20–29 MAR 2025
INTERFERENCE Community at the German LICHTROUTEN Festival of Light
Founded in 2002, the LICHTROUTEN Festival of Light in Lüdenscheid is a longstanding platform for experimental and site-specific light art, curated by Bettina Pelz and Tom Groll, and hosted by Lüdenscheid City Marketing. In its 2025 edition, dedicated to the theme “New Energies,” the festival welcomed the INTERFERENCE Community from Tunis for the second time—an outstanding example of international cooperation in the field of art in public space.
The artistic contributions were developed by Zeineb Kaabi and OBK.
Zeineb Kaabi presented “Energy in Time” in the festival’s main program. Her artistic medium is generative imaging processes. Her work explores the complex relationship between the natural environment and its cultural inhabitation. She focuses on how the socio-cultural use of energy, water, land, and raw materials transforms ecosystems.
For this LICHTROUTEN contribution, she developed the context-sensitive videography, “Energy in Time,” which examined the profound impact of technological advancement and industrial transformation on energy demand, rooted in the processes of technological progress and shifts in industrial production.
In the YOUNG MASTERS PROGRAM, OBK, a digital artist and VJ from Tunis, showcases “SUN,” exploring the intersection between new technologies and human sensory experiences. By engaging touch and sight, OBK creates interactive works that invite the audience to observe and physically engage with the artwork. Focusing on movement and frequencies, his projects challenge how we perceive the world.
Curatorial participation was developed by Fairouz Nouri and Khadouja Tamzini. They were active participants in the YOUNG MASTERS CURATORS PROGRAM, contributing not only to the exhibition program but also initiating public discussions on gender diversity in media art and on dark-sky strategies within the context of light festivals.
This integrated participation—spanning art production, curatorial development, and critical discourse—highlights the INTERFERENCE Community’s commitment to cross-cultural dialogue and positions their contribution as a model for inclusive and sustainable artistic collaboration in the global light art scene.
Rather than being a guest appearance, the involvement of the INTERFERENCE Community reflects a collaborative process of co-creation, with both artists and curators from Tunisia shaping the content and discourse of the festival. It brought much-needed visibility to emerging voices from North Africa, introducing narratives on sustainability, energy, and urban transformation grounded in distinct social and ecological realities.