Robert Sochacki, LAACT volume 2
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Light as an art medium has aroused an unusually high and, moreover, growing interest from art institutions in recent years. A great many exhibitions, both group exhibitions and presentations of works by individual artists, are focused on this aspect of artistic creation. Significantly, light is also often directly referred to in the titles of these exhibitions, making it clear that it is light, and not simply the work of the exhibited artists, that is of primary interest. Given that in the contemporary art world, art institutions and curators play a decisive role in determining the dominant trends and the hierarchy of importance of works and artists, this tendency should not escape our attention. It says a great deal about the contemporary condition of art, its dominant trends and the place of art reaching for light as a medium.
Ryszard W. Kluszczyński, LAACT vol. 2
Light in contemporary art: from neon to hybrid transdisciplinary forms.
LAACT [Light as a Creative Tool] is a long-running project that critically explores contemporary media art, with a particular focus on light art in an academic setting.
LAACT 25 was a multidimensional exploration of post-anthropocentric narratives in contemporary art. The project took inspiration from Andrzej Marzec’s book Antropocen. Philosophy and Aesthetics After the End of the World (PWN) as well as theoretical perspectives from Timothy Morton, Graham Harman, Jane Bennett, and Quentin Meillassoux.
https://www.asp.wroc.pl/en/events/laact-25
Organizer: The Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław
Co-Organiser: The National Centre for Culture Poland
Lead by: dr hab. Robert Sochacki
Co-funded by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage under the Cultural Programme of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union 2025.
Project is realized thanks to an art grants program: Mega Grant - the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław.
