Lightdome
The biodome of Budapest started as expansion project for the Budapest Zoo in 2017. 7 years later it is a finished structure yet to to house any live animals. In March 2024 a collective of artists reclaimed the space with light installations and projection mapping projects, opening the biodome to the public for the first time.
Gáspár Battha installing his piece Disection in a bat-enclosure
Zsuzsi Matók and her installation Snake totem
Gábor Karcis setting up projectors for Light Garden
Finnish light artist Kari Kola (left) is known for his large scale light installations piercing the night sky with radiant blue beams from Stonehenge to the fjords of Norway. Ákos Tóth (right) was one of the technical directors of the project while also exhibiting his own work, Trap.
Ákos Tóth inspecting his work Trap.
Ivo Kovács setting up projection mapping for his work Speculum Primordialis - INSTINCT – ANCESTOR
Patrik Kiss installing the projection mapping for Entropy Aesthetics: Cocoon
Trashtopus by Juci Kele (right), and Mátyás Kálmán being moved to what is supposed to be the shark tank of the biodome
Trashtopus by Juci Kele (right), Lóci Alvégi (left) and Mátyás Kálmán being moved to what is supposed to be the shark tank of the biodome
Diver installing Sea Urchin by Daniel Besnyő and Zoltán Czingáli
Diver installing Sea Urchin by Daniel Besnyő and Zoltán Czingáli
Márton Urbán programming lights for theire collaborative work with Flóra Karácsony: Flora Futura
Zsuzsa Debre with her installation Carousel
Creators of the exhibition Dániel Besnyő (left) and Mátyás Kálmán (right) - their work with Zoltán Czingáli (not pictured) titled Heller Rotator is on the left side, with Waterfall (an LED installation by Besnyő and Czingáli) visible in the background.
