Electric Lights is an interdisciplinary art and photography project, as well as a DJ and live set series in three planetariums in Germany, dedicated to highlighting women in electronic music. At its core, the project focuses on their passion, their experiences and the artistic visions that shape their sound. Through Katja Ruge’s photographic portraits, accompanied by interviews published on Kaput Mag and edited by Thomas Venker. It offers intimate insights into the creative lives of these artists. Where they come from, what drives them and the worlds they build through music.

Electronic music appears here as a space of freedom and transformation, a field where structures can dissolve and new expressions can emerge. This openness, this intuitive strength, this constant forward motion resonates in the images and in the music of the featured artists. Electric Lights makes visible the diversity of female perspectives in electronic music and underscores their essential contribution to the present and future of the genre. As part of the project, a dedicated DJ and live set series brings some of the photographed artists onto the stages of Planetarium Hamburg and Zeiss-Großplanetarium Berlin. Beneath the vast domes, where the universe unfolds above the audience, sound, image, and space merge into a 360° immersive experience. Music and visual work dissolve boundaries between art and science, between the individual and the collective, between the earthly and the cosmic unknown.

Featured and participating artists so far include: Afrodeutsche, Aurora Halal, Helena Hauff, Claire Morgan, Gloria de Oliveira, Terr, Nene H, Krakow Loves Adana, B.Traits, Amelie Lens, JakoJako, Anetha, Bloody Mary, Joyce Muniz, Lis Sarroca, Suzanne Ciani, Louisahhh, Ciel, Paula Temple, Chloé Caillet, Julia Govor, Phew, Paula Tape, Imogen, DJ Mell G, Akua, Tamix, Chippy Nonstop, Marie Davidson, Nadia Struiwigh, Anja Schneider — to be continued.

Electric Lights is a growing, ever-evolving universe, a living archive and a platform celebrating the creative energy that women bring to electronic music. Each portrait, performance and new encounter expands this cosmos and keeps it shining.

Past Dates: 11 MAR 2026, Planetarium Hamburg
Akua — DJ Set, Katja Ruge — DJ Set
24 FEB 2025, Berlin Zeiss- Großplanetarium
Nadia Struiwigh — Modular Live Set, Katja Ruge — DJ Set, 18–19 NOV 2025, Planetarium Hamburg
JakoJako — Modular Live Set, Katja Ruge — DJ Set, 28–29 OCT 2025, Berlin · Zeiss-Großplanetarium
Cinthie — Analog Live Set, Katja Ruge — DJ Set, 12 MAR 2025, Planetarium Hamburg
Joyce Muniz — DJ Set, Katja Ruge — DJ Set, 18–19 FEB 2025, Berlin · Zeiss-Großplanetarium
JakoJako — Modular Live Set, Katja Ruge — DJ Set, 6 NOV 2024, Planetarium Hamburg
Lena Willikens — DJ Set, Katja Ruge — DJ Set, 13 MAR 2024, Planetarium Hamburg
DJ Mell G — DJ Set, Katja Ruge — DJ Set, 11 OCT 2023, Planetarium Hamburg
Helena Hauff — DJ Set, Katja Ruge — DJ Set