Pixels illuminate Prague at Signal Space,the city's pioneering digital art gallery. Featuring everything from kinetic-powered works to laser installations, this first venue dedicated entirely to digital art has officially arrived in the Czech capital.
当像素艺术点亮布拉格——信号空间艺术中心作为该市的开创性数字艺术画廊已然登场。从动力感应作品到激光艺术装置，这处首个完全专注于数字艺术的展馆正式在捷克首都落户。
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Secreted away in the heart of tourist Prague, Signal Space, a new digital art gallery from the group behind the annual Signal Festival, transforms a historic market into a year-round destination for light, technology, and creativity.
信号空间 (Signal Space) 是位于布拉格旅游胜地中心地带的一家新数字艺术画廊，由一年一度的信号节主办方打造，它将一个历史悠久的市场改造成全年开放的灯光、科技和创意目的地。
After three years of searching, the collective found the Old Town Market Hall, completed in 1896, with high ceilings and open floors ideal for large-scale projections. The long unused space now offers visitors an immersive experience that elevates pixels and lasers to the status of fine art.
经过三年的搜寻，团队找到了老城市场大厅（Old Town Market Hall）。该大厅建于1896年，拥有高高的天花板和开放式的楼层，非常适合大型投影。这片长期闲置的空间如今为游客提供沉浸式体验，将像素和激光提升到艺术的境界。
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“We are still quite fixated on traditional visual arts in the Czech Republic. This is another type of experience,” Martin Pošta, founder and curator of Signal Space.
"在捷克，我们仍相当执着于传统视觉艺术。而这（灯光节）则提供了另一种体验，"信号空间艺术中心的创始人兼策展人马丁·波什塔（Martin Pošta）表示。
Digital art, which uses technology as both a medium and a tool, often incorporates interactivity, projections, VR/AR, and AI, turning viewers into participants rather than passive observers.
数字艺术将技术作为媒介和工具，通常结合交互性、投影、VR/AR 和 AI，将观众变成参与者而不是被动观察者。
Cities leading the field include Tokyo (teamLab Borderless), Paris (Atelier des Lumières), and New York (Whitney Museum), all increasingly integrating digital works into contemporary programming. The medium is meant to make art more experimental, participatory, and accessible.
引领这一领域的城市包括东京（teamLab Borderless）、巴黎（光之工坊）和纽约（惠特尼博物馆），这些城市都越来越多地将数字作品融入当代艺术项目中。这种媒介旨在使艺术更具实验性、参与性，也更易于理解。
Covering over 2,500 m², Signal Space features eight rooms with permanent installations, the CzechBox curatorial platform highlighting contemporary Czech artists, and the Signal Playground, an interactive zone for children.
信号空间艺术中心占地面积逾两千五百平方米，内设八大主题展厅，常年陈列沉浸式装置艺术。其间的CzechBox策展空间，宛若一扇窥见捷克当代艺术脉动的窗口；而专为孩童打造的“幻光奇园” （Signal Playground），则是一处充满奇思妙想的互动玩乐天地。
“We tried to take the best artists currently working in the digital media sphere, using different technologies and creative approaches, and place them here,” says Pošta.
波什塔说道：“我们旨在汇聚当今数字艺术领域的顶尖人才，他们运用各异的媒介与技术，我们将其齐聚于此，共呈一场创意盛宴。”
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At its heart is Immersive Space, the largest projection hall in the Czechia currently showing Everything by Istanbul-based studio Nohlab, a work that fuses scientific data, philosophy, and audiovisual art into a striking sensory experience.
其核心是名为“沉浸空间”的展厅——这是捷克目前最大的投影展厅，正呈现伊斯坦布尔工作室Nohlab创作的《万物》。这部作品将科学数据、哲学思辨与视听艺术熔于一炉，为观众带来一场震撼感官的洗礼。
Japanese artist Shohei Fujimoto presents Intangible Forms, a laser choreography that became the most visited historic installation at Prague’s Signal Festival. Visitors can also interact with American creative coder Zach Lieberman’s Body Sketches, which transform their own movements into digital drawings in real time.
日本艺术家藤本翔平呈现的《无形之形》，是一场精妙的激光编舞，该作品已成为布拉格信号艺术节史上观展人数最多的经典装置。观众还可与美国创意编程艺术家扎克·利伯曼（Zach Lieberman）的《身体素描》互动——当人们舞动身体，装置便会将他们的动态实时幻化成流光溢彩的数字画作。
Another standout is the Infinity Room, developed in collaboration with Preciosa Lighting, where mirrors and 180 crystal cubes create the illusion of an endless, glittering expanse.
同样夺目的，还有与普雷西奥萨照明联袂打造的“无限之光”。镜面与180枚水晶立方体巧妙呼应，构筑出一片浩瀚无垠、流光璀璨的视觉奇观。
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The inaugural exhibition, Echoes of Tomorrow, will run for six months, connecting science, nature, AI, and light.
作为开馆序章的《未来的回声》，将举行为期六个月的展览，旨在连接科学、自然、人工智能与光——一场关于明日愿景的深刻交响。
This year’s Signal Festival kicks off Oct. 16–19, and features 20 installations across two routes (the center and Vinohrady) with 13 outdoor works free to the public and seven ticketed indoor locations. Pošta admits that the festival, now in its thirteenth year and drawing hundreds of thousands of annual visitors, can overwhelm.
本届信号灯节将于10月16日至19日举行，设有市中心与温瑟拉西区两条路线，共呈现20件装置作品。其中13件户外作品免费向公众开放，另有7处室内展点需凭票入场。波什塔坦言，这个已步入第十三年、每年吸引数十万游客的艺术盛会，其规模确实会令人应接不暇。
The Signal Festival in Prague 布拉格信号灯节
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“From an audience perspective, (because of the emergence of Signal Space) it’s much easier. You can pace yourself, choose when you want to visit the gallery, and experience Signal 365 days a year. The Signal Festival is hugely popular, which is wonderful, but it also has drawbacks. Because it’s free and attracts so many people, navigating the crowds—especially with small children or a stroller—can be challenging.”
波什塔坦言：“而从观众的角度来看，这就轻松多了。（因为有信号空间艺术中心的出现）你可以从容不迫，自由选择何时前来观展，一年365天都能体验‘信号’的魅力。信号灯节虽然极受欢迎，这固然很好，但也存在一些弊端。因为活动免费，会吸引庞大的人流——对于带着幼童或推着婴儿车的家庭来说，在人山人海中穿行可能会相当吃力。”
After this year’s festival — must-sees include a monumental work by the late American artist Bill Viola at the National Gallery’s St. Agnes Monastery and video mapping on Old Town Hall — Pošta hopes Signal Space will continue to fill a gap in the Czech art scene.
本届艺术节不容错过的亮点包括已故美国艺术大师比尔·维奥拉（Bill Viola）在国家美术馆圣艾格尼丝修道院的巨作，以及老市政厅的震撼建筑投影。在本届艺术节之后，波什塔希望信号空间艺术中心能持续填补捷克艺术界长期存在的空白。
“Prague has been missing a permanent gallery of this kind,” says Pošta. “Signal Space allows visitors to experience digital art in a way that’s immersive, interactive, and entirely new for the city.”
波什塔指出：“布拉格一直缺少一个这类常设艺术空间，信号空间艺术中心的出现填补了这项空白。它让访客能够沉浸其中、互动交流，以一种对这座城市而言全然新颖的方式，体验数字艺术的魅力。”
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