Young Masters & Currents
February 3 – 19
LUNA Nights & Friends
February 9 – 11
Photo: Chor_Bahzad SULAIMAN_VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn
©Daniel Hausig
Luna 2023 • Nothing Changes
The theme program of LUNA 2023 is Nothing Changes: everything remains the same – is that a pessimistic and gloomy view of life, an individual perception, can we actually bring about or at least influence change?
The statement serves as a grain of sand in the wheels of everyday life – what does not change and for whom? What responsibility do the media have for an ongoing news and visual culture? Is there actually polarization or is it timeless; is humanity hurtling towards a ravine or is it perhaps not so bad as long as your algorithms provide you with the news items that support an optimistic future?
Today, our world view is being affected by major events – yet war, pandemic, inflation and other things we have to relate to these days are also phenomena of all times. So, in general, little or nothing really changes?
In addition to the major challenges and catastrophes that preoccupy the media, art and virtually everyone, social changes are underway. Our image of humanity is also subject to constant change. In the theme program we place a special focus on how we look at and think about gender, sexuality, lifestyles, relationships between people and our natural and physical environment. What changes and who benefits? Why is there also fear of this change? Is society due for a complete overhaul of the classification of people into female, male and non-binary – maybe we are all non-binary but find that hard to accept? While much progress has been made, there is still a long way to go and we are not yet where we want to be. Rights fought for by protesters many years ago are still being contested. This can feel like nothing changes.
During our Theme Nights we open conversations between art, science and technology with imagination, speculation and action. Take a look at what our theme program LUNA Currents will bring, which young national and international artists will exhibit this year in the LUNA Young Masters exhibition and of course which magical light artworks can be seen during LUNA Nights from 9 to 11 February in the Leeuwarden city center.
February 3 – 19
During LUNA you will find the Young Masters exhibition in the Stationskwartier (Snekertrekweg 1): light and media artworks by fifteen young, national and international talents. The exhibition is open during the festival period from 10 am to 10 pm! Check the program for all activities and look here for all practical information. Note: with a passe-partout for only €17, you can visit the expo and all activities during the entire festival period! You buy the passe-partout at the door.
Lorenzo Anelli/Carlo Cozzolongo (Morph Studio) • Room 2
Lorenzo Anelli/Carlo Cozzolongo (Morph Studio)Room 2A room is an enclosed space. We build rooms as soon as we find a place where we want to stay. We give them names, numbers, and meanings, sometimes poetic, sometimes practical. In 'Room 2', an interactive installation...
Rabee Kananafi • Lunacy
Rabee KananafiLunacyRabee Kanafani's intense and moving compositions explore the symbolism behind light, darkness, spirituality, and the meaning of life. With the audio-visual experience ‘Lunacy’, he looks at the relationship between the full moon and our mental...
Zhao Zhou • Black Tempest
Zhao Zhou Black Tempest'Black Tempest' is part of the 'Forced Switch' series, in which Zhao Zhou intersects transitional spaces, in this case a corridor. Usually, you walk through a corridor with a goal in mind and you don’t acknowledge the in-between space. The...
Syrine Eloued (1994, TN) • Today I found my friends
Siryne Eloued (1994, TN) Today I found my friendsIn her green and luminous installation, Eloued illuminates the faces of her former friends and classmates, whom she hasn’t seen for more than a decade. She took old photos of her friends and printed them on leaves of...
Marieke van der Burg (1998, NL) • Self Spot
Marieke van der Burg (1998, NL) Self SpotEveryone has difficult moments in life. Yet there is still a taboo on expressing emotions and feelings when things are tough. With her interactive installation ‘Self Spot’, media artist Marieke van der Burg brings to life a...
Karen Fritz (1988, DE) • Survive
Karen Fritz (1988, DE) SurviveSlowly, dust drips from a transparent container hanging from the ceiling. The particles become visible through a faint light that shines. The room fills with dust. The whole room? No, a small greenhouse on the ground is carefully shielded...
Martijn de Geele (1994, NL) • Is repetition real?
Martijn de Geele (1994, NL) Is repetition real?Eternity is seen as the endless repetition of patterns. This allows us to predict change: something that once was, will always happen again. In his work ‘Is repetition real’, composer Martijn de Geele brings the charm of...
