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Join the International Weeks against Racism 2026 in Karlsruhe for exhibitions, talks, and performances.

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.

A monumental installation by Fahar Al-Salih of over 500 handcrafted birdcages exploring questions of freedom, memory, and belonging. On view at the Evangelische Stadtkirche Karlsruhe.

Alongside art karlsruhe, 20 off-spaces and project spaces open in Karlsruhe, presenting contemporary art up close in fresh and surprising formats.

At the Karlsruhe Forum in Hall 3, the UNESCO City of Media Arts invites visitors to immerse themselves in a walk-in vision of future living spaces with Soft Utopia.

Students of the Karlsruhe University of Music as Guests at GEDOK Karlsruhe.

Chiharu Koda transforms studio hö into an interactive installation, where urban movements and encounters can be experienced like a living river.

The ZeitGenuss Festival opens spaces for diversity of perspectives and encounters, weaving together music, dance, word, and media art in extraordinary venues across the city. With unusual formats, it invites audiences to intense, sensuous, and discursive musical experiences.

Experience at KIT Science Week how researchers and citizens come together to develop ideas for a livable, sustainable, and just city of the future.

Under the motto The Archive Lives!, the student-run cinema of the HfG Karlsruhe brings rare gems from its own collection, rediscovered treasures, and special events back to the big screen

For the fifth time, the Regional Council of Karlsruhe will become a showcase for the cultural and creative industries, featuring diverse presentations by artists and creative professionals.

With corner, science comes right into the city – directly to everyone who is curious, wants to join the conversation, and take part in research.

The full-day symposium explores freedom of speech and press, the clarity of legal rulings, and the power of language—from escalating terms and fake news to AI dialogue partners and respectful communication.

A play like a lonely evening on your smartphone.

The Orangerie Karlsruhe becomes a resonance space for sound installations, acoustic walks, and sound performances that make its distinctive architecture audible.

The studios of the media art initiative Lichtspielsauna and the collective Francis Karat transform Karlsruhe’s Oststadt into a Dadaist parallel universe.

In 2025, the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe will celebrate its 11th edition. Under the motto The Shining Lights of Science, the projections will mark the anniversary of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.

On Saturday, August 2, the 26th KAMUNA invites visitors to over 240 cultural events in 21 museums across Karlsruhe under the motto Knowledge Creates Diversity.

In the interactive exhibition Imaginat, visitors create their own compositions using analogue materials, which are transformed by AI into fascinating river images and projected live onto the wall.

The HfG Karlsruhe invites you to its annual summer exhibition – with insights into current design, art and theory.

In a contemporary production of Digitaltheater, Goethe’s ballad Der Zauberlehrling meets current questions about artificial intelligence and technical control. The world premiere will take place on June 6, 2025 in the Studio of the Staatstheater Karlsruhe.

Experience film classics on 35mm in a summery open-air atmosphere, accompanied by DJ sets, a bar and a supporting programme.

How does art influence urban development? The digiTALK invites you to a discussion on art, participation, and shaping the urban future.

As part of the series Art in Dialogue, the Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe explores the aesthetic and ethical dimensions of AI-generated images.

The Alter Schlachthof creative park opens its doors and invites you to take a fascinating look at creative workshops, exhibitions and hands-on activities.

The interactive light installation by Chris Spatschek opens on May 9 with an electronic live set by Brnjsmin and contributions by cicada x dkyuh – a dialogue between art, environment, and sound.

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.

The festival brings together poetry, sound, and performance in a diverse program centered around the work of Lenora de Barros at the Badischer Kunstverein.

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.

On April 17, Peter Piek merges music and art into a unique experience. The accompanying exhibition opens on April 9.

Vibrant, unpredictable, unconventional, surprising, improvised – an evening mosaic of art and encounters in numerous project spaces.

A work of media art created especially for the fair will be presented at the Karlsruhe Forum in Hall 3.

The Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, the Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe and the ZKM | Karlsruhe invite visitors to the Open House Day at Hallenbau with a colorful program of activities.

