Fort Bathed in Light (Fénybe borult erőd)

For one night, Fort Monostor becomes the venue for a unique spatial experience thanks to the light-art installation of artist Peter Kozma. The compositions, projected by high-performance slide projectors, cover the whole inner courtyard of the Danube Bastion: the roof, the facade, and even the ground form part of the artwork.

After three years of studying architecture, the Swiss-Hungarian Peter Kozma graduated in video design from the University of Applied Arts in Budapest. He has always been concerned with space—both architectural space and individual living space—and during his university years, he experimented with the effects of slide projection on the perception of space. He launched the Raypainting project with his creative partner, Dora Berkes, in 1996. The project is an interaction of music, space, colors, and people, where the artwork is created by painted glass slides projected onto various large surfaces, such as buildings or natural elements.

Since 1996, the artists have been invited to "raypaint" numerous notable locations in several cities across Europe. Their latest prominent project was the projection on the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in March 2006. In the course of recent large-scale projects, the artists illuminated more than 10,000 square meters at Millenáris Park, Deák Square, and other such venues. These works of art are unique both in size and artistic approach. A division of labor is essential for such enormous works: Dorka paints the glass slides, while Peter deals with the space and the overall dramaturgy of the projects.

This year, parallel to the Raypainting project, the two artists have turned to their own art: now they also accept smaller-scale projection assignments where they realize their own ideas separately. Peter Kozma’s project at Fort Monostor is his sixth solo space installation this year. This comprehensive, immersive projection also serves as a visual analysis of the achievements of Raypainting. However, instead of the painted glass slides used in Raypainting, Peter examines the potential of digitally created images in his own works.

This evening, the artist projects three separate images in succession onto the surfaces. The surreal, landscape-like visions and light frescoes, with their differing spatial effects, reflect on the openness and closedness of space.

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