Created for the Manhattan Bridge Anchorage in DUMBO, Brooklyn, in celebration of the United Nations’ declaration of 2015 as the Year of Light and Light Art, LIGHT YEAR was a monthly video art series that presented a curated exhibit on the first Thursday of every month. Over its almost nine year run, Light Year become an important venue for video artists on an international scale, presenting work of hundreds and hundreds artists and curators from around the world.
LIGHT YEAR RAN ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH FOR 100 SHOWS – FROM MAY 2015 – AUGUST 2023!
Curated by LEO KUELBS COLLECTION, GLOWING BULBS, and JOHN ENSOR PARKER, and presented with support from NYC DOT Art.
LIGHT YEAR - FROM ONE HUNDRED TO ONE
LIGHT YEAR 100: SUBMERGED {AUGUST 3, 2023}
Featuring work by: United VJs, Danielle de Picciotto and Alexander Hacke, Jim Ellis, Sam Marlow and Alon Cohen, Nicole Antebi and Laura Ortman, Kitzinger Gabor and Alex Hamadey, Shir Lieberman, Jonathan Phelps and Fabio Fonda
Curated by Leo Kuelbs and Karl Erickson
LIGHT YEAR 99: DEPTH OF FIELD {JULY 6, 2023}
Originally presented as LIGHT YEAR 3 on July, 2015
Featuring work by: Glowing Bulbs, John Ensor Parker, Vadim Schaeffler and Ryan Uzilevsky
Curated by Leo Kuelbs with Farkas Fulop
LIGHT YEAR 98: CAUTION: BEAUTIFICATION IN PROGRESS {JUNE 1, 2023}
Participating Artists: Maurice Benayoun, Minha Yang, Hye Rim Lee.
Curated by Kate Shin for Waterfall Mansion & Gallery
LIGHT YEAR 97: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: MYTHS OF BRAZIL {MAY 4, 2023}
Featuring work from: Integrated Visions, Julia Obst, Rani Messias, Adriana Varella, Josh Graham, Tahian Bhering, Kris Force, Alexis Karl & Adam Torkel
Curated by Leo Kuelbs and Julia Obst-Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR 96: LUMINOUS DREAMS {APRIL 6, 2023}
Participating Artists: Steve Pavlovsky (Liquid Light Lab; NYC), Claudio Salvador (Visual Brewer; Buenos Aires), Christopher Short (Neon Captain; Santa Fe), Marina Rao (VJ Psyberpixie; Miami), Sky Goodman (Chicago), Nick Ciontea (Portland), Tim Ramirez (Hydrosonic Light Show; Chicago)
Curated by Steve Pavlovsky / Liquid Light Lab
LIGHT YEAR 95: INTERDEPENDENCE AND COLIBERATION {MARCH 2, 2023}
Participating Artists: Kara Hearn
Dakota Gearhart, Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, Tusia Dabrowska, Wiktor Freifeld, Christine Cheung, Tanya Glebova, Nung-Hsin Hu.
Curated by Tusia Dabrowska
LIGHT YEAR 94: THE WIND THAT MAKES NO SOUND {FEBRUARY 2, 2023}
Participating Artists: Yorgo Alexopoulos, Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos, Motomishi Nakamura, Amelia Winger-Bearskin.
Curated by Lee Wells.
LIGHT YEAR 93: HIERARCHICAL HEGEMONIES {JANUARY 2023}
Artists: Josh Graham, Thomas D. Rotenberg, Plant Fictions, Jesse Erica Epstein, Emma Piper-Burket
Curated by Thomas D. Rotenberg
LIGHT YEAR 92: IF ALL BODIES ATTRACT EACH OTHER, HOW IS IT POSSIBLE THE UNIVERSE IS EXPANDING? {DECEMBER 1, 2022}
Participating Artists: Janet Biggs, Meredith Drum, Dakota Gearhart, and Faith Holland
Curated by Eva Davidova
LIGHT YEAR 91: INHABITING ZENOBIA {NOVEMBER 3, 2022}
Participating Artists: Jamila Campagna & Alektron, Raffaella Valsecchi, Francesca Manca di Villahermosa, Miltos Manetas, Alessio Liberati, Dimitri Porcu & Lionel Martin
Curated by Costanza Ferrini
LIGHT YEAR 90: ULTRA SHORTS AND NFTS {OCTOBER 6, 2022}
Participating Artists: Sean Redbeard, Chihiro Ito, Anastasia Macmanous, Lisa Mackie, Ernesto Gonzalez and Page Rockwell, Fornax Void, Haydiroket, JNK, marcelopinel.tez, Blanche the Vidiot, Anthony Johns, Sara C. Sun, Thomas Rotenberg, Jordan Eagles, Karl Heinz Jeron, and Spøgelsesmaskinen
Supported by Leo Kuelbs Collection
LIGHT YEAR 89: PERSPECTIVE/REFLECTIVE {SEPTEMBER 1, 2022}
Participating Artists: Eszter Szabo, Jesse Fleming, Philipp Geist, Richard Jochum, Robert Seidel, Yuki Ideguchi & Suguru Ikeda
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR 88: SUMMER RERUNS: TRANSCENDENT LIGHT {AUGUST 4, 2022}
Participating Artists: Light Show Sphinx (Sjaco Karmelk / Piet Koster), Sofy Yuditskaya, Sarah Zucker, George Stadnik, Valeria Divinorum, Bobby Mesaros, and Steve Pavlovsky.
