The prize is now being conferred for the seventh year in a row. Featuring 200,000 euros in prize money, this is one of highest endowed prizes in Germany’s private sector when it comes to art and culture. The Power of the Arts promotes projects which leverage the instruments of art in order to foster social and cultural equality, create space for social reflection, and break down barriers.

“Art and culture can make an important impact toward an open and inclusive society by creating space for diversity, enabling participation, promoting dialog, supporting critical reflection, and creating community. By supporting projects in art and culture, we as a company are looking to do our part for a society that guarantees equal rights and respect for everyone,” says Dr. Charilaos Avrabos, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Philip Morris Germany. “I’m thrilled that we are once again able to honor such exceptional projects and provide them with support for their work.”

The award winners at a glance:

4.0 | An audiovisual installation for deaf and hearing people | Désirée Hall & Café Sinn&Wandel

By incorporating the perceptual level of deaf people, digital artists and DJs use real-time visualizations to expand house and techno music into moving images and fluid structures. Consisting of a four-part series of audiovisual events in Frankfurt’s barrier-free Café Sinn&Wandel, the project developed by musician Désirée Hall challenges social boundaries through an artistic-media approach and creates a special platform for the culture of the deaf and the hearing.

KI-nchen // Society and art in the context of artificial intelligence | Gaswerk Weimar e.V.

The aim is to create a temporary experimental, production and exhibition space where people can exchange ideas about AI & art, experiment together and develop creative projects, regardless of their social and individual circumstances. The various workshop formats, projects, and installations will open up the topic to a wide audience.

Women in the Dark | WOMEN IN THE DARK Deutschland e.V.

Women in the Dark is an international art project by artist Franziska Greber that addresses violence against women as a global problem. So far, over 2,500 women from eight countries have taken part in the transdisciplinary and participatory process and have written their experiences and demands in red on white blouses. In a visually striking installation in Berlin, 690 blouses labelled in around 40 languages of origin by women living in Germany are now to be presented.

The Young Pathos Collective | Pathos Munich e.V.

The Young Pathos Collective is an artistic platform and a safe space in which young adults can artistically address the issues of their generation. Two transdisciplinary pieces for young and diverse audiences are created within a year. The project aims to meet young artists as equal partners and give them a voice through the theater.