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From late summer to December 2016 I took part in organizing a two-day music festival in Halle, with nine acts from Finland, Italy, Chile and Germany, a juggling performance, as well as three DJs. All the promotional art and the cover illustration was designed by me. I also hacked together an interactive caleidoscope visualization with Processing, which was projected at a hexagon-shaped screen behind the musicians. Most of the other themed decoration was designed by art students from Russia, Latvia and Germany.

I was invited to explore the “beautiful strange” as the given thematic outline. My clients and I agreed that birth-giving involves both beauty and a strange environment, doesn't need a long explanation, and leaves enough room for interpretation. After a few different versions I arrived at a strong hot-and-cold contrast and a babies impression of wonder.

The Lindenschule was being renovated by my client Dorit Baumeister (Lienig & Baumeister Architekten), and because the schools gym building could use some artwork, I was commissioned to create the overall composition for fitting a whole bunch of stick figures—drawn by the pupils themselves—onto the walls.