Artists’ books and print media are presented in workshops, lectures and exhibitions.

In 2025, KIT invites you to take part in exhibitions, experiments, visits, celebrations, multimedia events, and dialogues – whether you are on stage or online, nerd or newbie, young or old.

The multimedia installation by the artist collective Francis Karat will be shown at the tourist information centre on Marktplatz.

In the theatre play, the audience takes over the complicity live in the auditorium and creates a different reality every evening.

On this evening, the HfG Karlsruhe invites you to the ceremonial opening of the winter semester and welcomes not only guests and friends of the university, but above all new students and employees as well as two new appointments.

A showcase for Karlsruhe’s cultural and creative industries

The program spans the entire winter semester 24/25 like a rainbow and shows 10 films of various genres that are dedicated to the fascinating phenomenon of colour in cinema.

For one week, a comprehensive programme exploring freedom and democratic values will be offered on Kronenplatz in Karlsruhe, including lectures, panel discussions and artistic contributions

The Karlsruhe Katzenwedelwiese will become a stage for an international exchange of media artists and art educators who will create new perspectives with sound performances, tea ceremonies and collective walks.

The brand new production and showroom studio hö opens at Kaiserstrasse 3.

Discover the installation Fungal Frequencies by SurrealLabor and find out more about the underground network of hyphae of the fungi! An event within the framework of Media art is here.

The collaborative project will be released on August 17 with a supporting programme at COLA TAXI OKAY. An event within the framework of Media art is here.

In 2024, the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe will enter its 10th edition. Under the title Everybody Counts, they will focus in particular on the topics of law, freedom and democracy.

The UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe presents the annual media art exhibition in public spaces.

KAMUNA offers a varied programme with over 240 activities, including AI workshops, historical tours and retro video game machines, in 18 cultural institutions, with free admission for 25-year-olds.

For pupils who want to explore their creative interests and gain insights into potential study opportunities at the HfG Karlsruhe.

In addition to this year’s Live Coding Edition, there will be a workshop on algorithmic patterns inspired by geometric South Indian rhythms on Saturday, July 27th.

An impressive exhibition of student works and performances, accompanied by award ceremonies, guided tours, music and other artistic highlights.

As part of the recently opened exhibition Radio-Choreography: Acts of Transmission by artist Netta Weiser, the Badischer Kunstverein is offering a varied programme of events from 3 July.

Do you enjoy researching, writing and media art? Then you’ve come to the right place!

Once again this year, the University of Arts and Design invites audiences to unforgettable film evenings in the open air, with musical backing and a varied programme.

Making digitalization in Karlsruhe visible and tangible for everyone. For the third time, Karlsruhe as digital location will be hosting workshops, start-up pitches, discussion rounds, company events, guided tours and much more.

An art experience especially for young audiences with short guided tours, drinks and a live DJ.

As Europe’s largest meet-up of university studios for electronic music, the international ZKM Festival offers up-and-coming composers a platform to present their new musical developments.

Four days full of hacks, workshops and tech passion at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design.

Experience a unique mix of visual arts, media art, live music, theatre and much more at an unforgettable festival of creativity in Karlsruhe.

The Film Exploratorium at the ZKM Media Theater is part of the series Traumfabrik#26.

The festive opening of the semester will feature exciting new appointments and musical performances in the atriums of the Hallenbau.

Experience a fascinating fusion of art and technology, where live coding performances and workshops challenge the boundaries of what is possible and open up new creative horizons.

The Kunstbüro der Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg offers this workshop for artists who run project spaces or are planning to do so.

Under the motto Human rights for all, a variety of events are promoting awareness and mobilisation against racism.

The workshop offers the opportunity to get an introduction into using Wikipedia in combination with working on media art content.

As part of art KARLSRUHE, selected project spaces and off-spaces from the independent art and culture scene open their doors.

UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts with media art works from ZKM and HfG at the International Fair for Classic Modern and Contemporary Art at the Messe Karlsruhe.

UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts Karlsruhe with media art presentation at international art fair for Classical Modern and Contemporary art at the Messe Karlsruhe.

New date – new insights: this is the motto of the “Hallenbau Open House” 2024

Media Art at the Kinemathek Karlsruhe – one night, four shows.

Can analog documents and the latest AI-based technology be combined in a single work? This is the question posed by the artist collective “Francis Karat”.

As part of the annual festival, the main prize is awarded at the ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe. This year’s winner is the US-American Laurie Spiegel.

Experience transtraditional music in the most diverse forms of mediation at the Badisches Staatstheater

How do current conflicts affect artistic and cultural production and what are possible (future) perspectives? These questions will be explored in the symposium.

How is media art mediated outside Europe? Fanny Kranz and Barbara Kiolbassa tried to find the answer to this question and present their results in the ASIA TRIP TALK.

Renowned speakers and representatives from the business world will present the latest developments in the field of AI and its application.

This immersive light installation and live performance addresses climate change from a future perspective on our present.

Contemporary music resounds over the stages of the city for the 10th anniversary edition.

Internationally renowned scientists present the latest research on sustainability and climate protection to citizens interested in science.

Experience innovative business models and exciting ideas from entrepreneurs who shape Karlsruhe’s cultural and creative environment.

With a concert in the rotunda of the Vierordtbad, composer Kris Felix Bauer presents the new pieces from his soundtrack at this concert special.

The Ideal Spaces Working Group questions concepts of modern urbanity and hosts discussions about the relationship between space and community.

UNESCO City of Media Arts presents impressive media and light art at numerous locations in Karlsruhe’s city center throughout the summer.

The façade of Karlsruhe Palace will once again become a canvas for impressive projection mappings by international media artists.

As part of the new exhibition series zwischenräume, the central atrium of the Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe will become the stage for an installation that combines film, performance, and architecture.

As part of the Hallenbau summer program, the ZKM, together with the HfG, the Städtische Galerie and the Kunsthalle, invites you to a session of live coding afterwork.

Workshop to learn how to code live with Strudel from Tidal Cycles as a follow-up to the iterative ßpace event of the Karlsruhe TOPLAP community.

Four days of hacking, goulash, lectures, chunk, workshops, lounge, mate and fun on the device.

UNESCO City of Media Arts with a strong presence at the international fair for classical modern and contemporary art at the Messe Karlsruhe.

Algorithmic music alongside experimental and hybrid live coding away from massive dance rhythms at ßpace.

This year’s Live Coding Edition will feature both local and international artists.

The exhibition will feature the video installation by artist Justin Koch, and will be presented alongside screenings of a series of films on the topic of water.

The International Weeks against Racism have started. For a fortnight, there will be events all over Karlsruhe on the subject of racism.

Creative Weibs is the first series of events for female founders and entrepreneurs in the cultural and creative industries in Karlsruhe.

The video installation Ballet of the Cities by Jonas Denzel will be the artistic contribution from the UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe in Timisoara – European Capital of Culture 2023.

To mark the end of its 30th anniversary year, the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe will be hosting a symposium to discuss the future of the university and its contribution to society.

As part of the exhibition Drawing Rooms: Marcel van Eeden | Karl Hubbuch, the Städtische Galerie and the Kinemathek Karlsruhe will show films selected by the artist with a short introduction to his artistic work.

The showcase of the cultural and creative industries.

Three institutions – one building: under the title The Anniversaries! the Hallenbau Festival celebrates 25 years of the Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe and the ZKM | Karlsruhe in the Hallenbau as well as 30 years of the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design.

A project by Michael Saup in cooperation with karlsruhe.digital, the ZKM | Karlsruhe and UNESCO City of Media Arts.

The sound installation by Hendrik Vogel will be presented during the art weekend Karlsruhe at the Luis Leu art space.

Jazz, Groove and Hiphop live at the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE.

The facade of Karlsruhe’s palace becomes a canvas for impressive projection mappings by international media artists.

The fair, which takes place every two years, gives artists from Baden-Württemberg, Rhineland-Palatinate and Alsace the opportunity to present their work to the public.

