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transmediale
31 Jan – 03 Feb 2019
HKW, Berlin

The upcoming festival edition will focus on the role of emotions and cultural emergence within digital culture. One of the key questions of transmediale 2019 is “What moves you?,” referring not only to an emotional response but also to the way how affect becomes mobilized as a political force today. Read more

A tech-tutorial on emotions in machine learning, a CryptoRave, and an explosive mix of ruthless action and true love: Join us for the special opening program of transmediale 2019 ! As always, you don't need a pass or ticket — the admission is free. Read more

Participatory and educational formats play a significant role at this year's festival edition: Before the festival officially opens, the new Student Forum takes place, aiming to expand and deepen the festival visits undertaken by student groups. The workshop program starts in parallel to the Student Forum and continues throughout the festival. Please note that all workshops require pre-registration.

Register:
The Power of Cute: Love and Hate Your Smart Toys
From Steel to Skin

Sold out:
Visual Evidence: Methods and Tools for Human Rights Investigation
Impossible Methods: On the Existence of Designed Things
Uneasy Alliances – Workshop
Affective Infrastructures – Workshop
Bring Your Metadata: A Practical Analysis of the Facebook Algorithm
The Knowledge of Sensitive Media
Depths and densities: A Possible Bodies Workshop
How Do Common Feelings Take Place on the Dance Floor?
Thinking/Acting in Alliance – First Steps Towards a Digital Climate Agreement
[Mind] Maps
Building a Feminist Data Set
Optimization and Its Miscontents: Counterpolitics of Surveillance Capitalism
Tactics for Radical Collaboration
9 Hysterical Media Truths You’ll Never Believe!

transmediale visitors may have their photo taken during their festival visit, and authorize transmediale and CTM to edit, copy, publish, or distribute these photos for purposes of documenting and publicizing the festival. In case you were photographed and would like us to delete the pictures taken of you, please contact us here.

Haus der Kulturen der Welt
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10
10557 Berlin

Opening Hours:
31 January 2019, 19:00–01:00
(Opening – free admission)
01–03 February 2019, 10:00–00:00

Opening Hours Pass Counter:
29–30 January, 10:00–18:00
31 January, 10:00–23:00
01–03 February, 10:00–22:00

By S-Bahn
Station Hauptbahnhof (S3, S5, S7, S9, S75)
— Route

By U-Bahn
Station Bundestag (U55)
— Route

By Bus
Station Haus der Kulturen Welt (100, M 85)

To plan your journey using public transport, visit https://bvg.de/en.

If you are going by bike or by car, get directions on https://maps.openrouteservice.org.

Info Point
Our Info Point is located in the main foyer. Our staff is happy to help with any questions you have.

Pass Pick-up
Passes must be picked up at the transmediale / CTM Pass Counters; the pre-sale ticket itself does not give access to festival events. Please bring a valid document of identification at the time of pick-up (ID card, passport, driver’s license). Passes may be picked up by the authorized ticket-holder only and are non-transferable. Access to festival venues can only be granted with valid festival pass and wristband or ticket. Lost passes or tickets will not be refunded. Reduced Festival Pass holders will be asked to present their certification or student ID at the counter in order to exchange the pre-sale printout for their pass.

Coat Check & Lockers
HKW has a coat check in the upper foyer, next to the pass counter—the service is free of charge. In the short hallway on the left side of the coat check you can also find lockers which can be used for a deposit of 1 €.

Wi-Fi
Please connect to the network “transmediale” to use free wi-fi during the festival.

Power Plugs
In case you need to charge your phone or laptop, you can find power plugs in the basement and at the pillars in the main foyer.

Eat & Drink
At HKW you can find the restaurant Auster and Café Hirschfeld. Please note that credit or debit cards are not accepted (cash only). These are independent catering companies, which do not operate under the direction of transmediale. At Hauptbahnhof, within a walking distance of 15 minutes, there is a plenty of additional food options open every day.

ATM
The nearest ATM can also be found at Hauptbahnhof (approx. 15 minutes walking distance).

Bookshop
Next to the pass counter in the upper foyer you can find the HKW bookshop, which offers a selection of thematically related publications.

Our festival venue HKW has barrier-free, stepless entrances to the main foyer. Other barrier-free entrances are located on the west and north sides of the building. The entrances to the main foyer on the south side of the building have wheelchair-height intercom systems.

