Thomas Steiner

HealPlayLove Festival 2025 — Main Stage What a journey it has been to design and built the main stage for the debut of this amazing festival, a multi disciplinary creation that combines carpentry, light art, and projection mapping into an immersive experience. A heartfelt thanks to all the incredible musicians — especially @estastonne @jpoolmusic and @apechimba — for bringing pure magic to the stage. That’s been an honour to create this beautiful experience with you In collaboration with: @healplaylove @universalsounds_ch , and @younity_com . Special thanks to @watsekacortes , Luky Biry, Daniel Hunziker, @valentin_kreshna , @nourelise And a lot of gratitude for my lovely volunteers @aneta.rbck , Anait Franhian, @jaasoon , @moni.koziol , Mayo & George. Sound and light partner: @onstage_showtechnik Location: @thevalley.kemptthal Photos: @mysticalpics.ch #stagedesign #stagebuild #lightart #lightartists #projectionmapping #visuals #madmapper #modul8 #ableton #lightshow #led #ledlight #artist #art #artwork #trippy #trippyart #kempttal #switzerland

I’m not so bad at building big art but definitely worse at documenting the final thing! These photographs of Protea are an amazing gift, thank you for sharing 💜 📸 credits: 1-4: @per_pixel 5-6: @joosepkoivistik 7: Cipriano Mauricio 8: Adam Jakab @hoperise The Protea - Effigy of Borderland 2024 Concept/build lead: Annie Locke Scherer Lighting lead: Thomas Steiner Engineering: Christian Pisano Pyrotechnics: Max Hassler Team: Tobi Kiefer, Christian Ubbesen, Victor Dirhufud, Aimee Pullon, Aistė Paškevičiūtė, Lovisa Ljungberg, Katharina Wyss, Justas Vrolok, Lily Sukhorukova With the lovely help from: Carlota de Otto, John Hedengren, Mads Ulrik Stæhr, Cecilia Johansson, Janis Zumbrunn, Henrik Blennov, Björn Bergenheim, Jean-Philippe Souverain, Loïc Deleaz, Govan Dasen, Motsumi Sehlabane, Simion Iulian Belea, Gunilla Östblom, Maddy O’Keefe, Jhad Gibson, Colin O’Keefe, Cipriano Mauricio, Leobard Sauermann, Graham Dempsey, Øyvind Alm, Zenia Fejerskov-Hansen, Andreas Weinmann and Paul Honauer #makeborderlandbigartagain #creativecompulsivedisorder #bigart #lightart #protea #ittakesavillage

Magical how this looked up on the hill in the mist. 🌟💜 Bayt al-Noor Concept, Design & Project Management: Annie Locke Scherer Lighting: Thomas Steiner Engineering: Christian Pisano Build Crew: Khaled Awaeeed, Aistė Paškevičiūtė, Fede Urban, Max Hassler, Niklas Nordling, Goda Kaniusonyte, Jan Kjetil Myrset, Carlota de Otto, David Correa, Chris Steady, Malin Hessel, Cecilia Johansson, Ymje Sköld, Jonas Johansson, Rose Hallgren With assistance from : Tobi Kiefer, Charlie Holm Bergstedt, Christian Ubbesen, Björn Bergenheim, Klas Nilsson, Filip Thor, Oskar Lillehorn, Tilda Taube, Emilia Hamilton Ferguson, Martin Jangdal, Eva Mitchell, Smilla Ubbe, Anton Frisk, Juho Reinikainen, Daniel Hsiung, Bertrand Grieu, Constance Lang, Elvira Kuslin, Noam Cohen, Kutlay Künbi, Talha Gökmen, Kasia Daniella, Monika Bukala, Talles Bruno Oliveria, Diellza Illoga, Cyrus, Stefania Dinea, Tom Dubya, Bejan Abtahi, Mamma Donna, Danny Noneaker Manitou drivers: Blaze, Graham Dempsey, Øyvind Alm #creativecompulsivedisorder #islamicgeometry #muqarnas #moorisharchitecture

2025 - WHAT A YEAR! Another trip around the sun, and oh wow what a journey this was! It brought me again hundreds of amazing people to team up and create with! I‘m always in awe of all the love, passion, talent, and skills everybody brings in, and how stunning and magical it gets when we make our dreams become reality. And I'm grateful to you, my fans and supporters. All the compliments, all the appreciation by my fans and supporters - it feels good to be seen, knowing you’re out there in the crowd, mesmerized by work. Thank you for showing me over and over again why I am doing all of this. Knowing that I could bring joy to thousands of people makes me a happy man, it‘s really what gets me up in the morning! I can‘t wait for all the epic things that will become reality in 2026, all the old and new friendly people to meet, the amazing music I‘m blessed to play along with, and the magical places I can go! See you out there! ❤️ #lightart #stagedesign #lightshow #projectionmapping #visuals