Karlsruhe as UNESCO City of Media Arts is the emphasis at this year’s international Fair for Classic Modern and Contemporary Art.

art KARLSRUHE starts soon. Come by and see us in Hall 3!

Feminst, trans and non-binay alliances: How to build a future together?

Presentation of media art within the Reallabor Passagehof.

Starting on 23 May, the Passagehof and Nördliche Karlstraße Living Labs will be used to test new mobility practices, use scenarios and the redistribution of street space. The city invites you to participate.

Festival with Live-Coding and audiovisual performances.

Hacking, programming, lectures, workshops – and of course goulash.

Congress for creative companies at the Tollhaus Karlsruhe.

Germany’s most successful hackathon for open cultural data.

Dance projections in urban space.

With spring we start a new season of showing current media art in Karlsruhe.

The exhibition at the Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe shows artistic positions by invited Polish artists and local artists with a biographical connection to Karlsruhe.

On Friday, January 28, 2022, students of the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung (HfG) will realize a pilot project on the market square in Karlsruhe. From about 18:00 experimental light and media art works will be shown.

From January 28-30, 2022, all coding enthusiasts can program collaboratively with international experts at the ZKM Karlsruhe. The weekend will be opened by a variety of exciting live coding performances.

With SOUNDS OF LIFE there is a fascinating and unique series of events going to enrich Karlsruhes cultural scene for the next years.

bizplay #10 – the 10th edition of the Gamification Congress will take place on 14.10.2021 with the motto KEEP ON PLAYING as Online Congress from Karlsruhe. This year UNESCO City of Media Arts is partner.

The SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe return from August 18 and let the Karlsruhe Palace illuminate with breathtaking projections.

Unter dem Motto „Dezentral. Divers. Draußen“ bringt die UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts Karlsruhe kulturelles Leben „zurück“ in die Stadt. Die Besucher*innen erwartet ein einzigartiges, sparten- und genreübergreifendes Kulturprogramm.

Real time performances in a virtual theatre.

A room, two performers, three perspectives. How can interaction be created if the public only looks through the digital lense and is not in the performing space?

Presentation of the artwork Crawlers at the ZKM I Karlsruhe.

Three days full of artistic and playful workshops in which nearly 1000 students, pedagogues and workshop instructors try out and practice themselves on different media levels.

Seven creative people from Karlsruhe have seven minutes to present themselves and their company. Slide presentation, speech, unplugged concert or small show – everything is allowed.

The Karlsruhe SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE will take place again this year

BEYOND Symposium takes place online from July 23–26.

Humanities biggest challenge of the 21st century is nearing: With this years BEYOND FILM FESTIVAL CLIMATE CHANGE we shed the limelight on the current climate crisis and the impending ecological collapse.

The international film festival INDEPENDENT DAYS celebrates its anniversary.

The »Open Data Day« is a day of activities where local groups organise their own events. Last year (2019) there were more than 400 events worldwide. 

The art KARLSRUHE trade fair offers its approximately 150,000 visitors a wide collection of exhibits, from the classic modern era of art to contemporary artworks.

Welcome to Dance! In November 2019, Karlsruhe is transformed into a venue for contemporary dance.

Listen up! In 2019, the ZKM will once again be the venue for the ARD Radio Play Days – the most important festival for radio plays and sound art in Germany. 

The seventh ZeitGenuss-Festival is all about musical media art.

Since 2006, the former slaughterhouse in the east of Karlsruhe has been transformed into an area of cultural and creative industries.

Making digitization in Karlsruhe visible and experienceable for everyone – that is the aim of the »Bunte Nacht der Digitalisierung« [Colorful Night of Digitization].

Under the motto »A summer of love and life. Hate comes late – Love comes first«, the façade of Karlsruhe Palace will again be used as a canvas for projection mappings by international light artists.

Media art meets classical ballet

The BEETHOVEN PASTORAL PROJECT will offer events on five main themes as part of DAS FEST