It’s up to chance!

Interactive video installation: 2025, Kilian Kretschmer in collaboration with Ioannis Theocharis (Karlshochschule)

On a 60m² LED wall, passersby can leave their fate to chance and become part of the installation. The work connects one’s personal past with the present and future, revealing how our relationships are shaped by memories and emotional, often forgotten objects. This creates a play between intimacy, reminiscence, and the search for the right object – or perhaps the right other person? With this video installation, media artist Kilian Kretschmer translates the research of Ioannis Theocharis on “forgotten objects”, realized in collaboration with the art network ato.

When and where: On the façade of Planken Lichtspiele, P4, 13, 68161 Mannheim

Every 15 minutes | Thu, Nov 6 – Sun, Nov 9 | Open to visitors at any time | No dialogue
Accessibility: see p.73

On Sunday, November 9, at 3:30pm, there will be a conversation between artist Kilian Kretschmer and Ioannis Theocharis in front of the cinema.




The work of media artist Kilian Kretschmer is characterized by his playful engagement with recording and transmission media, which he uses to challenge supposed truths. The intersection of virtuality and reality plays a key role in all his works. He lives and works in Karlsruhe.

Ioannis Theocharis is a research associate at Karlshochschule in Karlsruhe. His work focuses on ecological and political economy, as well as the mental infrastructures of social systems.