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Itβs a trust-based model: please choose the tier that best fits your circumstances, weβll never ask you to justify your choice π€
We canβt wait to welcome you in January!
ποΈ Now available: Festival Passes with our new flexible pricing system in four different tiers.
Weβre introducing this approach for 2026 to make the festival more accessible, while giving those who can afford it the chance to further support transmediale.
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Early bird tickets for transmediale 2026 are sold out!
Thank you for the great response π
More updates and the Connect passes, granting access to both transmediale and CTMβs programme, coming soon. Stay tuned π
02.10.2025 14:56 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0β€οΈβπ₯ Early bird passes are on sale now for transmediale 2026!
Thereβs a limited amount, so donβt miss your chance! Additionally, we are introducing a flexible pricing system for the upcoming festival edition.
βΊ transmediale.stager.co/shop/festiva...
Image graphic for "By the Mango Belt & Tamarind Road: Compassing, Protocoling, Metaphoring". The title is displayed in different fonts and colours, on top of an abstract graphic shape.
Festival website is live!
Our journey By the Mango Belt & Tamarind Road is unfolding π₯
Browse through the freshly designed festival website and find out more about the curatorial compass of the next edition, reimagining systems, technologies, and infrastructures.
βΊ transmediale.de/en/2026/tm26
Photo by Eunice Maurice, Vorspiel 2024
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A person with long brown hair, wearing a black jumper, faces away from the camera looking at a screen where an interactive artwork is projected. Their silhouette is captured in the projected image as a yellow outline, and they are raising their hand.
Open Call Vorspiel 2026
After a year of pause and reflection with the community, Vorspiel is back! β€οΈ
Berlin-based project spaces, initiatives, curators & artists are invited to propose events or activities on digital art, culture, experimental music & sound.
Deadline: 5 Nov.
βΊ vorspiel.berlin
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π³οΈπ Step into the rabbit hole of transmedialeβs history, from its first edition in 1988 to today.
We've recently updated the archive, where you can browse through the themes, debates and programmes that have shaped the festival over the years.
βΊ transmediale.de/en/all-past-...
...and the Matters of Activity conference Out of Hand. Active, Ambiguous and Unsteady Matters, with a keynote by Karen Barad
Sept 19
silent green Kulturquartier
βΊ www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activitie...
The exhibition Mensch Maschine: Return to Earth and the βMensch Maschine Musikβ festival
Sept 19-22
E-Werk Luckenwalde
βΊ www.kunststrom.com/mensch-masch...
βΊ www.kunststrom.com/mensch-masch...
From this Friday, there are several great events in and around Berlin we are looking forward to β¬οΈ
Disruption Network Labβs TECHNOVIOLENCE - Confronting Systematic Injustice conference
Sept 19-21
Kunstquartier Bethanien
βΊ www.disruptionlab.org/technoviolenc
The exhibition Mensch Maschine: Return to Earth and the Mensch Maschine Musik festival
Sept 19-22
E-Werk Luckenwalde
βΊhttps://www.kunststrom.com/mensch-maschine-return-to-earth.html
βΊhttps://www.kunststrom.com/mensch-maschine-musik-en.html
..and the Matters of Activity conference Out of Hand. Active, Ambiguous and Instead Matters, featuring dialogues on ecology, technology & material futures
Sept 19
silent green Kulturquartier
βΊhttps://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/16092/out-of-hand-active-ambiguous-and-unsteady-matters
The exhibition βMensch Maschine: Return to Earthβ and the βMensch Maschine Musikβ festival
Sept 19-22
E-Werk Luckenwalde
βΊhttps://www.kunststrom.com/mensch-maschine-return-to-earth.html
βΊhttps://www.kunststrom.com/mensch-maschine-musik-en.html
Co-designed with local hosts and partners, they bring together artists and technologists from different disciplines.
The first Netting Group began last week in Papua New Guinea. Initial insights will follow soon π±
In preparation for the 2026 festival, the Research Netting Groups have begun!
A central part of Neema Githere and Juan Pablo GarcΓa Sossaβs curatorial approach, the Netting Groups are a series of IRL and URL gatherings taking place over the next months, located across the tropics.
On Tuesday, 16 September, our dear friends at CTM festival have their next Fam Jam night and album presentation with Kuntari, Hugging and VMO Violent Magic Orchestra.
βΊ www.ctm-festival.de/events/event...
A big thank you to everyone who applied for our three 2026 residency programmes π€
We received over 250 submissions in total. Each of the jury groups has begun reviewing them, and the selected projects will be announced in October - stay tuned!
And the second open call:
CTMβs Resynthesising the Traditional artistic research lab seeks artists exploring sonic traditions through critical, experimental, and transformative approaches.
βΊ www.ctm-festival.de/festival-202...
Deadline: 14 September, 2025
Our friends at CTM festival have two open calls:
The CTM Radio Lab is looking for ideas that bring radio and live performance together, tuned to the festival theme dissonate < > resonate.
βΊ www.ctm-festival.de/festival-202...
Deadline: 14 September, 2025
Weβre having our π’last call for 2026 residentsπ’ before the deadline closes on 31 August.
Each residency programme has different conditions for applying, so make sure to check the calls in detail.
βΊ transmediale.de/en/news/open...
Continuing our archival efforts leading up to transmediale's 40th anniversary, a comprehensive overview of all festival editions and residencies has now moved to our main website!
Browse through past:
Festivals
βΊ transmediale.de/en/all-past-...
Residencies
βΊ transmediale.de/en/past-resi...
Only 6 days left to apply for this yearβs residencies. For Berlin-based artists: The VilΓ©m Flusser Residency for Artistic Research will be awarded to one individual working in digital art, moving image practices, design, sound, or media theory.
Deadline: 31 August
βΊ transmediale.de/en/news/vile...
The transmediale x ARKO Residency will be awarded to one person of Korean nationality, based in Korea or elsewhere, working in the fields of digital art and moving image practices, design, sound, and media theory.
Deadline for the open call: 31 August.
βΊ transmediale.de/en/news/tran...
Vorspiel is looking for a Freelance Community Manager to support the coordination and communication of its 2026 programme.
Application Deadline: 23 August
βΊ vorspiel.berlin/collection/c...
γ»Save the date for transmediale 2026γ»
By the Mango Belt & Tamarind Road: Compassing, Protocoling, Metaphoring
28 Jan β 1 Feb 2026
silent green and more venues across Berlin
βΊ transmediale.de/en/news/tran...
Image: DEEPER THROATS by Anan Fries at transmediale open studio 2025
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The first out of the three open calls for 2026 residents is the Digital Art Residency in cooperation with the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia β awarded to one Swiss or Switzerland based individual or collective working in the field of digital art practices.
βΊ transmediale.de/en/news/digi...
This yearβs open call invites proposals that explore the relational modes of digital art practices that critically engage with the social dimensions and (mis)uses of technology.
The three residency programmes are in cooperation with Pro Helvetia, Arts Council Korea, and UniversitΓ€t der KΓΌnste.
