AFTER THE PALACE: Resonance 2026 – Video-Mapping-Wettbewerb

AFTER THE PALACE: Resonance 2026 is an international video‑mapping contest organized by the University of National Education Commission in Krakow (UKEN) – Faculty of Art, as part of the unLoc research‑creation project. The competition invites individual artists (18 years or older) and collectives to develop original audiovisual works using 2D/3D video‑mapping techniques for projection onto the courtyard of Building “Z” of the New Administrative Centre in the Nowa Huta district of Kraków. Submissions are judged on artistic quality, innovation, relevance to the architectural heritage of the socialist era, and technical execution. The three cash prizes are PLN 10,000 (1st), PLN 6,000 (2nd) and PLN 3,000 (3rd). Selected works will be publicly presented during the AFTER THE PALACE event on 23 November 2026, part of the 34th Audio Art Festival. The competition is free to enter; travel and accommodation are not covered. Applications are submitted via an online Google Form together with a download link for the work. The deadline is 30 October 2026, 23:59 CET.

Cash prizes, public presentation during the AFTER THE PALACE event, technical testing support

Open internationally to individual artists aged 18 or older and collectives; one submission per artist/collective