News 12 March 2020
EMAF 33 must be cancelled due to corona pandemic
With heavy hearts, due to new regulations issued by the authorities of the city of Osnabrück for holding events in municipal facilities and in view of the troubling spread of Covid-19, we are forced to cancel the European Media Art Festival this year. In light of the festival's tightly networked structure, we do not feel able to meet the strict requirements and at the same time hold an event that would even come close to the EMAF in its familiar form. Unfortunately, postponing the festival to a later date also seems unrealistic at the moment. However, we will make use of the coming weeks to develop alternative formats that will allow us to realise at least parts of the festival in a different framework.
We ask all artists, curators, loaners and supporters with whom we have worked together towards this year's EMAF for their understanding for this decision. We deeply regret that we will not be able to experience your contributions, discussions and company at the festival as planned. At the same time we hope that our decision will help to protect the health of our guests, colleagues and partners and prevent further cases of illness. We sincerely hope that the situation will ease soon and will keep you informed about our further thinking regarding alternative event formats.
your European Media Art Festival team