Curated by Steve Pavlovsky
LIGHT YEAR 87: SUMMER RERUNS: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: OBVIOUS SURPRISE {JULY 7, 2022}
Participating Artists: Dorothée Billard & Kinga Tóth, Juliane Pieper & Sea of Daisies, Maria Naidyonova, Kamilia Kard, Daniela Kostova, Mai’T Segura and Harald V. Uccello, Eszter Szabó
Curated by Eszter Szabó and Leo Kuelbs, with Kinga Tóth
LIGHT YEAR 86 {JUNE 2, 2022}
Participating Artists: Chris Herbeck, Ernesto Gonzales, Gigi Spratley, Jack Waltrip & Steve Holloway, Marton Daniel Gabor, Simonetta Moro, Paranoid Larry
Curated by John Ensor Parker
LIGHT YEAR 85: URBAN ALGORITHMS {MAY 5, 2022}
Participating artists: Dennis Rudolph, Daniel Molnar, Jung Soo Cho, Vasilena Gankovska and Anne Glassner
Curated by Boris Kostadinov
LIGHT YEAR 84: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: TRANSFORMATION! {APRIL 7, 2022}
Participating artists: Juliane Ebner, Julia Obst and Eric Dunlap, Alexis Karl and Adam Torkel, Juliane Pieper and Sea of Daisies, Thomas Rotenberg, Sandra Ratkovic
Presented by Leo Kuelbs Collection
Translated by Sanj Nair
Thanks to the von Schönwerth archive and Erika Eichenseer; Regensburg, Germany
LIGHT YEAR 83: DEEPER PEOPLE {MARCH 3, 2022}
Participating artists: Dagmar Schuerrer, Franziska Harnisch, Alisi Telengut, Christina Schulz, Yannet Vilela
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
LIGHT YEAR 82: MOVING SILENCE {FEBRUARY 3, 2022}
Participating artists: SHOXXX, Giovanni De Roia, & Maren-Kea Freese
Curated by Marco Brosolo
LIGHT YEAR 80: NATURAL RHYTHM {DECEMBER 2, 2021}
Participating artists: Jovi Schnell, Phoebe Tooke, Wayne Grim, Michelle Brand, Ed Rousseau, Kathleen Quillian, Dylan Hicks, Michelle Brand and Vincenzo Di Francesco
Curated by Michael Lehman
LIGHT YEAR 79: MOMENTARY {NOVEMBER 4, 2021}
Participating artists: Kelsey Baker, Jeremy Biggers, Melanie Clemmons, Hector Ramirez, Tramaine Townsend, and Jennifer Wester
Curated by: Leslie Moody Castro
Presented by: AURORA
LIGHT YEAR 78: DREAM ON…DREAM OF {OCTOBER 7, 2021)
Participating artists: Richard Humann, Colette Lumiere, David Maroto. Zinaida, Hans Breder, Christine Davis and Jonas Mekas
Curated by Kyoko Sato and Juan Puntes and presented by WhiteBox
LIGHT YEAR 77: EARNESTNESS {SEPTEMBER 2, 2021}
Participating artists: Gigi Spratley + Jack Waltrip + Steve Holloway, Kenji Kojima, Methas Chantawongs + Mayzena, Sandrine Deumier, Sonke C. Weiss and Valerie Schaller
Curated by John Ensor Parker
LIGHT YEAR 76: SUMMER RERUNS: “BEYOND FEAR AND TYRANNY: THE RIVER IS HERE” + “SOLACE” {AUGUST 5, 2021}
“Solace” – Curated by Testu Collective.
