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title: "Leipzig Festival of Lights 2025 | \"Gedankenspiegel\" by Kaske, Assaf and Hacker"
url: "https://lichtfest.leipziger-freiheit.de/en/festival-of-lights-2025/gedankenspiegel-julia-kaske-karam-assaf-timo-hacker"
description: "On 9ᵗʰ of October, the Leipzig Festival of Lights 2025 commemorates the Peaceful Revolution with light art and candles. The project \"Gedankenspiegel\" will be presented on Neumarkt."
language: "en"
breadcrumb: "Root > Leipzig Festival of Lights > Leipzig Festival of Lights Programme > Festival of Lights 2025 > 3: Gedankenspiegel – Julia Kaske, Karam Assaf, Timo Hacker"
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Mirror of Thoughts

Julia Kaske, Karam Assaf, Timo Hacker

 

Walk-in audiovisual installation
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Neumarkt 16–30

What do we think today? What did we think back then? *Gedankenspiegel*  is an immersive tunnel installation that compares personal memories from 1989 with today’s perspectives. On a 15‑metre projection surface, a visual and acoustic dialogue between past and present unfolds above the heads of the visitors to the Leipzig Festival of Lights. At its centre are terms such as freedom, opinion or truth – they appear, transform and invite visitors to pause and reflect. Voices of people of different ages from all over Germany make the emotional and social tensions tangible.

 

*Mirror of Thoughts* at a glance

### Neumarkt 16–30

Location

### walk-in audiovisual installation

Project type

### Julia Kaske, Karam Assaf, Timo Hacker (Leipzig)

Project team

 

 

About the local participation project
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Das Projektteam von Gedankenspiegel: Julia Kaske, Karam Assaf und Timo Hacker (v. l.)

The Leipzig Festival of Lights has always placed a strong focus on participatory projects and the involvement of younger generations. A current example of this is the project *Gedankenspiegel*, which was jointly developed and realised by apprentices from Leipzig from various training years. During the preparation, the apprentices conducted numerous interviews. Thomas Ils, who accompanied the young people from the beginning as a mentor and trainer, made this project possible and provided significant support with the technical implementation.

**Project team:** Julia Kaske, Karam Assaf, Timo Hacker

The project was created in cooperation with the Archiv Bürgerbewegung Leipzig e. V.

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