BIX media facade: Radical hope

In a time of multiple uncertainties—ecological, social, technological—this year's theme stands for an attitude towards the unknown: holding one's nerve and actively listening, as well as collaborating with new inventions, technologies, and concepts for a hopeful present.  

Crisis manifests the realisation that life is fragile, vulnerable and uncontrollable. The philosopher Jonathan Lear has developed the concept of "radical hope" for this, which he illustrates using the example of the Crow Indians, whose way of life and culture were destroyed in the mid-19th century. Lear reflects on the possibility of imagining the future under the premise that all previous values and habits lose their validity.

The award-winning artistic project will deal with this openness and create new narrative or aesthetic forms that will impact the urban space with the help of light and rhythm. The BIX media façade itself—as an energetic, rhythmic light instrument—offers a resonant body for contemporary, experimental, and interactive media art.

International call for proposals for a digital art project on the BIX media façade of the Kunsthaus Graz

In cooperation with Energie Graz

With the international call for proposals Radical Hope, Kunsthaus Graz invites artists worldwide to develop an innovative media project for the iconic BIX media façade until 31 August 2025. The call is aimed at artistic positions that deal with the theme of ‘radical hope’ in the context of current global crises and social transformations and want to test new forms of visualisation and communication in digital space.

The project is being realised with the support of Energie Graz. It represents a unique opportunity to make artistic use of the media façade - a luminous communication space consisting of 911 dimmable light points designed by realities:united. The jury, consisting of Andreja Hribernik (Director Kunsthaus Graz), Gerfried Stocker (Ars Electronica) and Sabine Himmelsbach (HeK Basel), will select a project for realisation in public space.