Featured Artists: Maria Takeuchi, Sarah Pak, Mike Romeo, Morena Sarzo, Paloma Kop, Toru Izumida, Kiyonori Sudo, Alec Fellman + xuzi, Gabriel Mester, Fernando Molina, Serena Stucke + Dan Tesene.
“Beyond Fear and Tyranny: The River is Here” – Curated by Eva Davidova and Meredith Drum.
Featured artists: Jessica Segall, Jen Liu, Gretta Louw, Tabita Rezaire and Kaya Joan.
LIGHT YEAR 75: THE SPIRITUALITY OF MOVEMENT {JULY 1, 2021}
Participating artists: Eric Dunlap, Alexis Karl & Adam Torkel, Patrice D. Bowman, Camille Schaeffer, Mária Roskó & Zsófia Ádám, and Timmi Davis
Curated by Leo Kuelbs with Julia Obst.
LIGHT YEAR 74: THRESHOLDS AND BEYOND {JUNE 3, 2021}
Participating Artists: Nina Sobell, Dagmar Schuerrer, Jesse Fleming, David Graves & Sara Sun, and Tasman Richardson. Concept by Leo Kuelbs.
LIGHT YEAR 73: “ALL NATURAL” + “NEW BEGINNINGS” {MAY, 2021}
“ALL NATURAL” – Curated by Mark Amerika
Featuring work by Sabrina Ratté, Rick Silva, Erin Espelie, Melanie Clemmons and Zak Loyd, Chris Coleman, Brenna Murphy, Will Luers and Roger Dean, Mark Amerika, and The Artist 2.0.
“NEW BEGINNINGS” – Videos organized by Jihyun Kim
Featuring works by Ziyu Eleanor Liu, Yuki Qu, Sarah Schechter, Sungah Jun, Nathaniel Garcia, Lingjun Zhou, Nakaweesi Kantongole, Stephanie Jenn Boggs, Sharon Peretz, Mason, and Jihyun Kim
LIGHT YEAR 72: VIRUSOLOGICAL {APRIL 1, 2021}
Curated by Boris Kostadinov
Works by: Olivier Hölzl, Michail Michailov, Raphaele Shirley and Miae Son
LIGHT YEAR 71: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES – WASSER MÄRCHEN (WATER STORIES) {MARCH 4, 2021}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
Artists: Jonathan Phelps, Mighty Kongbot + LAMA, Juliane Pieper + Sea of Daisies, Thomas D. Rotenberg + Josh Graham, Jim Ellis, Vadim Schaeffler + Alex Hamadey, Julia Obst + Mark Fernyhough
LIGHT YEAR 70: SPATIAL EMPATHY {FEBRUARY 4, 2021}
Curated by Dirk Lehr Collection with Leo Kuelbs
Artists: Ellena Scheufler, Tracey Snelling, Andreas Gefeller, Travis Manning, and Eva-Marie Horstic
LIGHT YEAR 69: EVOKE {JANUARY 7, 2021}
Curated by Karl Erickson with Leo Kuelbs.
Artists: Philip Vanderhyden, Colleen Keough, Rebecca Shapass, and Eric Souther.
LIGHT YEAR 68: THRESHOLDS BEYOND I {DECEMBER 3, 2020}
Curated by Karl Erickson with Leo Kuelbs.
Artists: Philip Vanderhyden, Colleen Keough, Rebecca Shapass, and Eric Souther.
