László Bordos / Rayformations - Light Projections

In June 2026, Csikász Gallery will host László Zsolt Bordos’s large-scale, a solo exhibition that is not only a milestone in the domestic art of light, but also re-engages the city of Veszprém in international discourses on light and media art as a regional cultural hub.

THE ARTISTIC WATERWAY
László Zsolt Bordos’s art goes beyond projection, lighting technology, or the tools of installation— for him, light is an independent sculptural material through which the invisible takes form and the visible dissolves. In his works, light is not merely a medium but a vehicle of philosophical content: it sheds light on the relationship between matter and spirit, body and space, and the uncertainty of the boundary between reality and illusion.
The exhibition presents works that have garnered significant international attention over the past decades— installations that elevate the immaterial nature of light to new horizons of interpretation.
László Zsolt Bordos’s art explores the relationship between light and shadow, with particular regard to how this interaction shapes our spatial perception and perceptual experiences. His early video mapping works were groundbreaking, while his later works further deepened the sculptural interpretation of spatiality and light. Umbra Triplicata (2015) is one of Bordos’s most significant works, which was added to the permanent collection of ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien in Karlsruhe in 2018. This in itself is a prestigious professional recognition, as ZKM is among the world’s leading institutions for media art. Umbra Triplicata can also be interpreted as an optical-physical experiment: it condenses the geometric projections of two distinct shadows into a single installation, thereby conveying the relationship between bodies and light in a unique way. The work conveys a profound philosophical idea about the layered nature of visibility and the significance of shadows as a metaphor for existence. Umbra Triplicata explores the philosophy of light, matter, and shadows simultaneously: the question of what truly exists, and what is merely a projection arising from the limitations of your perception and your understanding of what you see.The exhibition was made possible with the support of the National Cultural Fund, www.nka.hu