The Videonale e. V. – Association for the Promotion of Cultural Education has been organising the international festival for video and time-based art forms every two years since 1984. This year’s theme is “Refracted Realities”, and the initiative calls for a critical examination of representations of dominant points of view through an artistic approach, with the aim of presenting current positions and approaches in the time-based arts to a broad audience. It is also about promoting young, up-and-coming artists whose works will be presented alongside the work of established positions in video art.

For 42 hours, the technology festival Meta Marathon will turn the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf into a kind of research institute, taking a close look at the development, interaction with and future of robotics – overnight accommodation is on site so that participants can engage with the topic around the clock. Automated processes in everyday life are already prevalent and will probably play an even more important role in the future. Accordingly, it is important to consider the possible effects and consequences of their increasing use.