This April has a lot to offer in terms of events. First and foremost the long anticipated comeback of Forward Festival Hamburg and other exciting events in Berlin, Vienna, Eindhoven amongst others.

 

Forward Festival Hamburg

 

Forward Festival is ecstatic to announce its return to Hamburg with thrilling news about the venue for this edition – Jupiter. Transforming a once-closed shopping mall into a temporary creative planet, Jupiter will be the epicenter for a diverse program spanning two days. With a lineup ranging from industry heavyweights to local heroes to workshops and exhibitions, the festival offers a platform for artists, designers, and thinkers to gain new insights and connect with like-minded individuals.

 

SPEAKER: MIEKE HAASE | JEAN-REMY VON MATT | SNASK | CACHETEJACK | VINCENT SCHWENK | NINA DOLL | DEUTSCHE & JAPANER | DINAMO | LOOPING LOVERS | CHARLOTTE ROHDE | GRILLI TYPE | VERA-MARIA GLAHN | DAVIDE BORTOT | FAN SHI | ERIK KESSELS | DEUTSCHE & JAPANER | JOHANNA BESSELING | A COLOR BRIGHT | LWZ | HOLY MOTORS | JOASIA FIDLER-WIERUSZEWSKA | THULI WOLF | VINZENT BRITZ

 

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Jupiter
Mönckebergstraße 2-4
20095 Hamburg, Deutschland
25th & 26th of April

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Blickfang Hamburg

 

 

Unconventional, special, authentic. BLICKFANG is the largest design shopping event and international platform for discovering and buying well-made products from independent designers.
Around 140 design labels present handcrafted, locally produced, durable furniture, home accessories, fashion and jewelry in the Deichtorhallen. The exhibitors come from all over Europe and are all hand-picked.

 

HARD FACTS
Deichtorhallen
Deichtorstr. 1-2
23357 Hamburg

April 19th → April 21st 2024

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Art Düsseldorf

 

Expanding: Art Düsseldorf presents itself as a dynamic hub for the art scene in its
sixth edition. The fair offers carefully curated insights into the significant artistic developments of our time and will continue to act as a vibrant meeting place for the art world in 2024.

 

HARD FACTS
Areal Böhler
Hansaallee 321, Düsseldorf

April 11th → April 14th 2024

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Klima Biennale Wien

 

Taking place for the first time this year, the Climate Art Festival focuses on the potential of art, design, architecture and science with regard to a sustainable and liveable future and the social impact of climate change. The main venues are Kunst Haus Wien and the Nordwestbahnhof site.

 

HARD FACTS
Kunst Haus Wien & Nordwestbahnhof

April 5th → July 14th 2024

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The Art Department Eindhoven

 

 

Fest and conference focussing on the design process and craftsmanship in film, animation and games. In 2024 The Art Department will return to industrial venue Klokgebouw with a program packed with artist talks, demos, screenings, live sketching sessions, portfolio reviews, recruitment and so much more! A playground for the creative industry.

 

HARD FACTS
Het Klokgebouw, Eindhoven

April 18th → April 19th 2024

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iF Design Trend Conference

 

The new iF Design Trend Conference takes place one day after the awards ceremony of the iF DESIGN AWARD and is aimed at designers and industry experts who want to find out about global and interdisciplinary design trends and their significance for the future. The conference is themed “How can design help drive the transformation towards a future worth living?” and takes place in the spectacular AXICA building at the Brandenburg Tor. As an add-on, all conference participants will receive the iF Design Trend Report 2024.

 

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AXICA
Pariser Platz 3, Berlin

April 30th 2024

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AI & Pizza mit Michael Katzlberger

 

Member of the Forward Network Michael Katzlberger has been working intensively on the topic of artificial intelligence in the creative industry since 2016, advises companies and passes on his knowledge in seminars, courses and guest lectures in Germany and abroad.

On April 10, you can meet him and other creatives for dinner in a small, exclusive group.

 

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Radius
Altstadt 6, Linz

April 10th 2024

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Exhibition: René Groebli

 

 

Inspired by cinema, his books Magie der Schiene (1949) and Das Auge der Liebe (1954) work virtuously with editing, montage and rapid blurring. Movement itself becomes the subject of the photographs, and both publications are milestones in the history of photography. However, Groebli’s oeuvre goes far beyond this and encompasses the most diverse genres: photojournalism and street photography, portraits and color experiments, author photography and commissions. The exhibition brings together around 100 works from Groebli’s most creative period from the late 1940s to the end of the 1970s.

 

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Westlicht, Vienna

April 4th → June 2nd 2024

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Salam Music & Art Festival

 

 

For over 20 years, the festival has been bringing music, art and film from Middle Eastern cultures to iconic Viennese venues such as Flex, Sargfabrik, Porgy & Bess, etc. This year’s guest curator is Brahim El Mazned from Morocco.

 

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Vienna
April 12th 2024 → April 21st 2024

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Image credits:

© Forward Festival
© Blickfang Hamburg
© Art Düsseldorf
© Klima Biennale Wien
© We are Playgrounds
© René Groebli
© Salam Music & Art Festival