All locations of the LVR Industrial Museum will be open on 1 May from 11 am to 6 pm, with the exception of the Peter-Behrens-Bau & Oelchenshammer.

Grafik Industrieanlage

Futur 21 - art industry culture

Media art festival

Luminous time tunnel, which opens in the middle of a dark factory hall and bears the heading : "What is the future?".

At 16 industrial museums in North Rhine-Westphalia, the cradle of industrial culture in Germany, digital artworks, light installations and spatial interventions were created from November 2021 to April 2022. The artistic works stimulated reflection on the future of work, sustainability and the climate crisis, the influence of digitalization, and the limits of growth and consumption.


Historical factory building illuminated with floating wave like light

The highlight of FUTUR 21 was the four-week media art festival from March 5 to April 2, 2022. International and local media artists, designers and game developers transformed the industrial museums into temporary future laboratories. Video projections, light installations, soundscapes and interactive game courses took a visionary, utopian or critical look at the future.

The focus was on the four thematic complexes of work, energy, resources and progress. An accompanying program of workshops, performances and panels with artists and experts deepened the thematic discussion.

Some of the digital works will remain permanently in the museums. Here you will find an overview of the work.


Festival impressions