ABOUT CIKE
CIKE is an independent organization established by the City of Kosice to utilize the creative cross-sector collaboration among art, culture, science, and creative businesses, through use of digital technologies, for improving the quality of life in the city.
CIKE implements urban transformation led by art and culture.
CIKE operates at the intersection of open innovation, media art, new technologies, business capacity building, research, education, and citizens engagement to deliver solutions, co-designed and co-owned by all, for building resilient, sustainable, inclusive, open, and democratic communities.
ABOUT THE RESIDENCY AT CIKE
CIKE’s media art residencies serve as a unique laboratory where art meets science and cutting-edge technologies. Through new media art, AI, design, new technologies artists critically explore the most relevant social themes in the context of technological, enviromental and societal transitions we are currently living. Programs like EMAP and UNESCO Media Arts cities (CIKE is a network's focal point for the City of Kosice) emphasise transdisciplinary research and deep collaboration with the local IT and creative sector and academia. The entire process culminates at the Art & Tech Days festival (organised by CIKE), where abstract code is transformed into an immersive sensory experience for the public. This approach establishes Košice as a key Eastern European hub for innovative creation that shapes our digital future.
RESIDENCY PERIOD
We are open for up to two-month-long residencies that will take place from August 1st to November 30th. The residency outcome is presented as an exhibition at the festival Art&Tech Days.
RESOURCES
Residents at CIKE will have access to Bravo Hub equipment and working spaces (https://kosice2.sk/en/about/bravo-hub/).
Additional equipment and spaces will be available thanks to CIKE long-term cooperation with Kosice’s Technical University Science Park TECHNICOM (https://uvptechnicom.sk/en/)
In addition to that, CIKE has a huge network of partner institutions, businesses, research centers and art spaces that can provide any technical support needed for an artwork creation. CIKE has a long history in accommodating international UNESCO media art residencies, as well as a track record in leading and participating in international and national projects in the CCI sector. (https://www.cike.sk/en/our-projects/ )
CIKE also offers professional organizational and logistic support provided by in-house staff – project managers, PR experts, and event producers/organizers.