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January 21, 2026

Berlin | photo: Sori Schäffter

December 20, 2025

Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia | photo: Jarmo Nagel

May 16, 2025

DOCK20, Lustenau | photo: Lucie Pia

Funny Place (Plot Toy, 2022)

Д​а​й в​о​д​ы п​о​п​и​т​ь​! (self-released, 2022)

Guiding Light IV USB edition
(Serious Serious, 2021)

When I See It. I Don't See It.
(Quantum Natives, 2020)

Kisling – Bom (feat. Benzokai) (Serious Serious, 2019)

Sounds Right But Is Actually A Horse
(Serious Serious, 2018)

Benzokai & Tont - Rap Music Rocks (Serious Serious, 2017)

Bakcground Music (Vol 1)
(Serious Serious, 2017)

rin la - no separation (Trash Can Dance, 2014)

Limb Loosener

Performance, 10 min
Together with Till Megerle

October 18, 2025

Schleuse, Vienna

Diamond Dance (1967)

Floor score by Milan Adamčiak

Performers: Sergei Tcherepnin, Elisabeth Flunger, Michaela Kisling, Phillip Quehenberger, Artjom Astrov

May 23, 2025

Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw | photos: Pat Mic

Juice (still) | November 5, 2025 | mumok cinema, Vienna (Sonic Syntax, curated by Chantal Kaufmann)

Installation view | February 2025 | Artishok Biennale, Tallinn

Screening | December 2, 2023
SoundBrain, Vienna | photo: Laura Winkler

JUICE, 2022
graphic score project
(video, sound)


Kunsthalle Wien / photo: Ipek Hamza

GUIDING LIGHT is a band project by artists Artjom Astrov, Michaela Kisling and Till Megerle that started as a series of videos released on YouTube by the music label Serious Serious (Guiding Light I-III, 2021). These were followed by performances commissioned by Kunsthalle Wien (Guiding Light IV, 2022) and Tallinn’s Kanuti Gildi SAAL (Guiding Light V, 2023).


Schema

Author: Karl Saks

Premiere: February 12, 2025

Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn | photo: Alana Proosa

Floor on Fire

Author: Ruslan Stepanov

Premiere: April 4, 2024

elektron.art arthall, Tallinn | photo: Alissa Šnaider

Kultuur

Author: Maria Metsalu

Premiere: October 31, 2023

SPIELART Theater Festival, Munich | photo: Alana Proosa

Reis Metsa Lõppu

Author: Lauri Lagle

Premiere: August 17, 2023

Sakala 3, Tallinn | photo: Herkko Labi

The Myth: last day

Author: Netti Nüganen

Premiere: May 14, 2022

Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn | photo: Alana Proosa

Täna õhtul lorem ipsum

Author: Mart Kangro

Premiere: June 17, 2021

Von Krahl Theater, Tallinn | photo: Von Krahl Theater

Kas te olete oma kohaga rahul (It Stays As It Is)

Authors: Mart Kangro, Eero Epner, Juhan Ulfsak

Premiere: February 15, 2018

Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn | photo: Alissa Šnaider

Paratamatus elada ühel ajal

Author: Lauri Lagle

Premiere: November 28, 2019

Von Krahl Theater, Tallinn | photo: Herkko Labi

Workshop

Authors: Mart Kangro, Eero Epner, Juhan Ulfsak

Premiere: February 15, 2018

Ģertrūdes ielas teātrīs, Riga | photo: Veiko Tubin

Невесомость

Author: Ruslan Stepanov

Premiere: January 13, 2018

Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn | photo: Lee Kelomees

Paradiis

Author: Lauri Lagle

Premiere: April 16, 2016

Von Krahl Theater, Tallinn | photo: Herkko Labi
Artjom Astrov is a musician based in Vienna. His practice incorporates spatial and conceptual properties of sound, language and video.

Artjom’s recent solo and collaborative work has been shown at Palais de Tokyo, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, and mumok cinema.


