The first forum for art and science from 2003 was supported by the European Union as a biennial project. In 2005 the second phase of the project was realized, together with the co-organizers from Budapest and Amsterdam, in Aegina, Athens and Vienna as continuation and further development. As was the first phase of the project, the second phase of the project was dedicated to artistic contention and presentation, scientific discourse and interdisciplinary exchange on the topics of development, appearance and effect of visual and audio-visual media in the past, present and the future.

LIGHT I IMAGE I ILLUSION was an artistic and scientific discourse on questions pertaining the perception and interpretation of the world, the image of reality and the reality of the image. It was then extended by the one term that is inherent to all visual and audio-visual media: Illusion: It was about the possibilities of creating a perfect, illusionist replica of reality and the possibilities of creating fictional realities with the help of media techniques and based on preconditions set out in psychology of perception and physiology.

The motivation to develop visual and audio-visual (trick) techniques was explored and magic and sorcery as well as metaphysical or para-psychological aspects were taken into account. As was done at the first academy, this time the evolutionary history of media was analyzed as well as its current and future development. The scope of LIGHT I IMAGE I REALITY covered everything between the Camera Obscura and the digital computer interface. ILLUSION sets the bandwidth between the Laterna Magica and virtual reality simulations.

During an international symposium with many prominent participants artists and scientists presented and discussed aspects, projects, questions from a philosophical, pedagogical, media-archeological, perception-psychological etc. point of view.

Additionally to the activities in Aegina events and exhibitions took place in the Goethe Institute in Athens and the Kunsthalle in Vienna.

Organisation
After Image Produktions

Artistic Directors
Gustav Deutsch, Hanna Schimek

Project partners
Nederlands Filmmuseum, Amsterdam
C3 - Center for Culture & Communication, Budapest
Municipality of Aegina
Goethe Institut Inter Nationes, Athens
British Council, Athens

Further information
www: light-image.net