© Punctum/Paulina Schröder

FREEDOM?

Loomaland

Light installation 

at the Richard Wagner Monument, Goerdelerring | for Leipzig Festival of Lights XXL on Burgplatz

(Kopie 3)

At first glance, the installation FREEDOM? appeared like a random arrangement of light streaks in the space: a delicate, three-dimensional illuminated Mikado. In fact, FREEDOM? was a so-called anamorphosis, in which an image could only be recognised from a very specific angle. Only from the correct line of sight did the profound question of FREEDOM? emerge.

In this way, the installation symbolised the fragility of all the movable parts that had to come together for freedom to be born in one night and in one place. The question mark, however, formed a bridge to the present: freedom was not a permanent state but had to be continually re-established and questioned. The installation consisted of LED steles placed freely within the space.

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FREEDOM? at a glance

Green area at the Richard Wagner Monument, Goerdelerring

Location

Burgplatz

Location Leipzig Festival of Lights XXL

Light installation

Project type

Loomaland, Berlin

Artist team

© Punctum/Paulina Schröder

Loomaland portrayed

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Künstlerduo Loomaland – Florian Giefer und Denis Bivour
© Punctum/Alexander Schmidt

Behind the label Loomaland are the two visual artists Denis Bivour and Florian Giefer. In the autumn of 89, they were teenagers and lived in both parts of Germany. Today, they live and work in Berlin. Since 2018, Giefer and Bivour have collaborated as an artist duo on various projects, including their acclaimed “Electric Swan Ensemble”, which has been presented since 2020 in Berlin, London, Manchester, Paris and Lucerne, among other places. At the Leipzig Festival of Lights 2021 they thrilled audiences with the installation 89 Voices. Bivour and Giefer aim to challenge habitual ways of seeing with their installations and firmly believe that technology always needs a little magic to captivate people with their works.