Since 2020, transmediale has built on its established residency programme with a variety of partner institutions.
The 2027 residency programme extends transmediale’s moment of reflection and future-imagining of its 40th anniversary across the year and asks how a network can stay legible to itself while the structures surrounding it are breaking down. How do we reconfigure technical paradigms towards new cultural protocols, outside of widespread extractive logics, moving from critique to construction? This year’s open call seeks proposals offering alternatives to how we understand, respond to, and shape the technological conditions we inhabit.
Amid escalating political and ecological urgencies and deepening societal divides, the selected projects explore how deliberate, techno-mediated gestures and alternative forms of knowledge can reconfigure our collective orbit. Engaging with relational modes of digital art practice, the artists critically examine the social dimensions and (mis)uses of technology. The 2026 residencies took place from May to July.
Amanda E. Metzger
Ahreum Lee
Martyna Marciniak
Laura Benech
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Vilém Flusser ResidencyThe Vilém Flusser Residency for Artistic Research is transmediale’s longest-running residency, established in 2012. It is a cooperation with the Vilém Flusser Archive at the University of the Arts Berlin (UdK)in cooperation with the Vilém Flusser Archive at Berlin University of the Arts (UdK) -
Digital Art ResidencySince 2022, the Digital Arts Residency in cooperation with Pro Helvetia has supported individuals and collectives working in the field of digital art practices – spanning from early research support to the finalisation of large-scale projects. The residency is awarded to Swiss or Switzerland-based artists and researchers working at the intersection of media arts, design, sound, and moving image.in cooperation with the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia -
transmediale x ARKO ResidencySince 2025, the transmediale x ARKO residency programme has supported artistic research in the fields of digital art and moving image practices, design, sound, and media theory. The residency is awarded to one person of Korean nationality, based in Korea or elsewhere, working in these fields.in cooperation with Arts Council Korea -
coExistencecoExistence is conceived as a space for artistic research and exchange across different temporalities, territories, and contexts, where situated and relational practices at the intersection of art and technology are explored from global and multiple perspectives.in collaboration with HEK and Pleamar, supported by Pro Helvetia
As a core part of transmediale’s activities, the residency programme focuses on supporting sustainable practices and long-term relationships with artists, emphasising a process-oriented approach rather than output-driven presentations. By bringing together diverse disciplines and practices, the programme aims to expand transmediale’s local and international networks and the festival’s community.