LIGHT YEAR 67: EVEN THOUGH I WALK THROUGH THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, I WILL FEAR NO EVIL {NOVEMBER 5, 2020}
Curated by: John Ensor Parker
Participating Artists: Ernesto Gonzalez / USA – Mexico, Agni Zotis / USA – Greece, Gigi Spratley / USA, Jean-Michel Rolland / France, Keegan Luttrell / Germany, Malado Baldwin / USA, Valerie Schaller / Austria, dNASAb, USA and Marton Daniel Gabor, Juice / Hungary
LIGHT YEAR 66: BEYOND FEAR AND TYRANNY: THE RIVER IS HERE {OCTOBER 1, 2020-STREAMING ONLY}
Curated by Eva Davidova and Meredith Drum
Artists: Jessica Segall Jen Liu, Gretta Louw, Tabita Rezaire and Kaya Joan
LIGHT YEAR 65: SOLACE {SEPTEMBER 3, 2020-STREAMING ONLY}
Curated by Testu Collective
Artists: Ému, Impakt, Nightshining, Morena Sarzo x ONLAND, Paloma Kop, Toru Izumida, circler, insomniac hotel x xuzi, Gabor, Fernando Molina, Testu Collective
LIGHT YEAR 64: NEW BEGINNINGS (AUGUST 6, 2020-STREAMING ONLY}
Artists: Works by Eleanor Ziyu Eleanor Liu, Yuki Qu, Sarah Schechter, Sungah Jun, Nathaniel Garcia, Lingjun Zhou, Nakaweesi Kantongole, Stephanie Jenn Boggs, Sharon Peretz, Mason, and Jihyun Kim
LIGHT YEAR 63: ANIMATION BENDER {JULY 2, 2020-STREAMING ONLY}
Participating Artists: Sam Marlow, Jonathan Phelps with Shir Lieberman and Alon Cohen, Nicole Antebi, Juliane Pieper with Chantelle Fuocco, Vadim Schaeffler, Josh Graham
LIGHT YEAR 62: SOUND X SIGHT PLAYLIST {JUNE 4, 2020-STREAMING ONLY}
Participating Artists: Sea of Daisies with Tom Rotenberg, and Normal Gergely, Kari Anna Tweiten with Mighty Kongbot and Karl Erickson, Unguided with Maria Naidyonova and Sean Smuda, Plain Brown Wrapper with Domenico Barra, N’conduit with Joan Grossman and Rani Messias
LIGHT YEAR 61: ALL NATURAL {MAY 7, 2020-STREAMING ONLY}
Curated by Mark Amerika.
Participating Artists: Sabrina Ratté, Rick Silva, Erin Espelie, Melanie Clemmons and Zak Loyd, Chris Coleman, Brenna Murphy, Will Luers and Roger Dean, Mark Amerika and The Artist 2.0.
LIGHT YEAR 60: OBVIOUS SURPRISE {APRIL 2, 2020-STREAMING ONLY}
Curated by Eszter Szabó, Leo Kuelbs with Kinga Tóth
Participating Artists” Doro Billiard & Kinga Tóth, Juliane Pieper, Maria Naidyonova, Kaminila Kard, Daniela Kostova, Harald Vogel & Maï T Chi, Eszter Szabó
LIGHT YEAR 59: FADING INTO THE NEW WORLD {MARCH 5, 2020}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs
Participating Artists: Eike Berg + Jarboe, Bordos, Mighty KongBot (Domenico Barra + Luigi Console), Jeremy Couillard + Dennis Vos, Kitzinger Gabor, Sarah Oh-Mock
LIGHT YEAR 58: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: DARK NIGHTS AND BLACK CATS {FEBRUARY 6, 2020}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs with Sandra Ratkovic
Participating Artists: Maria Naidyonova, Rani Messias, Kitzinger Gabor with Alex Hamadey, Radka Salcmannova, Juliane Pieper with Sea of Daisies, Ana Bilankov, Lea Brugnoli with Carsten Schneider, Sarah Oh-Mock with Kriss Roebling and Theory
LIGHT YEAR 57: THE INTERIORS {JANUARY 2, 2020}
Curated by: Leo Kuelbs
Participating Artists: Stu Spence, Travis Manning, Andreas Gefeller, Sandra Ratkovic, Dani Imhoff
LIGHT YEAR 56: LIMB FROM LIMB {DECEMBER 5, 2019}
Curated by: Kate Gavriel
Participating Artists: Laura Bernstein, Lizzy DeVita, Kyoung eun Kang, Maggie Hazen, Lawrence Mesich, Mariana Peragallo
LIGHT YEAR 55: THAT’LL LEARN YOU {NOVEMBER 7, 2019}
Curated by: John Ensor Parker
Participating Artists: Gene Kogan, Sophia Crespo, Sarah Meyohas and Lin Jing Jing
LIGHT YEAR 54: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: SLIGHTLY SCARY STORIES FOR CHILDREN {OCTOBER 3. 2019}
Curated by: Leo Kuelbs Collection
Participating Artists: Richard Jochum, Shir Lieberman and Jonathan Phelps with Alon Cohen, Jake Zhange and Theory, Nicole Antebi, Sarah Oh Mock
LIGHT YEAR 53: FROM THE PEOPLE TO THE LAND
Curated by: Luchia Meihua Lee, from The Taiwanese American Arts Council (TAAC)
Participating Artists: Jen-Pei Cheng, Pey-Chwen Lin, Yu-Chuan Tseng, Miya Ando, Pei-Shih Tu and Ching-Yao Chen
LIGHT YEAR 52: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: SUN AND MOON {AUGUST 1, 2019}
Curated by: Leo Kuelbs Collection
Participating Artists: Integrated Visions, Dani Imhoff, Maria Naidyonova, Radka Salcmannova, Harald Vogel and Mai T.
