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Thomas Steiner

@thomas_lightart

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🪄Light Art // Stage Design // Visuals
🎓Coach: @snermusic @bridgesformusic @ubuhlanti_collective

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I’m not so bad at building big art but definitely worse at documenting the final thing! These photographs of Protea are an amazing gift, thank you for sharing 💜

📸 credits:
1-4: @per_pixel
5-6: @joosepkoivistik
7: Cipriano Mauricio
8: Adam Jakab @hoperise

The Protea - Effigy of Borderland 2024

Concept/build lead: Annie Locke Scherer
Lighting lead: Thomas Steiner
Engineering: Christian Pisano
Pyrotechnics: Max Hassler

Team: Tobi Kiefer, Christian Ubbesen, Victor Dirhufud, Aimee Pullon, Aistė Paškevičiūtė, Lovisa Ljungberg, Katharina Wyss, Justas Vrolok, Lily Sukhorukova

With the lovely help from:
Carlota de Otto, John Hedengren, Mads Ulrik Stæhr, Cecilia Johansson, Janis Zumbrunn, Henrik Blennov, Björn Bergenheim, Jean-Philippe Souverain, Loïc Deleaz, Govan Dasen, Motsumi Sehlabane, Simion Iulian Belea, Gunilla Östblom, Maddy O’Keefe, Jhad Gibson, Colin O’Keefe, Cipriano Mauricio, Leobard Sauermann, Graham Dempsey, Øyvind Alm, Zenia Fejerskov-Hansen, Andreas Weinmann and Paul Honauer

#makeborderlandbigartagain #creativecompulsivedisorder #bigart #lightart #protea #ittakesavillage by @thomas_lightart

The Church - Borderland 2026

One of my most challenging projects this year, an upgrade for the Church at Borderland. Built in 10 days in spring, we created a grid of 320 Meters of LED Strips, turning the roof into a screen with 19‘000 pixels.

This reel features some of the test patterns from the first night. It looked way different later during Borderland, but as the Church has a no-photo policy, those moments will only stay in the memory of the dear Borderlings who were there to experience the magic. ✨

This wouldn‘t be possible without the amazing help of @dubyatom and @hasslermax and all the volunteers who showed up at the work weekend!Thank you so much for your hard work, and the amazing time we shared in Alversjö!

#lightart #borderland2026 #rave #lightinstallation by @thomas_lightart

Eden Stage - Heal Play Love Festival 2026

Once again, I had the honor of creating the stage design, light show, and projection mapping for this amazing festival, with its focus on connection and consciousness. I love how present people are and how much everybody dives into the experience.

A big thank you to Valentin, Nour, Dany, Toby, Watseka, Jaqueline, Phil, and all the other amazing humans who made this happen! 🏆

Another big thank you to all the amazing artists who brought their performance on the stage, you made this a truly magical one! ✨

@flashlighteventundmediatechnik and @thevalley.kemptthal - this went smoothly thanks to your amazing support! 🤝

Last but not least: much love for all the beautiful people who came together for this festival, your joy is the true payment for doing what I love. ❤️

#lightart #lightshow #stagedesign #projectionmapping #stagebuild by @thomas_lightart

The Forest Stage - @ankleideraumnl

I love the small and personal festivals,
like this gem in the Netherlands!

Thank you @djmarkmywords and @silnl for your hospitality, what an amazing place you have, and for inviting all of us into your home!
Big up @dj_joor for your amazing skills, helping get this built!

Much love for all the lovely people there, you truly feel like family!

See you next year!

#lightart #lightshow #stagedesign #rave #stagebuild by @thomas_lightart

2025 - WHAT A YEAR!

Another trip around the sun, and oh wow what a journey this was! It brought me again hundreds of amazing people to team up and create with! I‘m always in awe of all the love, passion, talent, and skills everybody brings in, and how stunning and magical it gets when we make our dreams become reality.

And I'm grateful to you, my fans and supporters. All the compliments, all the appreciation by my fans and supporters - it feels good to be seen, knowing you’re out there in the crowd, mesmerized by work. Thank you for showing me over and over again why I am doing all of this. Knowing that I could bring joy to thousands of people makes me a happy man, it‘s really what gets me up in the morning!
I can‘t wait for all the epic things that will become reality in 2026, all the old and new friendly people to meet, the amazing music I‘m blessed to play along with, and the magical places I can go!

See you out there! ❤️

#lightart #stagedesign #lightshow #projectionmapping #visuals by @thomas_lightart

Tron Landscape - Timewarp

The year is almost over, it’s time to look back to what happened in 2025. I love small and intimate raves, like this triple birthday celebration with so many lovely people coming together!

