News

In the FUNKEN Academy, artists, technological institutes and research facilities come together to experiment in the field between arts and technology.
In the FUNKEN Academy, artists, technological institutes and research facilities come together to experiment in the field between arts and technology.
Job Advertisement | Project lead FUNKEN Kolleg
The FUNKEN Kolleg brings together players from the arts and sciences with those from business. By involving so-called intrapreneurs - those silent innovators within companies - from small and medium-sized enterprises, the artistic-technological experiments are enriched with practical expertise.
pilot project starts | FUNKEN Kolleg
The pilot project to promote interdisciplinary innovation can begin. Saxony's Minister of Economic Affairs, Martin Dulig, handed over the funding approval on August 29, 2024, in Chemnitz.
MyGlass | Pop Up Science
The artist collective Art Ashram engages with the research contents of the MyGlass project at TU Bergakademie Freiberg in the spring of 2024.
Exhibition in Wroclaw | mattermorphosis – liquid bodies, chaotic realms and invisible systems
Tasks carried out in laboratories subject to very precise procedures, instructions and treatment protocols do not always produce the expected results: material sometimes degrades, interferences occur.
interim findings | PRESENTATION OF THE FUNKEN EUROPEAN SUMMER SCHOOL
30 young international artists spent three months researching and experimenting together with renowned mentors from the art world in their studios and in the laboratories of Fraunhofer ENAS and Fraunhofer IWU in a close exchange between art and science.
A comprehensive Review | Summer School starts
With a 5-day kick-off, the FUNKEN ACADEMY European Summer School has officially begun from 17.07. - 21.07.23. It promises to be an exciting and innovative journey for 30 European artists.
open call | re:sourcing European Summer School 2023
The FUNKEN academy’s European summer school is devised to be an interdisciplinary Pan-European collaboration network among cultural institutions, high-tech institutes, experienced artists and young creatives alike. At the intersection of arts and technology, it creates novel content for artistic education and production, sparking an eye-level discourse around the potential of new technologies for general society as well as the art world.