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Opening of the Seasons of Media Arts 2020

The text »Seasons of Media Arts« in front of a yellow ellipse and a grey rectangle.

On September 11, 2020 the Seasons of Media Arts Festival has begun in Karlsruhe. From September to December 2020 Karlsruhe’s public spaces are the stage for video, sound, and light installations, projections on building facades and streets, artistic interventions and experimental events by international and local artists, initiatives, and institutions. The artworks focus on global issues such as the climate crisis and democracy in the age of social media.

In 2019 the City of Karlsruhe, in collaboration with the ZKM, applied to join the UNESCO Creative Cities Network as UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts. The strategy is to foster creativity, diversity, and cooperation in a democratic balance by means of media technology and media arts. This is what the Seasons of Media Arts stand for. Karlsruhe was accepted and joined the UNESCO Network; the Media Arts Festival, curated by ZKM and the City of Karlsruhe, became an established event.

The artworks presented in the festival are on the one hand projects selected by a jury of experts from the new project funding program set up in 2020 by the City of Karlsruhe for media art, and on the other hand there are works by internationally renowned media artists selected by the ZKM.

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  • You can see the shore of a lake. A very large hand with a smartphone is sticking out of the lake. The display of the smartphone is a mirror in which the viewers can see themselves on the shore.
    Aram Bartholl, »Obsolete Presence«, 2020.
    © Aram Bartholl, Photo: Elias Siebert
  • A dark room can be seen, which takes on the shape of a tube. The walls show light projections consisting of individual letters.
    Michael Bielicky, Kamila B. Richter, Alex Wenger, »Vortext«, 2020. Computer-based media installation
    © Michael Bielicky, Kamila B. Richter, Alex Wenger, Photo: Elias Siebert
  • A large square area can be seen, which seems to stand on the surface of a lake in the dark of the night. On the surface the flickering of a screen can be seen.
    Ulf Langheinrich, »OSC-K«, 2020. Audiovisual light sculpture
    © Ulf Langheinrich, Photo: Elias Siebert
  • You can see the view of a street from above. On the floor are spiral circles of light. In the background the castle of Karlsruhe is visible.
    Xenorama, »KORRELATION«, 2020, Interactive media installation
    © ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Photo: Elias Siebert
  • The glass cube of the ZKM sparkles in the dark with bright points of light. An installation by Walter Giers.
    Walter Giers, »Funkelnder Kubus«, 1998/2020
    © Walter Giers © ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Photo: Elias Siebert
  • You can see the passage underneath the Karlsruhe main station. A luminous square is attached to the wall, which has a color gradient from inside to outside, creating a depth.
    Betty Rieckmann, »Light Signs«, Simulation at Karlsruhe Central Station, 2020
    © Betty Rieckmann
  • An animation of a smartphone can be seen. The smartphone shows the Karlsruhe Castle. In front of the picture of the castle is an open pop-up window that provides information about a nearby work of art.
    Christian Lölkes, »Urban ExplorAR«, 2020. Augmented reality website
    © Christian Lölkes, Graphic design: Felix Plachtzik and Marcel Strauß
  • You can see a tree at night. Eyes are projected onto the tree trunk.
    Jonas Denzel, »beambike«, 2018. Urban projections with projection bicycle
    © Jonas Denzel
  • You can see a stencil lying on a surface of grass. The template has the form of a QR code. Grass grows through the free areas of the stencil.
    Sabine Schäfer and Ulrich Singer, »GREEN CODE«, 2018/2020. Garden installation with audio composition
    © Sabine Schäfer und Ulrich Singer, Foto: Sabine Schäfer

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