LIGHT YEAR 51: WE THE PEOPLE {JULY 4, 2019}
Curated by: John Ensor Parker
Participating Artists: New American Voices, Ernest Gonzalez, Kelly Tsai, Pei-Ling Ho, Felipe Galindo Feggo, Dee Hibbert-Jones & Nomi Talisman, and Chen Ching-Yao
LIGHT YEAR 50: SHORT STORIES FOR ETERNITY {JUNE 6, 2019}
Curated by: Steve West
Participating Artists: Ernesto Gonzalez, Annie Nicholson, Kara Rooney, Jessica Segal, and Steve West.
LIGHT YEAR 49: 8 ATTEMPTS TO EXHAUST [THE POETICS OF] A PLACE {MAY 2, 2019}
Curated by: Simonetta Moro
Participating Artists: Javier Barrer, Nicole Cohen, Rebecca Hackemann, Brian Miller, Simonetta Moro, Aga Ousseinov, Cibele Vieira and Jeannie Weissglass
LIGHT YEAR 48: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES, VENGEANCE IS MINE {APRIL 4, 2019}
Curated by: Leo Kuelbs and Richard Jochum
Participating Artists: Zoe Duchesne, Richard Jochum, Nina Schönefeld, Dahye Kim, Josh Graham, Sarah Mock, Radka Salcmannova, Nicole Antebi, Thomas D. Rotenberg, Matthias Fritsch
LIGHT YEAR 47: TALES OF DIVERTED REALITY {MARCH 7, 2019}
Curated by: Peter Fulop & Brigitta Veradi
Participating Artists (all artists are former artists in residence of ChaNorth): Chen Wang, James Hopkins & Tori Carr, Meredith Drum, Jonathan Sims, and Marisa Adesman & Christian Berman
LIGHT YEAR 46: AVALANCHE! {FEBRUARY 7,2019}
Curated by: Eszter Szabó, Matthias Fritsch, and Leo Kuelbs
Participating Artists: Moving Silence, Light Year and Eszter Szabó.
LIGHT YEAR 45: POST VISION {JANUARY 3, 2019}
Curated by Nicole Ruggiero and Emma Stern.
Featured artists: Aitana Basquiat, Cavecanems, Jason Ebeyer, Jabbathekid, Jon Monaghan. Kim Laughton, Michael Green, Nicole Ruggiero, Olga Fedorova, Opalslutuniverse, Pastelae and Saulonzo.
LIGHT YEAR 44: HOME {DECEMBER 6, 2018}
Curated by Dahye Kim and initiated by Leo Kuelbs in collaboration with Richard Jochum.
By students of the Art and Art Education program at Teachers College, Columbia University.
LIGHT YEAR 43: OTHER VOICES {NOVEMBER 1, 2018}
Curated by Danielle Epstein, Marble House Project
Featured Artists: Jesse Epstein, Maya Erdelyi, Dee Hibbert-Jones and Nomi Talisman, Gina Kamentsky, Yuliya Lanina, Heather M. O’Brien and Emma Piper-Burket.
LIGHT YEAR 42: HYPERREAL {OCTOBER 4, 2018}
Curated by Kim Doan Quoc.
Featured artists: Dario Alva, Zoé Brunet-Jailly, Kira DeCoudres, Fornax Void, Katia Grokhovsky, Paul Kusnierek-Numérobé, Malo Lacroix, Raphaël Moreira Gonçalves, Wild Torus, and Adam Zaretsky.
LIGHT YEAR 41: EPHEMERAL MOVEMENTS {SEPTEMBER 6, 2018}
Curated by Aaron Reidel, Ma Yongfeng, and Leo Kuelbs.
Featured artists: Alex Kuznetsov, Ma Yongfeng, Rex Detiger, Maria Naidyonova, and Fabrizio Del Rincon.
LIGHT YEAR 40: SINE GALLERY {AUGUST 2, 2018}
Curated by Katie Hector and Patricia Brace.
Featured artists: Jesus Benavente, Patricia Brace, Damien Davis, Dominique Duroseau, Joiri Minaya, and Yali Romagoza.
LIGHT YEAR 39: WAVES {JULY 5, 2018}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs.
Featured artists: Johanna Keimeyer, Mattias Fritsch, Harald V. Uccello + Mai T. Segura, Nicola Rubinstein, and Thomas D. Rotenberg.
