Which Buildings Will Light Up with Videomapping This Year?
Videomapping is one of the most distinctive formats of Signal Festival. This year, you can experience it on two historic Prague landmarks – one in the city centre and the other along the festival’s new route in Dejvice. Both projections are completely free to attend.
Discover videomappings of Signal Festival 2026 and how two international artists use light, image, movement and visual effects to transform two iconic landmarks and offer a completely new perspective on their architecture.
Archbishop’s Seminary → Living Geometry
This year, the Archbishop’s Seminary, home to the Catholic Theological Faculty of Charles University, joins the Signal Festival’s videomapping locations for the first time. Its imposing façade will be transformed by German artist Felix Frank into a dynamic landscape of light and rhythm in Missing Interval.
Frank works with black-and-white imagery, contrast and the illusion of space. Simple interventions gradually grow into monumental geometric formations, revealing shapes hidden within the architecture itself.
A distinctive grainy texture, reminiscent of black-and-white photography, gives the digital image a sense of imperfection and fragility. What initially appears to be solid, unchanging architecture begins to move, transforming into unexpected visual illusions throughout the projection.
The Archbishop’s Seminary will also be the setting for the official opening of the festival. Join us on Thursday, 15 October at 7 pm!
Old Town Hall → The Legacy of Václav Havel
Following last year’s premiere, the tower of the Old Town Hall will once again become a monumental canvas of light. Its two façades will be transformed by Living in Truth, a videomapping work by Ukrainian media artist Svitlana Reinish, inspired by Václav Havel’s ideas from his essay The Power of the Powerless and by the power of words to shape our society.
The contrast between medieval architecture, moving images and a message that remains deeply relevant today creates a powerful visual and emotional experience. The atmosphere of the videomapping is further enhanced by music from Ukrainian composer and electronic music producer Anton Dehtiarov, who has woven motifs from Smetana’s The Moldau into the composition.