January 21, 2026

Berlin | photo: Sori Schäffter

December 20, 2025

Contemporary Art Museum of Estonia | photo: Jarmo Nagel

May 16, 2025

DOCK20, Lustenau | photo: Lucie Pia

Funny Place (Plot Toy, 2022)

Д​а​й в​о​д​ы п​о​п​и​т​ь​! (self-released, 2022)

Guiding Light IV USB edition
(Serious Serious, 2021)

When I See It. I Don't See It.
(Quantum Natives, 2020)

Kisling – Bom (feat. Benzokai) (Serious Serious, 2019)

Sounds Right But Is Actually A Horse
(Serious Serious, 2018)

Benzokai & Tont - Rap Music Rocks (Serious Serious, 2017)

Bakcground Music (Vol 1)
(Serious Serious, 2017)

rin la - no separation (Trash Can Dance, 2014)

Limb Loosener

Performance, 10 min
Together with Till Megerle

October 18, 2025

Schleuse, Vienna

Diamond Dance (1967)

Floor score by Milan Adamčiak

Performers: Sergei Tcherepnin, Elisabeth Flunger, Michaela Kisling, Phillip Quehenberger, Artjom Astrov

May 23, 2025

Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw | photos: Pat Mic

Juice (still) | November 5, 2025 | mumok cinema, Vienna (Sonic Syntax, curated by Chantal Kaufmann)

Installation view | February 2025 | Artishok Biennale, Tallinn

Screening | December 2, 2023
SoundBrain, Vienna | photo: Laura Winkler

JUICE, 2022
graphic score project
(video, sound)


Kunsthalle Wien / photo: Ipek Hamza

GUIDING LIGHT is a band project by artists Artjom Astrov, Michaela Kisling and Till Megerle that started as a series of videos released on YouTube by the music label Serious Serious (Guiding Light I-III, 2021). These were followed by performances commissioned by Kunsthalle Wien (Guiding Light IV, 2022) and Tallinn’s Kanuti Gildi SAAL (Guiding Light V, 2023).


Schema

Author: Karl Saks

Premiere: February 12, 2025

Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn | photo: Alana Proosa

Floor on Fire

Author: Ruslan Stepanov

Premiere: April 4, 2024

elektron.art arthall, Tallinn | photo: Alissa Šnaider

Kultuur

Author: Maria Metsalu

Premiere: October 31, 2023

SPIELART Theater Festival, Munich | photo: Alana Proosa

Reis Metsa Lõppu

Author: Lauri Lagle

Premiere: August 17, 2023

Sakala 3, Tallinn | photo: Herkko Labi

The Myth: last day

Author: Netti Nüganen

Premiere: May 14, 2022

Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn | photo: Alana Proosa

Täna õhtul lorem ipsum

Author: Mart Kangro

Premiere: June 17, 2021

Von Krahl Theater, Tallinn | photo: Von Krahl Theater

Kas te olete oma kohaga rahul (It Stays As It Is)

Authors: Mart Kangro, Eero Epner, Juhan Ulfsak

Premiere: February 15, 2018

Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn | photo: Alissa Šnaider

Paratamatus elada ühel ajal

Author: Lauri Lagle

Premiere: November 28, 2019

Von Krahl Theater, Tallinn | photo: Herkko Labi

Workshop

Authors: Mart Kangro, Eero Epner, Juhan Ulfsak

Premiere: February 15, 2018

Ģertrūdes ielas teātrīs, Riga | photo: Veiko Tubin

Невесомость

Author: Ruslan Stepanov

Premiere: January 13, 2018

Kanuti Gildi SAAL, Tallinn | photo: Lee Kelomees

Paradiis

Author: Lauri Lagle

Premiere: April 16, 2016

Von Krahl Theater, Tallinn | photo: Herkko Labi
Artjom Astrov is a musician based in Vienna. His practice incorporates spatial and conceptual properties of sound, language and video.

Artjom’s recent solo and collaborative work has been shown at Palais de Tokyo, Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, and mumok cinema.