Tracing Light - Die Magie des Lichts

In the organizer's words:

Light is the basis of life, visible only through the encounter with matter, the language of the universe. "Everyone thinks they know what light is," says quantum physicist Daniele Faccio. "But then you dig a little deeper and realize that you have no idea."

Tracing Light - The Magic of Light uses fascinating images and encounters to explore what is probably the most significant of all natural phenomena. Award-winning filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer (Rivers and Tides, Touch The Sound) brings together outstanding scientists and artists who work with light: Daniele Faccio and his Extreme Light Group at the University of Glasgow, the artist duos Semiconductor and Brunner/Ritz, Pascal Del'Haye's team at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Light, the land art artist Julie Brook. What is light as a material? How does it behave in its enigmatic dual form as wave and particle? Does light change when we see it? What is the relationship between light, space and time? How does our perception of light shape our understanding of the world?

Tracing Light - The Magic of Light takes us on an illuminating, magical and sensual journey to the limits of human imagination. Together with his charismatic protagonists and the outstanding film music by Fred Frith and Gabby Fluke-Mogul, Thomas Riedelsheimer's fascinating images make it possible to experience light in all its countless facets, appearances and forms, in all its complexity. Light, space and time, high technology and nature, knowledge and beauty: Tracing Light - The Magic of Light allows us to see the world with different eyes