Košice & Media Arts
1970s
The beginning of the of Slovakian computer art in the works of Juraj Bartusz.
1994
The first VR work of art in Slovakia is introduced by the artist Roman Galovský and the computer engineer Branislav Sobota.
2004
The establishment of the Department of New Media at the Faculty of Arts of the Technical University.
2007
Košice IT Valley cluster is an essential step towards the cooperation between creative and IT sectors.
2010
The first edition of Nuit Blanche Festival in Košice as the biggest and most visited contemporary art festival in Slovakia.
2011
An international artist-in-residency-program KAIR for emerging artists out of all artistic disciplines was launched.
2012
Košice becomes the European Capital of Culture and experiences the peak of transformation from the industrial to the creative city.
2014
Beginning of the implementation of the Košice Culture Strategy 2014-2018.
October 2017
Will Košice become the UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts?
Technology enables art, art challenges technology.
Media art is the most compatible discipline and the most suitable form to develop the region complexly.
1 LOVE FOR THE CITY
1.000 → 10.000+ jobs in IT sector
European Capital of Culture 2013
20 investment projects for 60 mil € in 2013
Creative Economy Masterplan Košice 2020
Košice Culture Strategy 2014-2018
130 city based cultural organisations
2000+ cultural events per year
3.8 mil € p. a. for culture
110 international artistic exchanges