Arne Hellwege (1997, NL) • Commoveo
Arne Hellwege (1997, NL) CommoveoDuring the pandemic, artist Arne Hellwege saw that when it comes down to it, people still depend on real interaction, rather than digital communication. His installation 'Commoveo' ('com' is together, 'moveo' is I move) acts as an...
Ana Lipps (1997, LT) • You Brake it, You Taste It
Ana Lipps (1997, LT) You Brake It, You Taste ItWe perceive the world through our senses but are thwarted by all sorts of preconceptions about what is real or possible. With her installation, which is far more than meets the eye, Ana Lipps unravels these...
Maaike Meindertsma (1999, NL) • The Knowledge of the Body
Maaike Meindertsma (1999, NL) The Knowledge of the BodyAny idea how far your toes are from the ground when you take a step? The only way to find out is to measure the distance from our toe to the ground in centimetres. But even then, we know less than our body already...
Sytske Nijp (1998, NL) • SHIFT-BOX
Sytske Nijp (1998, NL) The SHIFT-BOX'SHIFT-BOX’ is inspired by nightlife, where we can shed old identities and try out new ones. The installation shows how an identity is constantly changing. Sytske Nyp invites you to think out-of-the-box`: the walls of her...
Alyson Sillon (1997, FR) • Before After | Kemetic Techno Ceremony
Alyson Sillon (1997, FR) Before | AfterExploring the contemporary world of techno, Alyson Sillon's installation immerses you in a rave temple, with a design based on twelve transitional moments. These are seen, among other things, in the form of a symbolic clock,...
Joshua Serafin (1995, PH) • Void
Joshua Serafin (1995, PH) VoidThe main sources of inspiration for Joshua Serafin's work are the spiritual backgrounds and pre-colonial belief system of Filipino society. The artist focuses on gender identity, which for Joshua is fluid, something often seen in ancient...
February 9 – 11
In the center of Leeuwarden you will find beautiful light artworks from national and international makers from 9 – 11 February from sunset! You can determine your own route. Looking for a map? Then check luna.2discover.nl, the 2Discover app where all works of art and places can be found.
Do you really want to miss nothing and also get the background information? Then book a LUNA Tour of about 90 minutes from A Guide to Leeuwarden for €12.50!
OCUBO • Floating Stars
ocubo Floating stars Only in the dark can you see the stars. Portuguese collective OCUBO invites you to enter an interactive installation and then add a floating candle to a pool of water. The candle’s journey is transferred real-time into a projection on the walls of...
Bahzad Sulaiman • Chor
Bahzad sulaiman Chor Bahzad Sulaiman invites you to look at light in a different way during LUNA Nights with a special installation. 'Chor' is a sculpture of white goods. Indeed, refrigerators, washing machines and microwaves are used daily and are part of our era, an...
Tasuru Arai (JPN) • Quantum
Tasuru Arai (JPN) Quantum The sound that humans can perceive is only a very small part of what the universe produces. In his work, artist Tatsuru Arai seeks the limit of the audio input a human being can endure to still experience it as interesting or even enjoyable....
Antrilope (DE) • Perception Bias
Antrilope (DE) Perception Bias We asked Clemens Rudolph to create new work around the festival theme ‘Nothing Changes’. Previously, he drew attention to themes such as global warming and the relationship between nature, man and technology with original, partly...
Gudrun Barenbrock (D) • Infitine Shift
Gudrun Barenbrock (DE) Infinite Shift Gudrun Barenbrock manipulates and animates photographs and videos, creates collages and composes visual systems. This leads to walk-in pictorial spaces, often in collaboration with sound artists and musicians, with work that...
Marko Bolkovic/Visualia (HR) • Light/Dark
Marko Bolković | Visualia Group (HR) Light-Dark The installation ‘Light-Dark’ consists of 33 different illuminated Plexiglass-objects, which, when viewed from a certain point, form the word LIGHT. But when walking around the installation, the objects turn into...
Stefano Cagol (IT) • Global Warning
Stefano Cagol (IT) Global Warning With ‘Global Warning’, Stefano Cagol sends an unrelenting and unsparing message. The neon artwork make us think about the causes and consequences that affect both the present and the future. The 2019 work, with a bitter pun as its...