The artwork I created for it represents a sci-fi future, after the world has been taken over and shaped by a god-like AI.

As always, the experience is co-created,
in this case with amazing dj sets by @hexandhoneymusic, @theydream_music, @dawidpiro & @evasvz, @dragonzurich & @djorgy_official, @philippterres, and @supeymen
I can’t wait on the next round in this cozy basement.

#rave #stagedesign #stagebuild #lightart #projectionmapping by @thomas_lightart

During Streetparade weekend at the Rote Fabrik, I once again had the honor of creating the stage design, lightshow, and visuals for the Fabriktheater at @lethargyfestival 2025

Created from scratch in under 48 hours, with my two favorite builders, Nathalie and Micha, everything came together so smoothly. I’m always amazed at how small a crew can be if they are as skilled, experienced, and talented as this one. This festival has a special place in my heart, especially the lovely people I’m blessed to team up with, one of the best crews ever.

Again this year, I’ve been blown away by the diversity of the music happening on my stage; there is always something new to discover here! Special thanks to @dutch_horse_conference @fastmusic.official @surmaee @ahmed_lowla @babyvolcano__ @reytajiri_master and @monoblockb for the great music and performances!
 So much love for Lethargy for being around for such a long time, to care about rave culture, providing great music, and last but not least, to deeply care about lights. Already looking forward to the next one. 🔥

#lightshow #lightart #stagedesign #rave #projectionmapping by @thomas_lightart

Digital Decadence in all its glory 🌘
@hexandhoneymusic cast the spell,
the night melted into neon and music.
@ms.great.greta - sax, @k.o._anna - vocal, @aneta.rbck - djembe, @shipoooopi on the deck.
Thanks @zurich_decom @kraftwerk_zurich @thomas_lightart ✨ by @thomas_lightart

Ankleideraum

I adore this small but amazing festival called @ankleideraumnl: So much love, passion and effort go into creating it!

Thank you @silnl and @djmarkmywords for the hospitality, and for inviting so many people to your wonderful place!

Big thank you to @dj_joor for joining my build, there‘s so much to learn about carpentry from you!

It‘s been great to meet so many fellow music and light artists here, and wow, what a rave has this been!

Thank you for the amazing time, and I can’t wait to be back next year!!

#lightshow #lightart #stagedesign #rave #projectionmapping #techno #madmapper #stagebuild #visuals #visualarts #dmx #ledlightstrip #festival #festivalbuild #festivalbuilders #stage #raveculture by @thomas_lightart

PANACEA 2099

Dear passengers of the IPSS (Inter-Planetary Space Ship) Panacea, I hope you enjoyed our trip in the orbit of Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, and beyond!

This was a kids‘ dream come true, as I’ve always been a space nerd: building a ship and flying through space with it was truly amazing!

A big thank you to:
@guacamolebois
@fabian.krooss
@mimi_love_berlin
@franca_plays
@kotoekk
@matija.dj.official
@oceanvsorientalis

I really enjoyed playing the light show and visuals to your music!

Thanks to the whole crew of @childrenofpanacea, that’s been a smooth ride creating this event together, and as well to the staff of @papiersaal, you were a great support.

Thank you @dani_posada_ for granting me all the artistic freedom, I enjoy creating art like this!

And special thanks to @nasa and @europeanspaceagency for the amazing real footage from our solar system!

And last but not least, to everyone who joined us on this cosmic journey — your energy fueled this ship! I can’t wait for the next one, see you there!

#rave #stagedesign #stagebuild #lightart #lightartist #projectionmapping #lightshow #techno #zürich #switzerland #madmapper #modul8 #ableton #space #spaceship by @thomas_lightart

Jazzhane presents: Island Man - Moods Zurich

We were gifted an unforgettable concert by @islandman_ a brilliant trio from Turkey, with another performance that will stay with us for a long time.

This stage design was inspired by the spice stalls of bazaars — places where scents, colours, and cultures have been blending for centuries. A meaningful backdrop for Jazzhane’s theme of “music along the Silk Road”.

Special thanks to @aniloez from @jazzhane_zh for all the passion and organising this event, to @moodszurich for teaming up so smoothly, and to Silvia for the amazing concert lights.

#lightshow #lightart #stagedesign #concertlighting #projectionmapping #madmapper #jazzhane #islandman #stagebuild #visuals #ledlight by @thomas_lightart

Full-circle view of our performance 🎶✨

Wow @remiz_pendulinus thx bringing the heat with your wild dance moves — it looked like you became a part of the show 💃💥

And @thomas_lightart, thank you so much for this amazing light masterpiece!💡

#hexandhoneymusic #hexandhoneyzurich ##zurichdecom #zurichdecompression2025 by @thomas_lightart