York Mediale | Largest International Media Art Festival

Art, meet the future.

27.09.18 – 06.10.18

York Mediale is an international media arts festival which celebrates York as the UK’s first and only UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts.

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10 days, 30+ events, citywide.

NEWS

What’s been happening?

Acclaimed instrumental group Haiku Salut perform live at York’s Everyman

Sound, Light and Dance to transform Castle Gateway

Let’s talk about York | Survey

We have moved!

Producer of Netflix smash hit interactive film to speak in York

The Big Ws: Who, What, When and Why

WE ARE HIRING: 3 brand new vacancies open for applications

XR Stories to be launched in York

York creatives invited to pitch ideas for Castle Gateway events

YM2018 Festival Evaluation

Laura Cannell releases new album inspired by York Mediale performance

Light // Moves Documentary

Creative Director, Tom Higham, reflects on the success of York Mediale 2018

Art, Meet the Future – York Mediale to return in 2020

Linking a media arts festival with a commercial enterprise – it’s been a huge success!

York Mediale in a day…

Day 4 of filming The One Percent

Loop.pH are back with another free workshop for all the family

SLAPover at York Mediale

York Mediale welcomes all the family to The Plant Pavilion

Accessible Arts gets digital makeover

Leading minds gather to discuss creativity, technology and the future at York Mediale

The leading ladies of electro and contemporary British jazz join forces as York Mediale announce their first music line up

A UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts – “What? York?!”

York Mediale announces more world premieres and new commissions for 2018

York Mediale partnership with Theatre Royal TakeOver Festival 2018 announced

What's on

Exhibitions, installations, performances and more.

Castle Gateway Events

Castle Car Park

PAST: The Buster Keaton Picture Show feat. Haiku Salut

Everyman Cinema, York

20:00

11 Sep 19

York - a UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts

The City of York is the UK’s first, and only, UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts, receiving the designation in December 2014.

Receiving this designation acknowledges and exemplifies York as a forward thinking, innovative, talent focussed champion of the cultural industries; a city that places creativity at the heart of local development plans and actively collaborates with other world-leading, international cities.

Other global Creative Cities of Media Arts are currently:
Changsa (China); Lyon (France); Guadalajara (Mexico); Toronto (Canada); Austin (USA); Dakar (Senegal); Linz (Austria); Tel Aviv (Israel); Sapporo (Japan); Enghien-les-Bains (France); Braga (Portugal); Gwangju (South Korea).

The complete UNESCO Creative cities network includes 180 cities in 72 countries across 7 categories. These categories are: Film, Design, Music, Literature, Gastronomy, Crafts and Folk Art, and Media Arts.

With thanks to our partners:

York Mediale is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company (CIC) and is supported using public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England and Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership. Founding funders of the festival were City of York Council, Make It York, The University of York, York St. John University and Science City York. Sponsors and partners in the realisation and delivery of the festival include:

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