Spectacular Light Art Exhibition at Former Power Plant Ahead of INOTA Festival

Weeks before the music programs at the end of August, the organizers of the INOTA Festival will open the former thermal power plant site with spectacular light installations, featuring artists from seven countries, complemented by a Family Day.

The organizers shared that a light art exhibition will be open every day from August 15 to 24, between 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. With the program called FÉNYERŐMŰ (Light Power Plant), the former thermal power plant in Inota will become Hungary’s largest industrial exhibition space outside of Budapest as the first concrete step in long-term cultural utilization plans.

Over twenty works of light and visual art from seven different countries will be on display at the event.

The works include site-specific, giant installations designed specifically for the spaces of the power plant—the cooling towers, the turbine hall, and the boiler room.

Andrea Sztojánovits and Gergely Álmos’ audiovisual work “Much Closer to the Sun” translates the physiological and emotional imprint of looking at the sun into a meditative spatial experience, while Gábor Karcis and Liliane Spielmann’s project “Fading Remanence” brings to life the illusion of a sentient ecosystem with its light-sensitive flower clusters. Dmitry Morozov’s machine installation “(::vtol::) Adad” generates sound and light flashes from real-time lightning data through piezo crystals.

In Robin Beekman’s light installation “Parallels”, visitors’ perceptions gradually shift away from familiar reality, while Niko Tiainen’s work “Decoherence” visualizes the dramatic decline in biodiversity through rhythmically synchronized and gradually disintegrating patterns of light and sound.

SpY’s hypnotic installation from Spain creates a stunning spatial configuration of floating corridors and columns, while the kinetic installation by France’s Collectif Scale, which functions as a breathing sculpture, and the phosphorescent light choreography by Alberto Novello, visiting from Italy, push the boundaries of perception.

Violetta Vigh’s “Észlelőkert” (“Perception Garden”), that explores inner storms, Zoltán Varga (EPER)’s digital calligraphy, and László Zsolt Bordos’ transcendent light composition create a poetic connection between space, technology, and people. Vincent Rang’s “Monolith” and the work of the main curators of the light art program, Dániel Besnyő and Mátyás Kálmán, entitled “The Breathing Heart” will also be on display.

The exhibition will offer a memorable experience for all ages.

On Family Day on August 23, the exhibition will be complemented by additional children’s programs, that will also be open to visitors during the INOTA Festival from August 28 to 30.

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