APPLY 2025
01. March 2025
— 30. April 2025
Application phase for prospective students for starting their studies in the upcoming winter semester 2025/26 at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design (HfG).
25 Grad
13. February 2025
— 23. February 2025
Around 30 graduates will present their final projects and make their works accessible to a broad public.
Workshop Voyeur
The workshop explores the figure of the “voyeur” and uses visual culture to investigate the power and resistance of the Western perspective on the South Caucasus. The public program begins at 6 p.m. with a discussion with invited artists from Tbilisi (Georgia).
Open House Day at Hallenbau 2025
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.
2. Bookbau Festival HfG Karlsruhe
31. January 2025
— 02. February 2025
Artists’ books and print media are presented in workshops, lectures and exhibitions.
Shifting Paradigms
05. December 2024
— 06. December 2024
The symposium of the HfG and the ZKM Karlsruhe is dedicated to the redefinition of research and teaching in art, theory and design and responds to current paradigm shifts through the development of interdisciplinary and hybrid formats. Registration possible until November 22.
Inside Sonic – Media Art Sound of the HfG Karlsruhe at ARD Hörspieltage
07. November 2024
— 09. November 2024
Current works explore the possibilities of spatial sound and artistic expression with immersive and experimental sound techniques.
Symposium After Memory
23. October 2024
— 26. October 2024
The international symposium reflects on how social media, cloud storage, surveillance technologies and communication networks are transforming our practices of remembering and forgetting.
Opening Winter Semester 2024/25
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.
Kino im Blauen Salon
10. October 2024
— 03. March 2025
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.
25th Karlsruhe Museum Night
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.
HfG taster course
30. July 2024
— 03. August 2024
For pupils who want to explore their creative interests and gain insights into potential study opportunities at the HfG Karlsruhe.
Hydromedia – Seeing with Water
18. July 2024
— 08. September 2024
The group exhibition at the Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe presents experimental works by five international artists who rethink the relationship between man and nature.
Antennae: Frequencies from the Archive
18. July 2024
— 24. November 2024
The joint exhibition of HfG and ZKM explores how the future has been imagined, projected or practiced within the ZKM archive.
Rundgang 2024 at the HfG
18. July 2024
— 21. July 2024
An impressive exhibition of student works and performances, accompanied by award ceremonies, guided tours, music and other artistic highlights.
HfG Open Air Cinema 2024
20. June 2024
— 24. June 2024
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.
Goulash Programming Night
30. May 2024
— 02. June 2024
Four days full of hacks, workshops and tech passion at the Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design.
Semester opening HfG summer semester 2024
The festive opening of the semester will feature exciting new appointments and musical performances in the atriums of the Hallenbau.
Application phase of the HfG Karlsruhe for the winter semester 2024/25
01. March 2024
— 30. April 2024
Apply now for communication design, product design, media art, exhibition design & scenography or art research & media philosophy!
Hallenbau Open House 2024
New date – new insights: this is the motto of the “Hallenbau Open House” 2024
Isle of Coding
22. June 2023
— 05. August 2023
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.
21. Gulaschprogrammiernacht
08. June 2023
— 11. June 2023
Four days of hacking, goulash, lectures, chunk, workshops, lounge, mate and fun on the device.
Go Public!
11. February 2023
— 16. February 2023
The art action shows current works by young media artists at the Badisches Staatstheater. Entrance is free.
The Future of Gestaltung
09. February 2023
— 10. February 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.
Hallenbau-Festival 2022
28. October 2022
— 30. October 2022
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.
20. Gulaschprogrammiernacht
19. May 2022
— 22. May 2022
Hacking, programming, lectures, workshops – and of course goulash.
Go Public!
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.