Signal Festival 2024 to Illuminate Archbishop's Palace and City Library

The Signal Festival is set to return to Prague this October, offering a captivating blend of digital art and creative culture.

This year, two of the city’s historic landmarks—the Archbishop’s Palace on Hradčanské Square and the City Library on Mariánské Square—will be transformed by mesmerizing video mappings.

Internationally acclaimed digital artist Filip Hodas will breathe new life into the Archbishop’s Palace with his installation, Eternal Recurrence. Hodas, known for blurring the line between fiction and reality, will use video mapping to highlight the palace’s architectural details, weaving a digital narrative that spans the history and evolution of life forms.

The palace, a late Baroque gem with a Rococo facade, has stood in Hradčany since the 16th century, and this new artwork will add a fresh dimension to its storied past.

Meanwhile, the City Library on Mariánské Square will be the canvas for The Rhythm of the Ocean, a video mapping installation by the Spanish-Danish visual group Desilence.

The creative duo behind Desilence, Tatiana Halbach and Søren Christensen, will transform the library’s neoclassical facade into a dynamic and powerful visual experience. Accompanied by the evocative soundscapes of Suzanne Ciani, a pioneer in electronic and synthetic music, the installation will plunge viewers into the depths of the ocean, exploring its rhythmic and climatic balance. Ciani, who has been nominated for five Grammy Awards and is the first woman to receive the Moog Innovation Award, brings her unique sonic expertise to this ambitious project.

The 12th edition of the Signal Festival, themed Ecosystems 02: Quest, will run from October 10 to 13. It will feature a wide range of works by Czech and international artists, inviting attendees to explore themes of balance and space in an age of digital and biological innovation.

For the first time, the festival will also host the Signal Forum, an educational and networking conference aimed at those interested in the latest trends in art, science, and technology.

The conference will take place on October 11 and 12 at the Center for Architecture and Metropolitan Planning (CAMP) in Prague, offering lectures, workshops, and activities designed to foster collaboration between professionals across various fields.

Tickets for the Signal Festival, including access to the new gallery zone, can be purchased in advance at a discounted rate through the festival’s website.

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