Berlin Transmediale International Media Arts Festival - Organisation

Organisation

The festival was founded by Hartmut Horst and the video artist and activist Micky Kwella († 2003). Between 2001 and 2007 transmediale was directed by the art scientist and curator Andreas Broeckmann. He was superseded by the Canadian Stephen Kovats, who led the festival until 2011. Since April 2011 the Swedish cultural producer and media theorist Kristoffer Gansing has been appointed as the new artistic director of the festival.

In 2004, the Kulturstiftung des Bundes decided to fund transmediale (alongside documenta and the Berlin Biennale amongst others) as a Beacon of contemporary culture. The funding institution expressed their wish to continue their support of the festival until 2017. Transmediale is carried by Kulturprojekte Berlin GmbH, which was signed with the firm name Kulturveranstaltungs-GmbH until 2005.

The transmediale is ministered by a small team throughout the whole year. Each fall it is growing considerably in size preparing for the festival's production, which reaches its peak in December and January. After the festival in February, transmediale seemingly falls into what can be considered a spring/summer slumber.

reSource transmedial culture berlin is the new year-round initiative of transmediale festival, in partnership with CTM/DISK, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien and the Post-Media Lab(Leuphana University of Lüneburg). As a combination of networking, research and curating, the reSource is a new framework for festival related projects that happen throughout the year. reSource aims at giving something back to the community as well as creating a dynamic feedback to the festival content. The reSource project will continue through 2012, and 2013, and define the continuity between the future and former thematic threads, while acknowledging the importance of the festival as an accessible and dynamic forum for the translocal media art scene.