Robert Henke

May 24 - Lumière-III - CH - Geneva - Grand Théâtre de Genève - Mapping Festival
May 27 - Dust - DE - Herne - Alter Wartesaal - Blaues Rauschen

Lumière-III - final performance - at Mapping Festival Geneva, May 24. I started working with lasers in 2012 with the 'Fragile Territories' installation, and in 2013 the first version of Lumière had its premiere. At that time no commercial laser control software could accomplish the things I am interested in. I did develop my own unique system for real time laser graphics, which I refined in the years to come, and which inspired amongst others the creators of Touch Designer to implement their own laser control after seeing my Lumière II show in Toronto in 2015. I am currently working on a completely new laser based audiovisual performance, for which I once again write a new control system. As preparation for this very last performance of Lumière-III I tested the setup recently, and with great joy I realised it still is a great artistic and technical achievement, even by the standards of 2025. I am looking forward to show the work one last time at Mapping Festival, and I also am looking forward to some day present my next laser performance, once it is ready.

April 2025 - The Monoake album 'Gravity' from 2001, previously only available on CD now as vinyl re-release via Field Records as black or limited edition orange double LP.

The Studio Paradox: When did it become too much? A short essay about the role of tools and the struggles of being creative.

Operator synth for Ableton Live by Robert Henke

Let's celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Operator synthesizer for Ableton Live!

The new Monolake album is out now.

CBM 8032 AV

Audiovisual concert for five iconic personal computers from the early 1980’s.

Monolake 8bit

Monolake 8bit

Bass music with historic computers

Monolake Modena 20232024

Site-specific laser performance

Site-specific performance on December 31, 2023 in Modena, Italy, celebrating the last hour of the year. A free-of-charge, open-air event with sound and laser graphics, projecting on the 90m long and 17m high wall of the former Sant’Agostino hospital, commissioned by NODE Festival.

Fragile Territories

Audiovisual laser installation

What defines a territory? Who occupies which space and when? Fragile Territories is about negotiation of space, using four lasers to paint a complex evolving structure made of light.