Die Blaue Nacht | The Blue Night Art Competition

Die Blaue Nacht | The Blue Night Art Competition has been inviting artists since 2005 to develop site-specific projects in courtyards, indoor locations and squares in Nuremberg’s Old Town. For this competition, we are looking for art that inhabits spaces, engages audiences, and holds its own across two nights. Applications are open to individuals and collectives working across all artistic disciplines, including installations, light art, performance, media art, as well as interactive and participatory projects.

Residency grant from the zumikon Cultural Foundation

For the first time, a selected artist from the International Blue Night Art Competition 2027 will have the opportunity to work in Nuremberg for four weeks. The grant comprises 2,000 euros and the use of the foundation’s residency studio.

N-ERGIE Audience Award

The Audience Award, last presented in 2023 and endowed with €5,000, honoured one of the artistic positions as the audience favourite.

“Aresta” transforms a saxophone ensemble into a quasi self-sufficient system: loudspeaker membranes inside the bodies of the saxophones allow sound to resonate through the tubes, with each instrument producing its own distinct timbre. A choreography of light creates a sense of movement even though the instruments themselves remain still. An algorithmically generated composition forms a specific neural network.

With this project, the Spanish artist Marc Vilanova questions the necessity—and possible redundancy—of the human body on stage.