Backlight:

Playground of Light

Welcome to a world of light!

To accompany the exhibition Moving Motif by Ann Linn Palm Hansen, you can experience an interactive light playground at Ordrupgaard from 23 June to 9 August. Backlight is a collaboration between Ordrupgaard and a group of students from the Masters programme in Lighting Design at Aalborg University. The project explores the boundaries between design and visual art while creating connections between Ordrupgaard and a technical design education.

Seven students have each interpreted works from the special exhibition Moving Motif by visual artist Ann Linn Palm Hansen. Over the course of five days, they developed interactive light installations during an intensive open workshop at the museum.

Coloured shadows spread in every direction around the visitor, reflecting motifs such as Figures in Rotation and inviting visitors to become co-creators as their own bodies form colourful shadow tableaux. The exhibition gallery becomes a landscape of coloured light, where visitors are free to move playfully between the installations.

We invite you to step into these interpretations of Ann Linn Palm Hansen’s works and immerse yourself in her colours and forms.

Here you can

run

                       dance

jump

                        spin around

You are the one who shapes the artworks.

Explore freely, or lie down on a soft blanket and dream yourself into the colours that surround you.

The Light Playground is designed to engage all visitors, with a particular focus on children, who become active participants as their bodies create images of colour and form on the walls and floor. The aim is to expand the exhibition experience by bringing the viewer’s body into play and allowing them to step into the artwork’s colours.

The project also seeks to spark curiosity about colour and form theory by encouraging visitors to experiment with creating shadow tableaux. Through playful exploration of the world of colour, visitors gain a deeper understanding of how colours interact and how creative forms emerge.

The Light Playground is located in Gallery 2 of the museum, just downstairs from the special exhibition.

Designers

Ioanna Adamopoulou

Blas Baccarelli

Anna Bové

Nirvana Keyvani Jam

Laura Agnieszka Róg

Gosia Wybieralska

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thank you t0 lightdesigner Arthur van der Zaag for cunsulting