Doors Open – Łódź

Doors Open - Łódź

Light Move Festival, Sept 26-28, 2025, Łódź

Six open doors represent gates to the past. Inside, people living at the beginning of the 20th century go about their everyday lives at a time of monumental change and industrialization - visualized thanks to archival film footage from the National Film Archive - Audiovisual Institute. Accompanied by a soundscape, these films will be edited together to create a flowing and remixed work, which is then projected onto the doors. These figures from the past will mingle with the present-day inhabitants of Łódź who are free to walk around the installation. In this way the past and the present are connected, prompting us to reflect on the contemporary meaning of “community,” its current state, and it's possible potential.

Authors: Kristyna Balaban and Adam Široký
Sound: Kryštof Koenigsmark

Six open doors standing in a row on grass at night, each projecting archival film footage.

Visitors walking among the lit doors, park trees floodlit in blue and pink behind them.

A child looking up at one of the doors, the rest of the row receding into the dark park.

A crowd gathered under autumn trees lit in orange, one of the doors glowing at the left.

Two of the doors glowing beneath a large tree lit in teal at night.

All work