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" UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe | dm- Award 2025 "

UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe | dm- Award 2025

UNESCO City of Media Arts awards innovative projects that connect the digital with the analogue space of Light Festival Karlsruhe

Image: UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe

Since 2015, the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Light Festival Karlsruhe has inspired artists to explore new creative paths in order to captivate audiences. For four weeks every evening between mid‑August and mid‑September, the over 170‑meter‑long façade of the Karlsruhe Baroque Palace transforms into a grand stage for artistic contributions in projection mapping. Since 2023, the dm‑Award connecting worlds has been honouring outstanding projects that connect the digital and analogue realms, extending the projections beyond the palace façade into the audience and the city centre.

INFO

AMOUNT

The winning project will be realized as part of the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Light Festival and the exhibition Media art is here (mid‑August to mid‑September 2026).

The prize is €10,000, with up to €20,000 additional production costs covered.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

24 November 2025 at 1 p.m. CET

ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES

Austria - Belgium - Bulgaria - Croatia - Cyprus - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Ireland, Republic of (EIRE) - Italy - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Malta - Netherlands - Poland - Portugal - Romania - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden

ELIGIBILITY

- International artists and collectives are invited to submit innovative projects that connect the digital space of the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE projection mappings on the palace façade with the analog space in front of the palace and into the city. Concepts that go beyond the immediate event location—involving the city center or extending into it—are especially welcome.

- Projects must therefore consist of two elements: A digital element on the palace façade (projection mapping) and an analogue element that can also function independently of the projection. Submitted projects must take place outdoors or be accessible in the urban public space, be freely available, and open to the public.

APPLICATION DETAILS

For more information about the application process, please visit UNESCO's City of Media Arts Karlsruhe official website.

NOTE

*The calls that are listed on our website are shared for informational purposes and are sometimes subject to change. Please visit the organization's official open call website for up-to-date information.

DEADLINE

2025-11-24

TYPE OF SUPPORT

Public funding

FUNDING COUNTRIES

Germany

WEBSITE

https://www.cityofmediaarts.de/en/events/open-call-dm-award-2025/

KEYWORDS

Arts - Architecture - Audio-visual arts - Design - Technology - Visual arts - Virtual media art - Landscape and urban planning - Digital arts

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