Vor gut einem Jahr fand die Vierte Internationale Degrowth Konferenz für Ökologische Nachhaltigkeit und Soziale Gerechtigkeit in Leipzig statt. Dazu gibt es ein Jubiläumsvideo des Stückes "Metamorphosen":
Metamorphosen from Marc Menningmann on Vimeo.
Zur Eröffnung der Degrowth Konferenz 2014 trat der Klangkünstler Pablo Paolo Kilian mit seinem Stück "Metamorphosen" auf. Visuell begleitet wurde er von Melanie Bleckert. Sie kreierte live die von Matthias Strobl entwickelten analogen Lightmotive - Farbkompositionen, die an die Wand des Audimax der Uni Leipzig projiziert wurden.
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