Call for submissions: Catalyst Postgraduate Symposium

Symposium theme: Multipli-Cities

Tuesday 27–Wednesday 28 May 2025 @ Catalyst, Funkhaus, Berlin

Featuring two days of artist talks, dialogues, presentations and demonstrations of artistic research in progress, Catalyst – Institute for Creative Arts and Technology's symposium unpacks the work of postgraduate artistic research students and special guests.

• Submission form
• Deadline: MONDAY 14 April

/// Submit
Submissions are invited from individuals who meet the following criteria:

1. Current postgraduate students engaged in artistic research within visual and/or audio fields, who:

• Are in the final stages of their studies (ongoing research does not need to align with the symposium theme).
• Will remain enrolled as students at the time of the symposium (27–28 May 2025).

2. Recent postgraduate graduates whose work aligns with this year’s symposium theme.

Submissions may take the form of, but are not limited to:

• Spoken presentation
• Hybrid presentations
• Installation/exhibition 
• Intervention
• Performance
• Sound work
• Screening
• Collaborative submissions are also welcome

The deadline for submissions is MONDAY 14 April, 17:00.

The symposium dates are Tuesday 27–Wednesday 28 May.

/// Multipli-Cities: Exploring artistic research across places and practices
Catalyst’s MA Symposium invites artists, researchers and scholars to engage in a dynamic exploration of multiplicity in artistic research. Rooted in diverse methodologies, disciplines and creative approaches, this gathering celebrates the many ways in which artistic practice responds to place, collaboration and experimentation.

Expanding the notion of "city" beyond the urban environment, we consider a broad spectrum of creative spaces—from anthills to forests to digital realms, from communal hubs to personal landscapes. How does location shape artistic inquiry? In what ways do collective and collaborative processes inform creative practice?

By presenting your work-in-progress in a public forum where it can be discussed and given feedback, we aim to push your projects further and hone your creative research processes and skills.

/// Attend
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View the 2024 programme here.

/// Artistic research at Catalyst
At Catalyst, our master’s programmes in music and film are explicitly structured around a practice-based artistic research framework. But what does that really mean, and why is it important? How can research make our artistic work more developed, more powerful, more relevant and more alive?

Find out more about our postgraduate programmes:

Creative Production (Music) MA
Creative Production (Film) MA