Martina Dal Brollo (IT) • Con-Temporary studio space
Martina Dal Brollo (IT) Con-Temporary studio space The installation ‘Con-Temporary Studio Space’ is a mobile projection for which visitors generate their own power and images by cycling. During the two years of her Master in Groningen, Martina dal Brollo focused her...
Anne Fie Salverda (NL) • Am I Dreaming?
Anne Fie Salverda (NL) Am I Dreaming? Anne Fie Salverda, an animator and visual artist from Leeuwarden, is fascinated by capturing the world around her. With her poetic animation art, she tells non-verbal stories that are open to everyone’s own interpretation. In the...
tajny_projekt (PL) • OUTLINE
tajny_project (PL) Spotme Former LUNA Young Masters (2019) present an interactive and playful installation of moving heads lights, which visitors can enter and influence by jumping. The technology is normally used for big shows but can now be happily played with on...
Peter William Holden (GB) • The Carousel
Peter William Holden (GB) The CarouselPeter William Holden creates kinetic sculptures by combining digital and mechanical elements. 'The Carousel' uses eight slide projectors. The slide projectors do not contain film, but clippings, in homage to the origins of...
Laurenz Theinert (D) • MAGICAL COLOUR SPACE
Laurenz Theinert (D) Magical Colour Space When light falls on an object, it absorbs some of the light waves and reflects the rest. The human eye and brain convert this information into colour. 'Magical Colour Space' explores the basics of color perception. You step...
Simon Weckert/Philipp Weiser (DE) • Eternal Dream
Simon Weckert/Philipp Weiser (DE) Eternal Dream 'Eternal Dream' is an interactive art installation inspired by the eternal dream of flight. The imposing façade slab of the Station District acts as a blue, monolithic canvas. By entering a specific section directly in...
Programme
Monday 13 Feb 7:30PM • Theme Night 1: Everything is Changing
Theme Night 1: Everything Is Changing Monday 13 FEBRUARY 7:30PMThe network versus the platformIn the haze of this bombastically abundant information era, it is inevitable to realize that the internet is the shifting motor that orchestrates all aspects of our lives....
Tuesday 14 Feb 7:30PM • Theme Night 2: Why Change?
Theme Night 2: Why Change? Tuesday 14 FEBRUARY 7:30PMConserving media artTech is so breakable, art made from tech even more so. How can we keep things stable when our art is under constant attack of cosmic rays, mishandling and obsolescence of our materials? What...
Wednesday 15 Feb 7:30PM • Theme Night 3: What Changed?
Theme Night 3: What Changed? Monday 13 FEBRUARY 7:30PMVideo games and nostalgiaOur past and lived experiences constitute an integral part of our identities, representing a lens through which we interpret the world that surrounds us. For this reason, we are drawn to...
Friday 10 feb 1PM • INDUSTRY MEETING
Industry meeting FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 1:00PM All professionals, artists, curators, and festival directors, based locally or abroad, external or involved in the current edition of LUNA, are invited to meet up with our international community of guests for a nice...
Friday 10 feb 10:30am • YOUNG MASTERS MEET INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS
YOUNG MASTERS MEET INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS FRIDAY 10 FEBRUARY 10:30AMAs part of the LUNA Young Masters program, we invite program makers and curators from institutions in the region and international partners to discover the artworks and artists in our Young Masters...
Friday 17 feb • Keunstwurk, Study-/networking afternoon
keunstwurk, studie-/netwerk middag Vrijdag 17 februari Op vrijdag 17 februari organiseert het Steunpunt Beeldende Kunst van Keunstwurk tijdens LUNA twee leerzame workshops voor kunstenaars, met aansluitend een netwerkborrel. Daal is iedereen uit het...
Tuesday 7 feb, 8:00PM • Guest hosts: KOMPOST/New Noardic Wave talks
TE gast: KOMPOST/New Noardic Wave talks Dinsdag 7 februari, 20.00 uur Op dinsdagavond 7 februari gaan de geluids- en beeldmakers van KOMPOST aan de hand van korte fragmenten met elkaar en het publiek in gesprek. KOMPOST is een tijdelijke, experimentele vrijplaats...
