The Master Contemporary Arts Practice of the Bern Academy of the Arts is pleased to present "maximum tilt", the 2026 edition of the diploma festival.

The festival brings together 29 diploma students working in the disciplines of Fine Arts, Sound Arts, Performance Art and Literary Writing/Translation.

We are excited to announce that this year’s festival will be hosted at a range of venues across Bern, including Dampfzentrale, Stadtgalerie, Milieu, Affspace, Grand Palais, and the Mattelift.

Always keep an eye on our program and explore the artists' profiles on this page.

Congratulations to our graduating class on this great achievement!

We also thank our team and the lecturers for their constant commitment!

Enjoy the festival!

Andrea Gohl, Head of the MA Contempoarary Arts Practice program

Andi Schoon & Thomas Strässle, Head of Department Y Institute

The MA Contemporary Arts Practice at Bern Academy of the Arts is a dynamic two-year, multi-disciplinary program focusing on the four study areas, Fine Arts, Sound Arts, Literary Writing/Translation, and Performance Art. Drawing upon a national and international network, this is the only such course in Switzerland. The program aims to foster independent artistic positions in a context of collective and interdisciplinary relationships. Individual mentoring sessions and group seminars enable exchanges among students and teaching staff across different fields of art.

Master’s students benefit from highly-personalized tutoring and courses that focus on both theory and issues of artistic practice. Joint events include study trips and theoretical seminars; presentations of students’ own work for discussion at colloquies; and showcasing projects at public events. An excellent infra­structure – artist and recording studios; mechanical workshops; and media libraries – provides the framework for this Master’s course, which can only be studied at Bern Academy of the Arts HKB.

For more information please visit our website at www.hkb-cap.ch.

MA Contemporary Arts Practice
Hochschule der Künste Bern / Haute école des arts de Berne
Schwabstrasse 10
CH-3018 Bern
cap@hkb.bfh.ch

Sekretariat MA Contemporary Arts Practice
+41 31 848 42 02

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