Elevators
A barrier-free elevator in the main foyer leads to the basement, upper foyer and auditorium. Another elevator on the upper foyer level leads to the roof terrace. The elevators are equipped with tactile writing.

Toilets
Barrier-free toilets and all gender restrooms are located in both the basement and on the upper foyer level.

Baby changing facilities

Changing facilities can be found in the restrooms located in the short hallway of the upper foyer, on the left side of the coat check and pass counter.

Language
Please note that all events at transmediale 2019 take place in English. Simultaneous interpretation to German via headphones is offered for the opening event and the keynotes.

Free events
Each year, we offer a wide range of events which can be attended without buying a festival pass or ticket. Find an overview of free events here.

Livestream
For everyone who cannot attend the festival, a live stream is available directly on our start page.

Video and Audio Documentation
Shortly after the festival, audio and video documentation of most events will be made available online.

Individuals with photosensitive epilepsy may be negatively affected by flashing or strobe lighting, which is used in the following performances:

#04 | Fascia 18100619013
#05 | CryptoRave #8
#06 | Hybrid Set by J. G. Biberkopf
#08 | FEELING DIFFICULTIES
#09 | DJ Set by Rugile
#20 | Software Garden

Actress + Young Paint (live AI/AV) on 1 Feb and 2 Feb

Find an overview here

Keynote by Jackie Wang
Keynote by Shaka McGlotten
Keynote Conversation by Ben Anderson & Rebecca Coleman

Our schedule with all the events is online now.

Buy tickets:

Panels
Creating Commons: Affects, Collectives, Aesthetics
Reworking the Brain
Building Archives for Evidence and Collective Resistance
Affects Ex-Machina: Unboxing Social Data Algorithms

Talks
Living Networks
Algorithmic Intimacies

Screenings
Breathing Solidarity
Under These Words (Solidarity Athens 2016)
Alter Media
Change in Latitude
Stand in the Stream

Discussions
Uneasy Alliances – Discussion
Affective Infrastructures – Discussion
How to Disrupt Yourself: Life in the Entrepreneurial Home

As every year our program features a number of free events for everyone to join at HKW. You can find them listed in our schedule.

transmediale Pass – sold out
transmediale Pass [Reduced] – sold out

transmediale Passes grant access to all transmediale events, excluding workshops (which require pre-registration) and the transmediale/CTM performances by Actress + Young Paint (live AI/AV) on 1 February and 2 February 2019. Tickets for the performances are available here.

transmediale + CTM Connect Pass – sold out
transmediale + CTM Connect Pass [Reduced] – sold out
transmediale + CTM Connect Gold Pass – sold out

transmediale + CTM Connect Passes grants access to most CTM 2019 and transmediale 2019 events, excluding the following exceptions: CTM 2019 Opening Concert at HAU1, The Mantis live performances by Nik Nowak and Kode9 at Halle am Berghain, Israel Martínez – Love and Rage at DAAD, Lightning Bolt at Festsaal, the CTM/transmediale collaborative concerts at HKW, the programme at MONOM in 4DSOUND, and the transmediale workshops which require pre-registrationand.

transmediale + CTM Connect Gold Passes grant access to all CTM and most transmediale 2019 events with the exception of transmediale workshops which require pre-registration.

Please note: As some CTM and transmediale festival locations have a limited capacity, access cannot always be guaranteed. We suggest to arrive on time to avoid disappointment. Access to CTMs nighttime events cannot be granted for persons under 18 years of age.

As in previous years, we at transmediale offer special prices to student groups consisting of five people or more. Please reach out to groups@transmediale.de for more information.

Find all passes here.

Day Pass FRI – sold out
Day Pass SAT – sold out
Day Pass SUN – 25/20 €

Reduced festival passes are also available. We offer them to students, those officially serving German federal voluntary service, people receiving social welfare, or persons with disabilities (at least 50 v. H. MdE). Individuals with disabilities may also bring an accompanying person to the festival; please contact us via tickets@transmediale.de beforehand. Children up to 15 years of age have free admission. Anyone who is not eligible for a reduction but cannot afford to buy a full-price pass may apply as a volunteer to receive a free pass in exchange for their help.