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Is it media? Is it art?
Is it creativity? – It is Karlsruhe.

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Karlsruhe as Creative City of Media Arts

Media art is universal, it illustrates social and technological innovation, creativity, connectivity, interdisciplinarity and combines art and science in many ways.

Events

Numerous festivals, exhibitions and events in the field of media art characterize Karlsruhe’s lively, creative and diverse cultural landscape.

Featured Events

Summer of Culture in Karlsruhe with media art, theatre, music, film and performance
01. Jun 2021 - 30. Sep 2021
Under the motto Decentral. Diverse. Outside, the UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts Karlsruhe brings cultural life with all its facets “back” into the city. Visitors can expect a unique, cross-disciplinary and cross-genre cultural program. In the special edition "Connected Future" of the media art festival "Seasons of Media Arts", local and international artists will be given the opportunity to show their works in the urban space from September 17, 2021. The new Light Festival expands the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE with new venues.
Jury Decision Funding Program Media Arts 2021
20. Jul 2021
In its second call for proposals of the UNESCO City of Media Arts Funding Program, the department of Cultural Affairs of the City of Karlsruhe awarded a total of 97,815 euros to 14 media art projects. Twelve projects received funding as local media art projects taking place in Karlsruhe, two projects received funding as international network activities that serve to intensify networking, exchange and cooperation in the field of media art.
BBBank Newcomer Projection Mapping Prize 2021
01. Aug 2021 - 31. Aug 2021
UNESCO City of Media Arts

For the first time the ZKM Center for Art and Media and the KME Karlsruhe Marketing and Event Ltd. as part of Karlsruhe – UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts will present the international BBBank Newcomer Projection Mapping Prize at the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe 2021.
Computable – Incomputable
30. Oct 2020 - 30. Sep 2021
ZKM in the Digital Art Hall of ZDF

In the ZDF Digital Art Hall visitors move through the virtual ZKM where they can discover computer-generated artworks.
Crawlers
06. Jan 2021 - 27. Jun 2021
Visit the virtual presentation

»CRAWLERS« is an anonymous collective of social bots crawling user data and establishing an uncanny parallel social network of warped truths and stolen personal information.
BarabásiLab. Hidden Patterns
01. May 2021 - 16. Jan 2022
The exhibition »BarabásiLab. Hidden Patterns« introduces the work of the physicist and network scientist Albert-László Barabási and his research laboratory. The focus of the exhibition is the development of network visualization over the past 20 years, which can be seen in the projects of BarabásiLab.
Jury decision Underground Film Award 2021
13. Jul 2021
Prize is awarded to filmmaker Patience Mitumwesiga

After intensive deliberation, the jury chose Patience Mitumwesiga's film idea from over 40 submissions. The Ugandan filmmaker will receive a production grant of 3,000 euros for the realization of a short film that addresses the constant threat of sexual violence against women in Uganda. The film is to be shot in the next few months and completed by November 2021. In the City of Media Arts Karlsruhe, the short film will be shown at the INDEPENDENT DAYS | Karlsruhe International Film Festival.

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What is Media Art for Us?

What is Media Art for Us?

Until the end of the twentieth century media were divided into »old« media, such as photography and film, and »new« media, such as video and computer. The concept of media has gradually expanded with the emergence of new disciplines and fields of research in the 20th century, i.e. information and communication technologies and artificial intelligence.

Timeline

Since its foundation in 1715, the city of Karlsruhe has been at the forefront of innovation in various fields, such as urban planning, technological research, IT and media art. The timeline presents cultural highlights in the city’s long history.

Testimonials

Karlsruhe is not only regarded as a pioneer, but also as a »cradle of modern media communication«: in 1989, visionary citizens of the city initiated the foundation of the ZKM | Center for Art and Media. Renown personalities and experts share their opinion on Karlsruhe, and its ongoing devotion to media arts.

Advocates

Where is Media Art?

An abundance of institutions in the field of media art, civic initiatives and diverse organizations related to media art and digital culture as well as a diverse cultural and creative industry characterize the urban fabric of the city of Karlsruhe.

Network

The interdisciplinary cooperation in the city highlights Karlsruhe as a creative city. An executive board and an advisory board have been established to support and carry out the application process for the nomination as a »UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts«.

Outlook

Karlsruhe considers itself a sustainably developing »Digitally Connected City of Media Arts« on a local and global level. In the coming years, the city will implement a number of newly conceived projects and further develop existing formats accordingly.

Open Data and Open Commons

Karlsruhe is increasingly striving to establish more transparency and direct opportunities for citizen participation in the city, and to become even more open and technologically advanced.

Karlsruhe as Creative City of Media Arts

Events

Summer of Culture in Karlsruhe with media art, theatre, music, film and performance

Jury Decision Funding Program Media Arts 2021

BBBank Newcomer Projection Mapping Prize 2021

Computable – Incomputable

Crawlers

BarabásiLab. Hidden Patterns

Jury decision Underground Film Award 2021

What is Media Art for Us?

Timeline

Testimonials

Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Peter Weibel

Sasha Waltz

Andreas Siefert

Dr. Frank Mentrup

Jin-Kyung Jeon

Dr. Jana Binder

Where is Media Art?

Network

Outlook

Open Data and Open Commons