LIGHT YEAR 38: STRAIGHT THROUGH THE WALL {JUNE 7, 2018}
Curated by Nic Koller and Jenn Ruff.
Featured artists: Tracy Abbott Szatan, Sofia Theodore-Pierce, Jenn Ruff, Alba Soto + Óscar Vías, Raven Jackson, and Alexandra Neuman.
LIGHT YEAR 37: CONSTELLATIONS {MAY 3, 2018}
Curated by Albert Chau.
Featured Artists: Ben Voldman, Cindy Suen, Drew Shields, Irene Feleo, Jean Jullien + Nicolas Jullien, John Balestrieri, Josh Cochran, Matt Huynh, Michael C. Hsiung, Min Liu, Rose Wong, Taezoo Park, Taili Wu + Robin Ellis, Will Herring, and Xaviera Lopez.
LIGHT YEAR 36: MOTION BY A.I.R. GALLERY {APRIL 5, 2018}
Curated by Negin Sharifzadeh.
Featured artists: Setare Arashloo, Melissa Brown, TaniaFerie + Negin Sharifzadeh, Oscar-Nominated Ru Kuwahata + Max Porter, and Jay Moorthy.
LIGHT YEAR 35: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES – CHINESE STORIES {MARCH 1, 2018}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs Collection and Wing Lu with Able Sun.
Featured artists: Rani Messias + ANNA LEEVIA, Suguru Ikeda + Isis Salam, Nicole Antebi + Xiren Wang, Lian Mengzhuo + Kinga Toth, Nina Sobell + Laura Ortman, Laszlo Zsolt Bordos, Junjie Zhang + Theory, and Vivian Qin.
LIGHT YEAR 34: TRANSCENDENT LIGHT {FEBRUARY 1, 2018}
Curated by Steve Pavlovsky.
Featured artists: Light Show Sphinx (Sjaco Karmelk / Piet Koster), Sofy Yuditskaya, Sarah Zucker, George Stadnik, Valeria Divinorum, Bobby Mesaros, and Steve Pavlovsky.
LIGHT YEAR 33: TEXTURAL PSYCHEDELIA {JANUARY 4, 2018}
Curated by Thomas D. Rotenberg.
Featured artists: David Hall, Cait Carvahlo, and Ronan Devlin.
LIGHT YEAR 32: ADDRESSING HOME {DECEMBER 7, 2017}
Concept by Leo Kuelbs.
Organized by Jesse Jagtiani.
Featured artists: Evy Yiran Li, Hiroshi Haga, Wentian Ma, Wang Xi, Anamaria Amador, Junying Lu, Ziyun Tao, Daniel Ahn, Kasey Clark, Yang Yang, Xijuan Zhang, and Jesse Jagtiani.
LIGHT YEAR 31: IDENTITY 0.0 {NOVEMBER 2, 2017}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs and Aaron Riedel.
Featured artists: Radka Salcmannova + Alex Hamadey, Sarah Mock + Daniela Imhoff, Thomas D. Rotenberg + Theologian, Sarah Trouche, Naormi Meijia Wang, Mai T. Segura + Harald V. Uccello + Alex Hamadey, Kinga Toth + Normal Gergely, Vadim Schäffler, and Richard Jochum + Xiren Wang.
LIGHT YEAR 30: OPEN TO INTERPRETATION {OCTOBER 5, 2017}
Curated by Glowing Bulbs.
Featured artists: Cyriac Harris, Yannick Jacquet (Legoman), CHiKA, Dev Harlan, Viktor Vicsek, Andrea Sztojánovits, Martin Daniel Gabor, and Albin Bousquet.
LIGHT YEAR 29: WE THE HELL AM I {SEPTEMBER 7, 2017}
Curated by Erin Joyce.
Featured artists: Dylan McLaughlin, Nicholas Galanin, Liss LaFleur, and Andrew Erdos.
LIGHT YEAR 28: BROOKLYN-BASED {AUGUST 3, 2017}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs.
Featured artists: Shir Lieberman, Jonathan Phelps, and Alon Cohen, Visakh Menon + Heavy Birds, Thomas D. Rotenberg + Jarboe, Nicole Antebi + Laura Ortman, Integrated Visions + Miss Natasha Enquist, Daniela Kostova + Anna Leevia, and Naormi Meijia Wang + John Terhorst.
LIGHT YEAR 27: MOTION {JULY 6, 2017}
Curated by Azzah Sultan and Chloé Angiolini.
Featured artists: John Bjerklie, Aya Momose, Rachel Monosov, Azzah Sultan, and Lior Tamim.
