The interactive installation Canvas, developed by the Hungarian artist Gaspar Battha, was presented at Zsolnay Light Festival 2024, in the historic space Cella Septichora, in the city of Pécs, Hungary. The work investigates how digital projection, optical reflection, and public movement can produce images that seem to occupy physical space.
In the installation, the visitor's movement activates animations projected in real time. The images are reflected in a mirror system and create the impression of luminous forms suspended in the air. The so-called “painting” inside the frame does not exist as an object. It forms only in the observer's visual field.
The work of Gaspar Battha is part of the field of digital art installations and new media. In previous projects, the artist explored visual structures constructed by projection, reflection, and generative animation. In these experiences, physical space functions as a support for images that depend on human perception to exist.
