Christopher Bauder

Christopher Bauder (born 1973 in Stuttgart) is a German interaction designer and media artist who lives and works in Berlin. His projects focus on the translation of bits and bytes into objects and environments and vice versa. Space, object, sound, light, and interaction are the key elements of his work.

Biography
Christopher Bauder started creating large-scale spatial art installations and lighting design after finishing his studies in the Digital Media Class at the Berlin University of the Arts. His projects focus on the translation of bits and bytes into objects and environments and vice versa. Space, object, sound, light, and interaction are the key elements of his work. In 2004 he founded the multidisciplinary art and design studio WHITEvoid as a necessity to realize his large scale art and design pieces and environments. The studio is composed of specialists in interaction design, media design, product design, interior architecture, and electronic engineering.

He is best known for his city-wide light art installation Lichtgrenze, created in 2014 together with his brother Marc, for the 25th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall.

Work
Christopher Bauder has brought his installations and performances to events and spaces around the world, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, The National Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan, Museum of Design in Zurich, CTM & Transmediale in Berlin, MUTEK in Montreal and Mexico City, The Festival of Lights in Lyon and other countless festivals.

His projects have received worldwide recognition and have won several awards including the German Lighting Design Award, the Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Cannes Lions, the Red Dot Design Award and the iF Communication Design Award.

Artworks

 * VEKTOR (2024)
 * SKALAR (2018)
 * Stalactite (2018)
 * Deep Web(2016)
 * Circular
 * Lichtgrenze (2014)
 * Grid (2013)
 * Fluidic (2013)
 * Atom (2007)

Selected exhibitions and shows
2020/2021 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
 * Dark Matter Solo Exhibition, Berlin, Germany
 * CTM Festival, Berlin, Germany
 * Bright Brussels Festival, Brussels, Belgium
 * LOST Artfestival / The Dark Rooms, Berlin, Germany
 * LUZA Algarve International Festival of Light, Loule, Portugal
 * CTM Festival, Berlin, Germany
 * Festival of Lights, Lyon, France
 * Luminale – Light Festival, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
 * Fuorisalone – Milan Design Week, Italy
 * Lumières – The Play of brilliants (Éléphant Paname), Paris, France
 * Lichtgrenze, City of Berlin, Germany
 * Effektorium – Mendelssohn Museum, Leipzig, Germany
 * Festival of Lights, Lyon, France
 * Arma17, Moscow, Russia
 * UnSound Festival, Krakow, Poland
 * Cultures Electroni[k], Rennes, France
 * Science Center Daegu, South Korea
 * MUTEK Festival, Mexico City
 * Cervantino Festival, Guanajuato Mexico
 * EKKO Festival, Bergen Norway
 * Interaction I/O/I Show, Design Museum, Barcelona Spain
 * Soundframe Festival, Vienna Austria
 * FREEZE! Art Show, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
 * TRAMA Festival, Porto, Portugal
 * Berghain / Elektroakkustischer Salon, Berlin
 * MUTEK Festival, Montreal, Canada
 * STRP Festival, Eindhoven Netherlands
 * Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
 * SMUK Festival, Skanderborg, Denmark
 * Media Facades Festival, Berlin
 * TESLA Art Space, Berlin
 * Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, Italy
 * Museum of Design, Zurich, Switzerland
 * LUMINALE Light Art Festival, Frankfurt
 * SIGGRAPH Art Show, Boston, USA
 * Transmediale Festival, Berlin
 * NEXT Art and Technology, Copenhagen, Denmark
 * Museum of Technology, Vienna, Austria
 * Artespace, German Museum, Munich
 * Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, DE
 * Museum of Telecommunication, Berlin, DE

Selected awards
2018 2016 2015 2014
 * darc awards Best Light Art Scheme (GOLD)
 * German Design Award GOLD
 * German Design Award
 * iF Design Award GOLD
 * iF Design Award
 * darc awards Best Light Art Scheme (GOLD)
 * Cannes Lions GOLD
 * Cannes Lions 2 x BRONZE
 * ADC Awards GRAND PRIX
 * ADC Awards 5 x GOLD
 * ADC Awards SILVER
 * ADC Awards BRONZE
 * D&AD Award SILVER
 * Red Dot Award
 * Iconic Award Best of Best (GOLD)
 * German Design Award
 * German Design Award for Space Frame
 * red dot award for Space Frame
 * LIA (Lightair International Award) for Space Frame
 * if design award for FLUIDIC

2013
 * Annual Multimedia Award for FLUIDIC
 * Der Raum - No Award Bullshit for FLUIDIC

2012
 * Interior Innovation Award for Kinetic Lights
 * Red Dot Ward for Living Sculpture 3D Module System (Product Design) and Light Configurator (Communication Design)

2010
 * Design Award of the Federal Republic of Germany

2009
 * W3 Award “Best in Show”
 * iF Communication Design Award "interface"
 * iF Communication Design Award "structure"
 * WEBBY Award
 * REDDOT Communication Design Award