SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE 2024 under the motto "Everybody counts"
Anniversary: SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE enter their 10th edition
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Basic Law. Right next to Karlsruhe Palace is the Federal Constitutional Court, the place where our constitution is interpreted and watched over. It is therefore only natural that the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Light Festival Karlsruhe will be focussing on law, freedom and democracy in the anniversary year and that Karlsruhe, as the residence of law and as a UNESCO City of Media Arts, will merge with each other in the projections on the palace façade. While artists and collectives will focus on individual aspects under the umbrella term of law in their projection mapping works, the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe will be organised under the overarching motto "Everybody counts". Everyone, or rather everyone, counts.
"More than ever, as the world seems increasingly polarised and contested, we need to come together as people, to gather in a place where we all have a voice, where we are all respected and where we are all heard," says Alistair Hudson, Artistic Director of the ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. "Being able to contribute and participate equally, with full rights and fearless hearts, is the foundation of democracy. This is a place where everyone counts."