ExploreZ Festival 2026

The annual ExploreZ Festival stands for diversity, inclusion, international collaboration, and surprising crossovers between disciplines and communities. The 2026 theme of ExploreZ is " Necessity as Compass ," in which art is used to explore the urgent questions of our time. Creators and audiences will jointly explore themes such as inequality, the climate crisis, polarization, and exclusion. They investigate how societal, personal, and social urgency can become a catalyst for creativity, connection, and change.

With the theme "Necessity as Compass," ExploreZ examines urgent societal issues such as inequality, the climate crisis, and polarization, where creators and audiences jointly explore creative solutions and connections. New perspectives and working methods lead to sustainable collaborations at home and abroad.