LIGHT YEAR 26: (IM)PERSONAL {JUNE 1, 2017}
Curated by Boris Kostadinov.
Featured artists: Bernd Oppl + Bogomir Doringer, Ibro Hasanovic, Christoph Srb + Yodas Dolphins (Karl Kilian), Kamen Stoyanov, and Katharina Swoboda.
LIGHT YEAR 25: COGALLERIES PRESENTS {MAY 4, 2017}
Curated by coGalleries.
Featured artists: Annique Delphine, Berna Reale, and Nina Schönefeld.
LIGHT YEAR 24: PASSENGER MOMENT {APRIL 6, 2017}
Curated by Luchia Meihua Lee, Executive Director, Taiwanese American Arts Council.
Featured artists: Meng Chih Chiang, Jeremiah Teipen, Poyen Wang, Chinchih Yang, and Rosalie Yu + Alon Chitayat.
LIGHT YEAR 23: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES – ALBUM TWO {MARCH 2, 2017}
Curated by Sandra Ratkovic and Leo Kuelbs.
Featured artists: Keegan Luttrell + Justin King, Daniela Kostova + Anna Leevia, Daniela Imhoff, Kristian Pedersen + Elke Brauweiler, Anton Marini + Danielle Ezzo, Boris Kralj + Matresanch, and Michael McGuirk + Alex Hamadey.
LIGHT YEAR 22: NEO-PAST-FORWARD V.1.0 {FEBRUARY 2, 2017}
Curated by Lee Wells.
Featured artists: Bibbe Hansen, dNASAb, Esmeralda Kosmatopoulos, Lee Wells, Patrick Lichty, Raymond Salvatore Harmon, and Sean Capone.
LIGHT YEAR 21: PEERING BEHIND APPEARANCES {JANUARY 5, 2017}
Curated by Erin Dziedzic.
Featured artists: Janaye Brown, Craig Drennen, Kevin Jerome Everson, Victoria Fu, and Lilly McElroy.
LIGHT YEAR 20: ATTACHMENTS {DECEMBER 1, 2016}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs.
Featured artists: Matl Findel, Miklos Buk, and Danielle de Picciotto.
LIGHT YEAR 19: ADVANCES AND RETREATS {NOVEMBER 3, 2016}
Curated by John Ensor Parker and Sarah Walko.
Featured artists: Jaanika Peerna, Monika Bravo, Heather M. O’Brien, Hamra Abbas, and Andrew Thomas Huang.
LIGHT YEAR 18: DIGITAL FAIRY TALES – ALBUM ONE {OCTOBER 6, 2016}
Curated by Sandra Ratkovic and Leo Kuelbs.
Featured artists: Rani Messias + Kinga Toth , Sarah Mock + Daniela Imhoff, Richard Jochum + Kriss Roebling, Integrated Visions + Miss Natasha Enquist, Radka Salcmannova, Thomas Rotenberg, and Josh Graham.
LIGHT YEAR 17: EARTH REVISITED {SEPTEMBER 1, 2016}
Concept/Curated by Leo Kuelbs.
Featured artists: Nina Sobell + Laura Ortman, Danielle de Picciotto + Lary 7, Sarah Walko + Justin King, Laszlo Zsolt Bordos, Vadim Schaeffler + Pablo Paolo Kilian, Eike Berg + Jarboe, Shir Lieberman, and Jonathan Phelps + Alon Cohen.
LIGHT YEAR 16: THIS LAND IS YOUR LAND {AUGUST 4, 2016}
Curated by Erin Joyce Projects.
Featured artists: Sama Alshaibi, Basma Alsharif, Raven Chacon, Nicholas Galanin, and Steven J. Yazzie.
LIGHT YEAR 15: ELECTRIQUE {JULY 7, 2016}
Curated by The Hollows Artspace.
Featured artist: Sofia Theofilaktidis.
LIGHT YEAR 14: JAPAN PARADE {JUNE 2, 2016}
Curated by Kyoko Sato.
Featured artists: Kenji Kojima, Momoyo Torimitsu, Kenji Toma, Mami Kosemura, Motoko Wada, ON megumi Akiyoshi, Who-Fu, and Yuki Ideguchi + Suguru Ikeda + Masatora Goya.
LIGHT YEAR 13: THE BODY PREVAILS {MAY 5, 2016}
Curated by Tamas Veszi and Daniela Kostova.
Featured artists: Andrea Wolf, Jennifer Dalton, Cliff Evans, Eva Davidova, George Peck, Adam Frelin, and Andras Borocz.
