B3 Biennial of the Moving Image

The B3 Biennial of the Moving Image (German: B3 Biennale des bewegten Bildes) is a creative festival in Germany. It features films, video art, computer games, installations and virtual reality by international artists and creative minds.

Logo of B3 Biennial

As a successor to eDIT Filmmaker’s Festival, it has been held at various venues in Frankfurt since 2013 – initially every other year, now annually. In 2019, B3 took place for the first time in collaboration with the culture festival THE ARTS+ at the Frankfurt Book Fair.[1]

In addition to films and exhibits, there are lectures, panel discussions, workshops and an awards ceremony where works from all moving image categories compete for the B3 BEN Award.

The exhibits shown in the past include:

  • 2013: a six meter wide dome for 360-degree video projections at Weißfrauen-Diakoniekirche[2]
  • 2015: world premiere of the split screen video "The Wall – The Vertical Horizon" by Rotraut Pape, realized over the course of 25 years[3]
  • 2017: a 110-meter-long panorama on the facade of Städtische Bühnen Frankfurt featuring the video installation "The Great Farce" by Federico Solmi[4]

The B3 is hosted by the Hochschule für Gestaltung Offenbach am Main (University of Art and Design Offenbach). Its artistic director is the president of the university, Prof. Bernd Kracke.

Previous B3 festivals
Year Visitors Theme
201315.000[5]Expanded Narration. Das neue Erzählen
201528.000[6]Expanded Senses. Kunst Körper Kommunikation
201743.000[7]On Desire
2019147.000[8]Realities

References
  1. "Frankfurter Buchmesse: Ein Forum auch für Klimaaktivisten". Frankfurter Rundschau. 2019-09-15.
  2. "„Fulldome" – Rundum-Filme in der Weißfrauen-Diakoniekirche". Evangelisches Frankfurt. 2013-10-31.
  3. "10 Tipps zur B3-Biennale des bewegten Bildes". Journal Frankfurt. 2015-10-05.
  4. "Zur „B3 Biennale" zeigt Federico Solmi eine riesige Groteske". op-online.de. 2017-11-24.
  5. "15.000 Menschen besuchen die B3-Biennale". Die Welt. 2013-11-03.
  6. "B3 Biennale 2015". HfG Offenbach.
  7. "Tausende Besucher bei B3-Biennale". Journal Frankfurt. 2017-12-04.
  8. "THE ARTS+/B3 Future of Culture Festival 2019: Inspirierendes Fachtreffen und Publikumsmagnet". Frankfurter Buchmesse. 2019-10-23.
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