Since 2002, PACT has been the scene of a series of special take-overs known under the label ATELIER. The on-going format invites artists from the region, Germany and abroad to present their current projects to a broadly interested audience at PACT.

With a fellowship PACT has been supporting artists who respond to social issues through their practices, and who make an impact in these fields through their artistic propositions. Provided with time, space, and a stipend, we place a focus on encouraging exploratory processes, in which pre-existing practices are pursued, but in which new ideas can emerge and new collaborations can be initiated.

Spot on Governance focuses on social regulations as a condition and interface of political and sustainable visions of the future. When it comes to access to resources and representation, or forms of self-organization, data sovereignty, collaboration, monopolization, and participation, a realignment of structures, processes, and practices is required everywhere.

The growing impact of technology on life as we know it brings changes to our bodies, our communities and the environment – what can we do? How can we understand and shape these changes collectively? Over the course of five days, PACT and medienwerk.nrw shine an investigative light on active interdisciplinary perspectives on new narratives, speculative visions of the future and alternative practices in the company of international artists, scientists, activists, publicists, students and audience members. All lectures and talks are available to see online.