At its opening in 1926, the Bauhaus Building presented itself as a glass luminaire, illuminated by over 300 light bulbs installed in the building. The light bulb became the model for the design of lighting fixtures at the Bauhaus; its technical form was regarded as the most radical expression of functionality. Taking Marianne Brandt’s pendant lamp as a starting point, the Bauhaus Lab 2025 examines the path of electricity from the power stations and power supply infrastructures via cables and connections to the Bakelite switches. The resulting exhibition creates a design of lighting conditions in which darkness also finds a place.
2 – 5 pm > Symposium
followed by the opening of the exhibition
Language: English
After modern Brightness: Ecologies of Light is a collective work developed by an international group of architects, designers, curators and researchers as part of the 2025 edition of the Bauhaus Lab Programme in Global Modernism Studies.
The contributors to the Bauhaus Lab 2025 are:
Valena Ammon, Sofia Boarino, Benton Ching, Dominik Hoehn, Jorge Marinho, Sofía Nercasseau, Alina Paias, Lily Wong