BEN Award for Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau

Another main prize, the BEN for outstanding achievements in the visual arts goes this year to the artist duo Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau. A highly acclaimed retrospective has just been dedicated to them at the ZKM in Karlsruhe and the OK Offenes Kulturhaus in Linz. Their remarkable and enduringly current works are considered "classics of digital art" and inspire other artists through their cross-media approach and the active connection between technology, science and art, thus stimulating new ideas.

Sommerer & Mignonneau will also hold a Master Class on Saturday, October 15 and can be seen with one of their works in the B3 Moving Image Forum.

Fashion for Bank Robbers- A project about contemporary masks curated by Carina Shoshtary

“The art of dressing a face has been a way of expression for as long as we can remember. Masks and makeup go hand in hand, one is an extension of the other, one can complete the other. They are fun, they can be inviting but they can also be intimidating. Fashion for Bank Robbers is a generous platform on Instagram for all who love this art form. Masks are a source of unlimited creativity and there is always the mystery of not knowing what’s hiding behind, but do we really want to know?”
- Peter Philips, Creative & Image Director of Christian Dior Makeup

We welcome Niels Juul, one of Hollywood's most accomplished producers, as a keynote speaker at B3 2022.

Crypto. New opportunities for project financing with Niels Juul
Monday, 17 October 2022, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Successful Hollywood producer Niels Juul has worked with the best directors in the industry and has extensive experience in financing and packaging feature films. In 2008, Niels was tapped as the CEO of Italian-American film company Cecchi Gori Pictures where he was instrumental in financing its first major film production: Martin Scorsese’s SILENCE. Since then, he has worked on numerous films of prestige including, THE IRISHMAN, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, and FERRARI.

We welcome Dr. Mariana Bozesan to the B3 Biennial 2022

The Transformation of Democracy with Dr. Mariana Bozesan
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 02:00 PM – 02:30 PM

Dr. Mariana Bozesan is an award-winning integral investor, futurist, and renowned author of several books including the report INTEGRAL INVESTING: FROM PROFIT TO PROSPERITY. She is, furthermore, an empowering speaker and a successful serial entrepreneur focusing on exponentially growing technologies to accelerate the implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals within Planetary Boundaries. Dr. Mariana Bozesan was awarded full membership in the international Club of Rome in 2012. As a philanthropist, she supports numerous organizations and launched the Investment Turnaround where she was joined by various other like-minded investors and philanthropists.

B3 Conference - Focus on: DEMOCRACY

The Transformation of Democracy. An opportunity?
Tuesday, 18 October 2022, 02:30 PM – 04:00 PM

Following this year's focus on TRANSFORMATION, B3 Conference will take an in-depth look at questions of democracy as a form of state and socio-structural philosophy.

Due to the enormous transformation processes that society is currently undergoing, in our focus on democracy we explore which sociopolitical systems might take the lead in the world in the future. The question arises whether democracy is not increasingly decomposing itself democratically. What would this mean for society and the individual?

We are looking forward to an exciting panel, among others with Prof. Dr. Stephan Brunnhuber, which will deal with the topic The Transformation of Democracy. An opportunity?

Review 2021