Karlsruhe is
UNESCO creative city
of media arts


Calendar

#digitaltheatre #event

Digitaltheater XXL

24. April 2026 — 26. April 2026

Broadcast Yourself, DANCE! and Let’s Play at Staatstheater Karlsruhe!
#exhibition #hfg #zkm

“26 Grad”: Graduate Exhibition by the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design

16. April 2026 — 26. April 2026

Graduates of HfG show their diploma projects at ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe.

INDEPENDENT DAYS | 25th International Film Festival

15. April 2026 — 19. April 2026

For the 25th anniversary, 156 films from 34 countries will be screened.
#cooperation #event

Semester Opening Summer Semester 2026

13. April 2026

To kick off the summer semester, the HfG Karlsruhe cordially invites students, university staff, guests, friends, and supporters to the semester opening.
#event #film #hfg

Kino im Blauen Salon – Summer semester 2026

10. April 2026 — 26. September 2026

For its 10th anniversary, the programme focuses on the theme of directorial debuts.
#event #video

Himmelssturz

12. March 2026 — 30. April 2026

IRIS-A-MAZ’s video transforms the foyer of the Kinemathek Karlsruhe into a spatial frieze, blending Renaissance motifs with contemporary media art to explore falling and transitions between states.
#call #funding

Project Funding Program for Media Art

02. March 2026 — 18. May 2026

Apply now: The Project Funding Program for Media Art is entering its seventh round and supports media art projects that are visibly situated in public space.
#call #cooperation

Apply now for the media art scholarship at studio hö

24. February 2026 — 20. April 2026

Innovative, collaborative media art projects by freelance artists from Karlsruhe and the surrounding region are sought for a six-month media art scholarship, which includes a workspace and exhibition space at studio hö.
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News

News QueerScope Annual Meeting 2026 in Karlsruhe
News Dr. Andreas Vogel is the new president of the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG)
Press Call for Applications: Project Funding Program for Media Art 2026 Launched
News Architecture and Urban Space Take Center Stage at the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe 2026
Press UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts Karlsruhe at art karlsruhe 2026
Press Kunstrauschen 2026: Karlsruhe’s Independent Art Scene Opens Its Doors
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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.