Saturday 18 feb 3:00PM • Turbine plays: An afternoon with air
Turbine plays: an afternoon with air Saturday 18 FebruaryThe Turbine Plays, a transdisciplinary, artistically driven project, imaginatively connects energy professionals, citizens, heritage professionals, artists, and musicians. They will work together to contribute...
11 -19 FEB • Text Me 2023
Text.ME 11 FEBRUARI t/m 19 februariTEXT ME Leeuwarden keert in zijn derde editie terug op het LUNA Festival 2023. Het project bestaat uit een intensief programma van een week waarin vijf geselecteerde jonge curatoren uit verschillende landen in Europa en Afrika de...
February 9 – 11
LUNA & Friends: five projects by and with Frisian institutions and companies that are happy to be part of our program on their own terms, making them very welcome guests.
The course Communication and Multimedia Design of NHL Stenden Hogeschool presents works with two student groups; Swapfiets comes with cheerfully illuminated bicycles; RAAMH as enabler of presentations of our international projects shows itself in a space of Neushoorn in the Haniasteeg, and the Popfabryk presents i.c.w. New Noardic Wave the results of residencies of film and image makers.
Those with friends like these have nothing to fear.
RAAMH Presenteert: Maaike Meindertsma “Via Rastello”
RAAMH presenteert: Maaike Meindertsma 'Via Rastello' 'Via Rastello' is a journey through the historic street of the same name in Gorizia (Italy), once the commercial center of the city, but over the years diminished in bustle and popularity. In this work, Maaike...
Tenam – Feeling of Loneliness
Tenam Feeling of Loneliness During the pandemic, many young people struggled with feelings of loneliness. Having lived through the period together, one would expect these feelings to gradually disappear. But the opposite seems to be true. 'Feeling of Loneliness'...
Kompost-Presentaties 2021/22
Kompost Presentaties 2021/22 KOMPOST is a temporary, experimental sanctuary for image makers and sound artists in or from Friesland. From the disciplines of image and sound, for each edition two makers are invited to work together for a week on a short audiovisual...
De Wanderaars – Hypnagogie
De Wanderaars HypNagogie There is a light burning in almost every child's room, a symbol of safety. But this small point of light also creates space for dark imaginations. 'Hypnagogie' takes you back to childhood and lets fantasy and wonder clash with reality. A sea...
Swapfiets – Lichtfietsen
Swapfiets Lichtfietsen We are extremely happy to collaborate with Swapfiets again this year. They mount their bikes with colorful LED lights and when the wheels turn you will see beautiful works of art, created by Ruben van Zijst (NHL Stenden Hogeschool). In the...
Practical information
LUNA Young Masters
From February 3 – February 19
| OPEN | daily from 10.00 – 22.00h |
| DIFFERENT OPENING HOURS | Thursday 9th – Saturday 11th of February open till 23.00h | Sunday February 19th open from 12.00 – 17.00h. |
| LOCATION | Stationskwartier, Snekertrekweg 1, 8912 AA Leeuwarden |
| CONTACT | mediaartfriesland@gmail.com |
| ENTRANCE | € 7,00 | For students € 5,00 | Up to 16 years free entrance |
| PASSE-PARTOUT | € 13,00 | Passe-partout students € 9,00 |
*) With a passe-partout you can visit the exhibition and the program specials throughout the festival period for less than twice the costs of a day-ticket!
LUNA Nights
From February 9 – 11, 2023
| WHEN | In the evening from sunset to 23.00h |
| LOCATION | City centre of Leeuwarden |
| CONTACT | mediaartfriesland@gmail.com |
| ENTRANCE | Free, with exception of the LUNA Young Masters exhibition. |
EXTRA
Tours & Workshops
Prices for guided tours and workshops are on request, see here for more information. For bookings and questions, please contact mediaartfriesland@gmail.com.
Accesibility Young Masters exhibition
The LUNA Young Masters exhibition takes place in the Stationskwartier in Leeuwarden. There is a small staircase at the main entrance, but it is possible to enter the building through another entrance. Do you wish to make use of it? Don’t hesitate to contact us via mediaartfriesland@gmail.com.