Karlsruhe is
UNESCO creative city
of media arts


Calendar

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Europe Days 2025

08. May 2025 — 10. May 2025

Karlsruhe celebrates Europe: the Europe Days 2025 invite you to experience European cooperation and cultural diversity in the heart of the city with creative impulses, exciting projects and diverse activities.
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District Impulse at Stephanplatz: FLORA MOMENTUM

02. May 2025 — 02. August 2025

The central square is being transformed into a vibrant place of encounter and inspiration through an interdisciplinary art installation and a diverse program of workshops, performances, and events.
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Open Call: The Shape of Tomorrow

28. April 2025 — 10. July 2025

A visually rich, interactive media artwork is sought to be centrally exhibited on a presentation platform at art karlsruhe 2026.
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Project Funding Program for Media Art

03. March 2025 — 15. May 2025

For the sixth time, the Department of Cultural Affairs is awarding funding for media art projects in public spaces. The focus is on regional and international cooperation, interdisciplinarity and artistic exchange.
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News

News ALBERI FESTIVAL – Modena trifft Karlsruhe
Press Scholarship for studio hö awarded to Chiharu Koda
Press Apply now for the Project Funding Program for Media Art 2025!
News New Bilingual Brochure Showcases the Diversity of the UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe
Press Kunstrauschen 2025 – Art beyond the mainstream at art karlsruhe
Press UNESCO City of Media Arts at art karlsruhe
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Profile

City of Media Arts

Media Art is universal – it stands for social and technological innovation, for creativity, connectivity, interdisciplinarity, and brings art and science together in manifols ways.

Artists

A considerable number of artists live and work in Karlsruhe whose media art productions feature in festivals, exhibitions, and projects. The following overview includes an alphabetical list of artists who are involved in exhibitions, projects, and international collaborations within the framework of the UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts Karlsruhe.

Funding

The Funding Program for Media Arts and International Network Projects Supports the Cultural and the Creative Scene.

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Network

UNESCO Creative Cities Network

Joining the UNESCO Creative Cities Network gives Karlsruhe and the city’s interest groups the opportunity to make new contacts, give new impulses and establish new connections to organizations and artists in the UNESCO Creative Cities on all continents.