Issue 001: Kinetic ft. Christopher Bauder

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Christopher Bauder started creating large scale spatial art installations and lighting design after finishing his studies in the Digital Media Class at the Berlin University of the Arts. His projects focus on the translation of bits and bytes into objects and environments and vice versa. Space, object, sound, light and interaction are the key elements of his work.

In 2004 he founded the multidisciplinary art and design studio WHITEvoid as a necessity to realize his large scale art and design pieces and environments. The studio is comprised of specialists in interaction design, media design, product design, interior architecture and electronic engineering. In 2013, Bauder founded KINETIC LIGHTS specializing in engineering and manufacturing professional kinetic lighting equipment.

Christopher joined us to talk about his relationship with Berlin, his newest installation VEKTOR, and gave potent advice for up and coming artists.

Check out a few excerpts from our conversation about process and collaboration:

I'm very much still influenced by how the lighting affects the people in the club. More than people actually know. How can the combination of music and lights bring you into another state, change your mood, change your attitude, change your emotions...How can I stimulate the human brain to push it in different directions?

I have so many ideas that I cannot possibly even realize them, even with a big team...If you want to create on a larger scale, you need to work with a team.

And we cover larger questions about art itself:

Who is a real artist? And what is even the definition of that today? ...I mean, that's the main question that everybody's asking...this is now all becoming a huge blur...I have crazy ideas in my head. I cannot get them out with my hand. It's impossible. But with AI or with prompting, I can realize the craziest stuff.