Tron Landscape - Timewarp The year is almost over, it’s time to look back to what happened in 2025. I love small and intimate raves, like this triple birthday celebration with so many lovely people coming together! The artwork I created for it represents a sci-fi future, after the world has been taken over and shaped by a god-like AI. As always, the experience is co-created, in this case with amazing dj sets by @hexandhoneymusic , @theydream_music , @dawidpiro & @evasvz , @dragonzurich & @djorgy_official , @philippterres , and @supeymen I can’t wait on the next round in this cozy basement. #rave #stagedesign #stagebuild #lightart #projectionmapping

During Streetparade weekend at the Rote Fabrik, I once again had the honor of creating the stage design, lightshow, and visuals for the Fabriktheater at @lethargyfestival 2025 Created from scratch in under 48 hours, with my two favorite builders, Nathalie and Micha, everything came together so smoothly. I’m always amazed at how small a crew can be if they are as skilled, experienced, and talented as this one. This festival has a special place in my heart, especially the lovely people I’m blessed to team up with, one of the best crews ever. Again this year, I’ve been blown away by the diversity of the music happening on my stage; there is always something new to discover here! Special thanks to @dutch_horse_conference @fastmusic.official @surmaee @ahmed_lowla @babyvolcano__ @reytajiri_master and @monoblockb for the great music and performances! 
So much love for Lethargy for being around for such a long time, to care about rave culture, providing great music, and last but not least, to deeply care about lights. Already looking forward to the next one. 🔥 #lightshow #lightart #stagedesign #rave #projectionmapping

Digital Decadence in all its glory 🌘 @hexandhoneymusic cast the spell, the night melted into neon and music. @ms.great.greta - sax, @k.o._anna - vocal, @aneta.rbck - djembe, @shipoooopi on the deck. Thanks @zurich_decom @kraftwerk_zurich @thomas_lightart ✨

Ankleideraum I adore this small but amazing festival called @ankleideraumnl : So much love, passion and effort go into creating it! Thank you @silnl and @djmarkmywords for the hospitality, and for inviting so many people to your wonderful place! Big thank you to @dj_joor for joining my build, there‘s so much to learn about carpentry from you! It‘s been great to meet so many fellow music and light artists here, and wow, what a rave has this been! Thank you for the amazing time, and I can’t wait to be back next year!! #lightshow #lightart #stagedesign #rave #projectionmapping #techno #madmapper #stagebuild #visuals #visualarts #dmx #ledlightstrip #festival #festivalbuild #festivalbuilders #stage #raveculture

PANACEA 2099 Dear passengers of the IPSS (Inter-Planetary Space Ship) Panacea, I hope you enjoyed our trip in the orbit of Earth, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Pluto, and beyond! This was a kids‘ dream come true, as I’ve always been a space nerd: building a ship and flying through space with it was truly amazing! A big thank you to: @guacamolebois @fabian.krooss @mimi_love_berlin @franca_plays @kotoekk @matija.dj.official @oceanvsorientalis I really enjoyed playing the light show and visuals to your music! Thanks to the whole crew of @childrenofpanacea , that’s been a smooth ride creating this event together, and as well to the staff of @papiersaal , you were a great support. Thank you @dani_posada_ for granting me all the artistic freedom, I enjoy creating art like this! And special thanks to @nasa and @europeanspaceagency for the amazing real footage from our solar system! And last but not least, to everyone who joined us on this cosmic journey — your energy fueled this ship! I can’t wait for the next one, see you there! #rave #stagedesign #stagebuild #lightart #lightartist #projectionmapping #lightshow #techno #zürich #switzerland #madmapper #modul8 #ableton #space #spaceship

Jazzhane presents: Island Man - Moods Zurich We were gifted an unforgettable concert by @islandman_ a brilliant trio from Turkey, with another performance that will stay with us for a long time. This stage design was inspired by the spice stalls of bazaars — places where scents, colours, and cultures have been blending for centuries. A meaningful backdrop for Jazzhane’s theme of “music along the Silk Road”. Special thanks to @aniloez from @jazzhane_zh for all the passion and organising this event, to @moodszurich for teaming up so smoothly, and to Silvia for the amazing concert lights. #lightshow #lightart #stagedesign #concertlighting #projectionmapping #madmapper #jazzhane #islandman #stagebuild #visuals #ledlight

Full-circle view of our performance 🎶✨ Wow @remiz_pendulinus thx bringing the heat with your wild dance moves — it looked like you became a part of the show 💃💥 And @thomas_lightart , thank you so much for this amazing light masterpiece!💡 #hexandhoneymusic #hexandhoneyzurich ##zurichdecom #zurichdecompression2025

Linked Forces is a very special collaboration with @thomas_lightart — an artist who’s built large-scale light art installations for burns across the world. I’ve always wanted to explore light in my work, but never found the time to dive in fully (and tbh it felt a little too complicated). So I’m incredibly grateful our paths crossed. ♡♡♡ Together, we drew inspiration from the four elements. This piece is Water. Thomas hand-built the frames, embedding them with custom-programmed LED strips designed to mimic the glow and rhythm of water. My part was to translate fire into textured art — abstract, fluid, water. If you feel inspired to bring these pieces home, drop us a message. We’d love to hear from you. #multisensoryart #lightart