The New Infinity. Visuelle Kunst und Musik in Planetarien / Visual Music and Art in Planetariums

Planetariums are galleries of the future: their fulldome projections create the largest image space in the world and boast the highest digital sound and video technology standards. In the analogue ‘star theater’ it was the universe, today it is often digital space simulations that create a feeling of endlessness and a new, tableau-like way of seeing. The idea behind „The New Infinity „series was to open the globally accessible infrastructure of planetariums for artists of the digital age. The Berliner Festspiele / Immersion and the Planetarium Hamburg commissioned works for digital fulldome systems. This publication reflects on the history and the possibilities the planetarium offers as a space for contemporary art, and documents the works. Text: Ulrike Bergermann, Michaela French, Metahaven, Thomas Oberender, David OReilly