLGYI-SZABÓ (Hungary), TSUYOSHI ANZAI (Japan), ÁDÁM SZABÓ (Hungary), and PETER AERSCHMANN (Switzerland)
Curated by Patrick Urwyler
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LIGHT YEAR: PROGRAM 4:
TRANSFLEXION: THE NET OF MIRRORS
August 6th, 2015, dusk - 10pm
Participating artists:
soundtrack created by: Alexander Hacke (New York/Berlin) videos:
Bordos.ArtWorks (Budapest), Danielle de Picciotto (New York/Berlin), Helga Griffiths (Darmstadt), Thomas Lüer (Frankfurt), Robert Seidel (Berlin) and Caspar Stracke (Helsinki)
Curated by Leo Kuelbs and Eike Berg
“LIGHT YEAR”PROGRAM 3:
Depth of Field
THURSDAY, JULY 2ND, DUSK - 10PM
Work by: Thomas Draschan, Glowing Bulbs, John Ensor Parker, Vadim Schaeffler and Ryan Uzilevsky
Curated by Leo Kuelbs with Farkas Fulop
“LIGHT YEAR”Program 2:
Crest and Trough
THURSDAY, June 4TH, DUSK - 10PM
Artists:
Ella Condon (Australia) The Light Loop
Joao Penoni (South America | Brazil) Volt
Klaus Pamminger (Europe | Austria) Notes on Mackey Marina Zurkow (North America | USA) Elixir
Paul Miller | djSpooky (Antarctica) Sinfonia Antarctica Shahram Entekhabi (Asia | Iran) I am John Galt
Zina Saro-Wiwa (Africa | Nigeria) Sarogua Mourning
curated by John Ensor Parker and Sarah Walko
Also on June 4th:
TRANSFLEXION — NET OF MIRRORS
Video + Sound Exhibition
Made in NY Media Center by IFP
30 John Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
“Light Year” Inaugural Event:
PROGRAM: “SUBMERGED!”
Thursday, May 7th, Dusk
“Submerged!” provides liquid visions of a multi-layered, every-shifting psychological seascape. Seven video + sound pieces based upon three short stories by co-curator Leo Kuelbs make up the 30 minute looping program presented at the edge of the East River, on the Northern Anchorage of the Manhattan Bridge.
A group of visual and sonic-based artists from a variety of countries including Germany, Israel, Italy, USA, Portugal, Brazil and Hungary make “Submerged!” a truly international effort. When represented from multiple cultural angles, a mysterious whole reveals itself, always changing, just beneath the viewable surface.
Artists Include: United VJs, Danielle de Picciotto and Alexander Hacke, Jim Ellis, Sam Marlow and Alon Cohen, Nicole Antebi and Laura Ortman, Kitzinger Gabor and Alex Hamadey, Shir Lieberman, Jonathan Phelps and Fabio Fonda
Curated by Leo Kuelbs and Karl Erickson
