LINDENBERG x KERIM SAFA

What happens when we treat technology not as a tool for speed, but as a medium for slow, shared time?

IDLE is a generative audiovisual work that runs through the evening and night. It turns the theater into an always-on environment. The work is inspired by early computer graphics: grids, low resolution and limited color. It evolves slowly, without building toward a clear climax.

As the artist moves through the Lindenberg, the system absorbs fragments of the evening and night. These fragments return later in image and sound, with a clear human delay. IDLE makes the background visible. It invites you to step into a shared, slow-running pulse.

About the artist

Kerim Safa is a visual artist and musician. He explores how limits shape image, movement and sound. His work is rooted in early computer graphics, video games and obsolete technologies. He uses low resolutions, pixels, grids, limited color palettes and sound synthesis. With these tools, he explores how strict limits affect the way we see and listen. A central theme in his work is the tension between machine logic and human intuition. He combines algorithmic systems with handmade, labor-intensive methods. His work includes animation, installations, static and real-time media, electronic music and live performance. It has been shown internationally at places and events such as City of Arts and Sciences Valencia, Istanbul Archaeology Museum, Punto y Raya Festival, Sónar Festival, School of Digital Arts Manchester and Floyd Bennett Field New York. Alongside his own practice, he works with musicians, artists and developers. He also leads workshops and performs music with bands. Kerim Safa was born in Izmir, Turkey, and lives and works in Nijmegen.