Open – Design Week Frankfurt RheinMain

Shifting Barcode

Barcodes, with their black and white lines, are known as static carriers of information. The light installation, resembling a barcode, consists of LED lines with adjustable colours and invites the audience to redesign the code (the information) by altering the colours and the spacing between the lines.

On the one hand, this creates an attractive design. On the other hand, however, the light installation can symbolically encourage people to engage with given and seemingly irrefutable 'information'. It becomes clear how quickly and easily 'information' can be adapted and altered.

DigitaLicht AG has been developing and manufacturing LED lighting systems in Freigericht, in the Main-Kinzig region, since 1999. In the field of light art, the company has already produced lighting systems for renowned artists, including James Turrell, Damien Hirst, Olafur Eliasson, Mischa Kuball and many others.

Under the zirkuLED brand, DigitaLicht AG also specialises in the bespoke, high-quality conversion of existing luminaires to LED technology, such as light art installations, designer luminaires, historic luminaires, etc.