Poles melt, hurricanes speed up and deserts spread—despite what some politicians say, it’s more than clear that the climate change is happening right now.
The topic of this year’s transmediale is about the need for a massive shift in the cultural perception of nature and technology. Titled DEEP NORTH – Climate Change as Global Cultural Change, this international festival for art and digital culture opens its doors on January 27, 2009 at the House of World Cultures.
The highlight of the festival will be the awarding of the transmediale Award 2009, which will be accompanied by dozens of lectures, performances, concerts, screenings and exhibitions. But we understand that it’s easy to lose focus when flooded with tons of events, so we’ve handpicked our favorites for your scoping-out pleasure.
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Survival and Utopia
The eclectic, mind-engaging exhibition of transmediale.09 Survival and Utopia: visions of balance in transformation, is designe...
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Domnitch & Gelfand: Sonolevitation
Artists Evelina Domnitch and Dimitry Gelfand will show their latest work, Sonolevitation, in the performance track of transmedi...
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Award Exhibition: Post Global Warming Survival Kit
The interactive multimedia installation “Post Global Warming Survival Kit” by Petko Dourmana from 2008 is shown at the award ex...
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C. Leggewie: ClimateCulture
German political scientist Claus Leggewie presents the opening lecture ClimateCulture: Climate Change as Cultural Change in thi...
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The Digital Greenhouse: Fair Trade Hardware
While Open Source software can be programmed and spread with minimal effort, most common hardware can’t be produced without ind...
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Fragility, Excess and Speculation Pt. II
Ryoichi Kurokawa builds up a dense and delicate immersive experience of light and sound. In his precise audiovisual composition...
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transmediale.09 video selection
This year's transmediale.09 video program contains works that reflect the whole spectrum of the festival. Tonight's screenin...