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Open Call: 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.

Open Call CULT: Modena x Karlsruhe

01. October 2024 — 15. November 2024

Citizens, artists and young creatives from Karlsruhe can apply for the international exchange programme until November 15, 2024.

Open Call: Cali to Karlsruhe 2024-2025

18. July 2024 — 31. August 2024

The media art cities of Cali and Karlsruhe are looking for two artists to take part in an international exchange programme to develop a joint work.

Open Call Media Arts Film Scholarship

15. March 2024 — 31. May 2024

The Filmboard Karlsruhe offers aspiring filmmakers the opportunity to realise their creative short film concepts with a production grant

Open Call: Viborg UNESCO Creative City Artist Residency Program

15. December 2023 — 05. January 2024

The open call provides the organizational framework for realizing an extraordinary work of art under excellent conditions in cooperation with Viborg.

Open Call dm Award „connecting worlds“ 2024

19. October 2023 — 15. December 2023

The award is given for innovative projects that combine the digital space of the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE projection mappings with the analogue space in front of the Karlsruhe Palace.

Sign up now! Digital Q&A session Funding Program 2023

04. July 2023

Until July 2, applicants and interested persons can sign up for a digital Q&A session on the project funding program for media art.

Open Call: Karlsruhe x Cali

01. June 2023 — 23. June 2023

The exchange program is aimed at artists from the two UNESCO Cities of Media Arts. The goal is to create a media artwork for public space in joint collaboration during two residencies.

Join the Street Design Challenge 2022!

09. September 2022 — 18. September 2022

A joint project of the UNESCO Creative Cities Curitiba, Querétaro und Wuhan.

“City to City” presents digital media artworks by international artists

09. February 2022 — 30. June 2022

Under the motto “PLAY!”, five artworks that were created as part of the award-winning City to City project will be presented to the public at a digital vernissage starting on February 9, 2022.

Opening virtual exhibition – City to City: Human Responsibility

10. December 2020

On Thursday December 10th, 2020 at 3:00 PM CET the opening of the virtual exhibition City to City: Human Responsibility will take place as a zoom event and livestream via Facebook.

International Online Collaboration Project – City to City: Human Responsibility

02. September 2020 — 31. December 2020

Together with 9 international cities of the Media Arts Cluster of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, the cultural office of the city of Karlsruhe had invited to apply with project proposals. Media artists from all over the world responded to the call.

Light Art Installation Kaskade

10. December 2019 — 16. February 2020

The light art installation Kaskade was designed by the light artist Rainer Kehres specifically for the façade of the Town Hall to mark Karlsruhe becoming a UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts.

Images of hope: International drawing competition for children affected by Covid 19

21. January 2021 — 11. March 2021

The UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts Viborg invites the world to sharpen its pencils and draw for children affected by Covid-19 across the world.

What's on

News Release of a new UNESCO publication on the network of German Creative Cities
Press CULT project promotes exchange – Future-oriented cultural exchange for a sustainable European identity
News Winners of the international exchange program Cali to Karlsruhe have been determined
News Release of a new report on the impact of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
News Querétaro will host the 2025 Annual Conference of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
News Cali x Karlsruhe – cooperative artwork exhibited at the Museo La Tertulia
News 55 new creative cities in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network
Open Call Open Call: 2023 Changsha Introducing Media Arts to Campus Program
News UNESCO Creative Cities’ Response to COVID-19
News Braga designated as the Host City of the XVI UNESCO Creative Cities Network Annual Conference in 2024
News OPEN CALL: Join the Street Design Challenge 2022! A project of the UNESCO Creative Cities of Curitiba, Querétaro and Wuhan
News 100 international cities attended the XIV Annual Conference of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in Brazil
News “BioMedia” will be presented by the cities of Karlsruhe and Enghien-les-Bains in Brazil
News XIV Annual Conference of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in Santos
News Opening of the “BioMedia” Exhibition at the Centre des Artes
News The National Commissions for UNESCO of Europe (and beyond) condemn the attack on Ukraine
News The UNESCO Media Arts Cities website is online now
News OPEN CALL – Media Arts Film Scholarship 2022
News Karlsruhe Media Artist represented at the OCUPA festival
News City to City wins international award
News Call for Artists: City to City 2021 PLAY!
Press Opening virtual exhibition – City to City: Human Responsibility
Press International competition sponsors Karlsruhe media artists’ online collaborative project
Press UNESCO reached a decision – Karlsruhe is the first German Creative City of Media Arts
Press City of Karlsruhe has submitted application

Werke

My name is Samanea saman, 2023

My name is Samanea saman, 2023

Kaskade, 2019

Kaskade, 2019

told-hold, 2021

told-hold, 2021

LIMBO, 2020-2021

LIMBO, 2020-2021

Cartography of the Stain: New Fossils, 2020-2021

Cartography of the Stain: New Fossils, 2020-2021