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" UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe | dm- Award 2026 "

UNESCO City of Media Arts Karlsruhe | dm- Award 2026

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

Image: The motto of the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Karlsruhe 2025: "The Shining Lights of Science" © KME | Photo: Jürgen Rösner

Since 2015, the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Light Festival Karlsruhe has inspired artists to break new ground in captivating audiences. For four weeks, every evening between mid-August and mid-September, the more than 170-meter-wide facade of Karlsruhe's Baroque palace becomes a grand stage for artistic projection mapping works.

Since 2023, the dm-Award connecting worlds has honored outstanding projects that connect digital and analog space and carry projections beyond the palace facade, out to the audience and into the city center.

The project seeks innovative projects that, under the motto “PLAYGROUND,” connect the digital space of the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE projection mappings on the facade with the analog space of the Market Square, reaching into the city, and thus playfully activate public space.

INFO

AMOUNT

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

Curatorial support and technical assistance from the project partners (Cultural Office, KME, and ZKM) are included in the prize. The production grant must cover all costs incurred during production, such as fees, technical equipment, and the winners’ travel expenses.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

November 25, 2026, at 1:00 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

The projects submitted must consist of two elements:

One element on the palace facade (projection mapping, 2–5 minutes) and at least one satellite that also functions independently of the projection. Submitted projects must be experienceable on Karlsruhe’s Market Square and be publicly and freely accessible. The presentation may take place throughout the entire duration of the SCHLOSSLICHTSPIELE Light Festival 2027 or be limited to specific periods.

APPLICATION DETAILS

For more information about the eligibility criteria and application process, please visit the 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

2026-11-25

TYPE OF SUPPORT

Public funding

FUNDING COUNTRIES

Germany

WEBSITE

https://www.cityofmediaarts.de/en/events/apply-now-open-call-dm-award-connecting-worlds/

KEYWORDS

Arts - Digital media arts - Urban development - Landscape and urban planning - Digital arts

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