“Light! More Light!” brings together the recent generations of Hungarian light and new media artists to occupy the empty spaces of the former Ellátóház on Klauzál Square. Before the official opening of Budapest’s legendary creative technology studio, the Kiégő Izzók / Glowing Bulbs’ new headquarters, the Lighthouse Association of Light Artists takes over all three levels of the building with a large-scale exhibition exploring the manifold meanings of light: as a cognitive, political, and spiritual force.

The title refers to Goethe’s famous last words, reinterpreted through Béla Hamvas’s metaphysical writings, in which “more light” becomes not only a call for enlightenment but also for inner awakening. The exhibition also honors the landmark 2015 Hungarian light art exhibition, Több Fény! Fénykörnyezetek (More Light! Light Environments), held at Új Budapest Galéria and curated by Endre Lehel Paksi. This current project positions itself as a community-based response to his 2023 paper, “Még több fény!” (Still More Light!).

Through immersive installations, projections, and interactive light structures, the participating artists examine how contemporary technology shapes perception, community, and the urban environment, and how light connects us back to space, to memory, and to one another. The exhibition acts as an anti-gentrification gesture, returning the space to the artistic community and reactivating Erzsébetváros as a cultural field of resonance.

Participating artists:

Gáspár Battha · Gáspár Hajdu · Kati Katona · Glowing Bulbs (Kiégő Izzók) · KINZO is HERE · Gábor Kitzinger · Dániel Besnyő & Zoltán Czingáli & Mátyás Kálmán (Lightform) · Rudolf Pacsika · Bence Samu · G. Csongor Szigeti · Csilla Szilágyi & László Papp Pala · Andrea Sztojánovits

Curators: Krisztina Heckler, Viola Lukács, and Tamás Zádor

Kiégő Izzók (Glowing Bulbs), founded in 1998, is a pioneering Budapest-based collective working with creative technologies and immersive light environments. Their projects transform urban and architectural spaces into vibrant experiences of light, motion, and perception.

Since 2020, the Lighthouse Association has united artists and technologists exploring the cultural and spiritual dimensions of light. Its mission is to make Hungary an international center of light culture — preserving scientific and artistic heritage while fostering innovation and collaboration in contemporary art and technology.

The ticket entitles you to one-time entry.

Children under 6 years of age and those with a Budapest VII. district address card can visit the exhibition for free.

The exhibition can be visited every day between 17:00-22:00, except on public holidays.

The exhibition is closed on December 24-25-26, December 31 and January 01.

The exhibition will be closed all day on December 1st and from 20:00 to 22:00 on December 2nd due to a private program.

Due to the use of strong lighting and stroboscopic visual effects, we do not recommend viewing the exhibition to visitors who are sensitive to these effects!

graphic design: G. Csongor Szigeti

background picture: Glowing Bulbs