Illuminated cubes, visual games, electronic beats: these are the three elements of the open air light club Kubik, made its debut in Berlin as a "peculiar cube building". From quite a distance you could see the illuminated Kubik which is located at a factory ruin near the Berlin River Spree.
The installation is based on the so called concept big tanks invented as a modular structure for creating temporary lightspace by using dozens of conventional 1000-litre water tanks. The intention is to design an installation that provides both the room with an architectural structure and a programmable Light system by equipping each tank with an illuminant. On the one hand the plastic water tanks illume for all the visitors, on the other hand they serve another purpose: At weekends when dusk is falling different VJs use the room of the architectural structure and play with it visually by programming the tanks due to a complex controlling and timing for which special control units (e-cue) were installed by the company Lightlife, Cologne. The electric bulbs inside the tanks are individually controllable and can be used just like an oversized low-tech screen.
In the meantime, the idea Kubik is grown up to a requested club concept in whole Europe. The office of Balestra Berlin handles international inquiries and future locations, as in Barcelona and in Lisbon. According to the changing venue places, the containers are arranged in a new design, so that every Kubik has its individual architecture.