LIGHT YEAR 12: ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA {APRIL 7, 2016}
Curated by Albert Chau.
Featured artists: Adrian K, Alex Kwan, Cindy Suen, Aya Kakeda + Deodato Pangandoyon, Marka27, Michael C. Hsiung, Rose Wong, Stickymonger, Taezoo Park, and Scott Albrecht.
LIGHT YEAR 11: DECOMPOSITION AND TRANSCENDENCE {MARCH 3, 2016}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs with Aaron Riedel.
Featured artists: Radka Salcmannova, MarieVic + Theo Croker, Sarah Trouche, Thomas D. Rotenberg + Jarboe, Ryan Uzilevsky + Adam Harding, Zoe Duchesne + Alex Hamadey, and Naormi Meijia Wang + John Terhorst.
LIGHT YEAR 10: SUBJECTIVITY INC. {FEBRUARY 4, 2016}
Curated by Szilvi Német.
Featured artists: Ádám Ulbert (H/NL), Natalija Vujošević (ME), Iván Rohonyi Demkó (H), Gergő Kovács (H), Tamás Komoróczky (H), and Rui Hu (USA).
LIGHT YEAR 9: SILENCE! {JANUARY 7, 2016}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs.
Featured artists: Noah Klersfeld, Tomas Eller, Kim Joon, Yi Zhou, Eelco Brand, and Christine Schulz.
LIGHT YEAR 8: NEW VIDEO ART FROM BERLIN {DECEMBER 3, 2015}
Curated by Daniela Imhoff.
Featured artists: Kristian Paustian, Laszlo Antal, Daniela Imhof, Sarah Mock, Anna Maysuk, Franz Reimer, Henrike Naumann, and Franziska Kabisch.
LIGHT YEAR 7: DECOMPOSING HIERARCHIES {NOVEMBER 5, 2015}
Curated by Curated by Sarah Walko.
Works by Marble House Project 2015 Residents: Anne Katrine-Senstad, Catherine Page Harris, Orit Ben-Shitrit, Margeaux Walter, and Jeannette Ehlers.
LIGHT YEAR 6: OPEN TO INTERPRETATION {OCTOBER 1, 2015}
Curated by Glowing Bulbs/Kiégő Izzók.
Featured artists: Cyriak, Yannick Jacquet, CHi KA, Dev Harlan, Viktor Vicsek, Attaray Visual, Martin Daniel Gabor, Dawn Of Man, Albin Bousquet, Nick Cobby, and VJ DrMojo.
LIGHT YEAR 5: CHIMERA PRESENTS {SEPTEMBER 3, 2015}
Curated by Patrick Urwyler.
Featured artists: Áron Kútvölgyi-Szabó (Hungary), Tsuyoshi Anzai (Japan), Ádám Szabó (Hungary), and Peter Aerschmann (Switzerland).
LIGHT YEAR 4: TRANSFLEXION – THE NET OF MIRRORS {AUGUST 6, 2015}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs and Eike Berg.
Soundtrack created by Alexander Hacke (New York/Berlin).
Featured artists: Bordos.ArtWorks (Budapest), Danielle de Picciotto (New York/Berlin), Helga Griffiths (Darmstadt), Thomas Lüer (Frankfurt), Robert Seidel (Berlin), and Caspar Stracke (Helsinki).
LIGHT YEAR 3: DEPTH OF FIELD {JULY 2, 2015}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs with Farkas Fulop.
Featured artists: Thomas Draschan, Glowing Bulbs, John Ensor Parker, Vadim Schaeffler, and Ryan Uzilevsky.
LIGHT YEAR 2: CREST AND TROUGH {JUNE 4, 2015}
Curated by John Ensor Parker and Sarah Walko.
Featured artists: Ella Condon (Australia), Joao Penoni (Brazil, South America), Klaus Pamminger (Austria, Europe), Marina Zurkow (North America, USA), Paul Miller (Antarctica), Shahram Entekhabi (Iran, Asia), and Zina Saro-Wiwa (Nigeria, Africa).
LIGHT YEAR 1: SUBMERGED! {MAY 7, 2015}
Curated by Leo Kuelbs and Karl Erickson.
Featured artists: United VJs, Danielle de Picciotto + Alexander Hacke, Jim Ellis, Sam Marlow and Alon Cohen, Nicole Antebi + Laura Ortman, Kitzinger Gabor + Alex Hamadey, Shir Lieberman, Jonathan Phelps, and Fabio Fonda.