
This is the archive page of the »Seasons of Media Arts 2019«. Current information can be found here: »Seasons of Media Arts 2020«
A city in keeping with the times is subject to constant – if invisible – change as thousands of data streams are created, captured, and distributed every day. The rise of the »smart city« phenomenon raises important questions: What kind of future city do we want and what is our position within it? How can we influence the urban landscape through new digital technologies, data streams, and information? What happens to all the data collected in our smart cities by sensors and smart technologies?
Starting in 2019, the ZKM | Karlsruhe plans to organize the »Seasons of Media Arts« project on an annual basis in collaboration with the Office of Cultural Affairs of the City of Karlsruhe and various Karlsruhe organizations, initiatives, and associations. The partners involved in the design and implementation of the project are key players in the city’s digital culture and education, who critically reflect on new technologies and participate with the citizens of Karlsruhe on further developing an open, technologically informed society. It is envisaged to utilize all available media and all available public spaces.
Media art throughout the urban space
Within the framework of »Seasons of Media Arts«, media art installations distributed throughout the entire urban area will be presented decentrally in the urban space, which address the issue of public access to data and thematize the development of the »smart city«. The works present an idea of a city in which technology is not used to collect data about residents, but enables citizen participation and transparency in political decision-making processes. The virtual urban space that is created in the sense defined by »Seasons of Media Arts«, which is characterized by interaction and knowledge transfer, contributes to the establishment of a »digitally connected city« in which the digital self-determination of the inhabitants is in the foreground.
Strengthening digital participation
As a continuation of the education and learning program of the »Open Codes« exhibition at the ZKM, various project partners will offer workshop series, such as »Citizens Knowledge Lab«, »Transparency Café«, or »Build your own particulate matter sensor« as part of the »Seasons of Media Arts«. The aim of these activities is to promote the digital participation of Karlsruhe citizens and thus to strengthen the civil society structures of the city. One of the special features is that the workshops will take place in a mobile creative workshop, the Spacecraft_ZKM of the Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (AMP) from Ghana.
Karlsruhe as a place of participative visions
Possible social effects of the emergence of a »digitally connected city« will be made tangible at various locations in the city by means of augmented and virtual reality works, as well as interactive installations and videos that represent data poetically or visually. In association with local groups and in collaboration with the ZKM, internationally active media artists will transform the city of Karlsruhe into a place of participative visions within the framework of Seasons of Media Arts.
Artworks of »Seasons of Media Arts«
»Seasons of Media Arts« in Karlsruhe

- Credits
- Peter Weibel (Curator)
- Lívia Nolasco-Rózsás (Curator)
- Blanca Giménez (Co-Curator)
- Olga Timurgalieva (Co-Curator)
- Concept
- Organization / Institution
- City of Karlsruhe and ZKM | Center for Art and Media
Accompanying program
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- Sat, September 14, 20192 pm
- Seasons of Media Arts – Bicycle Tour
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Guided Tour
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Thu, September 12, 20194.30 pm
- Datalab: Introduction
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Talk
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Wed, September 11, 20197 pm
- Streamed: Digitality and Responsibility
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Lecture
Vorplatz
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- Tue, September 10, 20195.30 pm
- Seasons of Media Arts – Walk
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Guided Tour
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Sat, September 07, 20192 pm
- Seasons of Media Arts – Walk
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Guided Tour
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Fri, September 06, 20193 pm
- The People’s Monument(s)
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Workshop
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Thu, September 05, 20192 pm
- Hands-on Activity: Many Little Wires
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Workshop
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Wed, September 04, 20197 pm
- Streamed: The City as Performative Object
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Lecture
Vorplatz
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- Tue, September 03, 20195.30 pm
- Seasons of Media Arts – Bicycle Tour
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Guided Tour
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Tue, September 03, 20195 pm
- Data Game & Ideas for Cities
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Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Sun, September 01, 20194 pm
- Fine Dust Sensors and Open Data
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Workshop
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Sun, September 01, 20192 pm
- Fine Dust Sensors and Open Data
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Workshop
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Sat, August 31, 20192 pm
- Open Data from Space
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Workshop
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Sat, August 31, 20192 pm
- Seasons of Media Arts – Bicycle Tour
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Guided Tour
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Sat, August 31, 201911 am
- Datalab: Workshop
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Workshop
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Fri, August 30, 20193 pm
- The People’s Monument(s)
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Workshop
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Thu, August 29, 20194.30 pm
- Datalab: Introduction
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Talk
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Wed, August 28, 20197 pm
- Streamed: City Everywhere
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Lecture
Vorplatz
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- Wed, August 28, 20193 pm
- Open Data from Space
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Workshop
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Tue, August 27, 20195.30 pm
- Seasons of Media Arts – Walk
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Guided Tour
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Tue, August 27, 20195 pm
- Data Game & Ideas for Cities
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Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Sun, August 25, 20194 pm
- Fine Dust Sensors and Open Data
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Workshop
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Sun, August 25, 20192 pm
- Fine Dust Sensors and Open Data
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Workshop
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Sat, August 24, 20192 pm
- Seasons of Media Arts – Walk
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Guided Tour
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Fri, August 23, 20193 pm
- The People’s Monument(s)
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Workshop
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Thu, August 22, 20194.30 pm
- Datalab: Introduction
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Talk
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Wed, August 21, 20197 pm
- Streamed: Metric Mysticism
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Lecture
Vorplatz
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- Tue, August 20, 20195.30 pm
- Seasons of Media Arts – Bicycle Tour
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Guided Tour
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Tue, August 20, 20195 pm
- Data Game & Ideas for Cities
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Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Sat, August 17, 20192 pm
- Seasons of Media Arts – Bicycle Tour
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Guided Tour
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Sat, August 17, 201911 am
- Data & Codes
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Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Fri, August 16, 20199.30 pm
- Gaming the Real World
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Film Screening
Arbeitskreis Kultur und Kommunikation (AKK), Karlsruhe
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- Fri, August 16, 20193 pm
- The People’s Monument(s)
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Workshop
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Thu, August 15, 20194.30 pm
- Datalab: Introduction
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Talk
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Wed, August 14, 20197 pm
- Streamed: Lubricate Coil Engine – Decolonial Supplication
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Lecture
Vorplatz
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- Tue, August 13, 20195.30 pm
- Seasons of Media Arts – Walk
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Guided Tour
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Tue, August 13, 20195 pm
- Data Game & Ideas for Cities
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Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Sun, August 11, 201911 am
- Securing Digital Competence into Old Age
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Lecture
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Sat, August 10, 20192 pm
- Seasons of Media Arts – Walk
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Guided Tour
Karlsruher Innenstadt
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- Sat, August 10, 201911 am
- Datalab: Workshop
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Workshop
Friedrichsplatz, Spacecraft_ZKM
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- Fri, August 09, 20193 pm
- The People’s Monument(s)
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Workshop
Karlsruher Innenstadt
Contributors
- Kim Albrecht
- Zach Blas
- Felipe Castelblanco
- Christian Schneider; Barbara Hahn & Christine Zimmermann
- DK Osseo-Asare & Yasmine Abbas, Agbogbloshie Makerspace Platform (AMP)
- Ursula Damm
- Brendan Dawes
- Greg Dunn
- Julie Freeman
- Sarah Friend
- Johan Grimonprez
- Adam Harvey
- Ria Hinken
- Norimichi Hirakawa
- Olga Kisseleva
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