Every year, KLANGLICHT, the Festival of Sound and Vision, transforms the Styrian capital into a world of art and music, color and light. What began as a project has developed into Austria’s largest light and sound festival in recent years.
Under the title Spektrum, Design students from FH JOANNEUM Institute of Design & Communication transformed the nave of Antoniuskirche in Graz into an immersive media experience. Light and sound spectra, as well as broader concepts of diversity and range, serve as the material for exploration. The narratives delve into the in-betweens and nuances of emotional and meaning spectra, colors and movement, harmony and chaos. The works test the possibilities of artistic expression, using light and sound to create intense experiences for all the senses.
Thanks to the Volkskundemuseum for providing the great location!
The projects, created by students from Communication, Media, Sound, and Interaction Design disciplines, were supervised by Astrid Drechsler, Daniel Fabry, Michael Kernbichler, Didi Mosbacher, and Roman Pürcher.
In addition, a group of our Sound & Interaction Design students presented the multi-sensory installation Sonolux – Speculative Future as part of the Young Masters Exhibition at KLANGLICHT 2024 in the Dom im Berg.
Sonolux is a multi-sensory installation, inspired by research into the acoustic ecology of the Hilmteich area in Graz and the effects of urbanization, particularly the construction of the LKH hospital near this natural site. The installation imagines speculative futures for the area, presenting two distinct scenarios alongside a reflection on the current state.
The project was designed by the students Mahtab Jafarzadeh Miandehi, Hannah Albrecht, Bensu Kaya, Francisco Sylla and David Laßlberger.
The entire audio guide for the Klanglicht Festival, featuring the voices of Birgit Lill-Schnabl (Head of Klanglicht) and Bernhard Rinner (Managing Director of Bühnen Graz), was created by Information Design students (audio editing and recording technology), under the guidance of Astrid Drechsler.
Videocredits: Hannah Weichsler
