When he created a paraphrase of one of the pioneering works of light art, leading Bauhaus professor Dávid Szauder drew inspiration from the iconic Light Prop for an Electric Stage (1930) by the constructivist painter, photographer, designer and theorist László Moholy-Nagy. The work conceived by László Moholy-Nagy and designed by the architect István Sebők was originally intended as an “experimental device for light painting” with the potential to use information gathered from various fields of art to operate it. One idea was to create multiples for a multimedia installation, using the coordinated operation of the device, which could be triggered by remote control. Drawing from the prototype artwork (the original of which is displayed in the collection of the Harvard Museum and two other replicas in Eindhoven and Berlin), Szauder creates an interactive performance, which, taking into account Moholy-Nagy’s aesthetic-educational programme, is enriched by an auditory experience that responds to the light and shadow environment created by the movement of the sculpture.

Márton Orosz