Picture 1: Goldstücke 2022: "Tentakulum" by the Groll Berndt Seltmann collective at Robinienhof. Photo: Martin Schmüdderich
Picture 2: Goldstücke 2022: "Goldbergvariationen" by Hartung | Trenz at Goldbergpark. Photo: Martin Schmüdderich
Picture 3: Goldstücke 2022: Walking acts. Photo: Martin Schmüdderich
Goldstücke 2025 - Open Call Closed
Goldstücke 2025 - Open Call Closed
A heartfelt thank you to all the creative minds who participated in the open call for the 2025 edition of the festival "Goldstücke. Light – Art – Projects Gelsenkirchen."
We received 95 applications from more than fifteen countries, and we are grateful that our project reached so many of you around the world.
We are now taking some time to select the participating artists. The final selection will be announced around the end of the third week of July.
For the Gelsenkirchen's 150th city anniversary, Goldstücke will transform the urban space into an atmospheric stage for artistic light productions across four evenings: from Thursday, October 2 to Sunday, October 5 2025.
The theme of this year is: "Active Positive." The term is inspired by the spatial design concepts of Polish architect and artist Oskar Hansen and is intended as an invitation: In times of populism, social division, and retreat into the private sphere, we want to encourage people to actively and consciously shape their environment and way of life in a positive way.
Goldstücke is an event organized by the City of Gelsenkirchen
supported by the Foundation of the Sparkasse
and curated by Genius Loci Weimar.