KŐBÁNYA UNDERGROUND 2027

Festival of Light, Sound and Space

Due date: 13. December 2026
A call by the Hungarian collective irregulari, which is organising the two-week interdisciplinary art festival Kőbánya Underground in collaboration with the Hungarian University of Fine Arts and the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design (MOME).
 
Financial support is available for accommodation, travel expenses and, where applicable, an artist’s fee. Opportunities include presenting work or participating in the festival, as well as a longer-term research and networking residency, subject to agreement.

Objectives
  • Revitalising the historic S1 site and the Kőbánya cellar system through contemporary culture and research developing a model for the adaptive reuse of industrial heritage
  • Creating a platform for cross-border artistic exchange, new commissions and knowledge-sharing across Europe 
  • Building a sustainable network of local, national and international cultural and academic partners

Contact
Email to the founder and festival curator Bence Meisels meisels.bence@gmail.com, put in cc the Kulturforum Budapest budapest-kf@bmeia.gv.at.

More information
Website KŐBÁNYA UNDERGROUND
Website Österreichisches Kulturforum Budapest