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Friday 22 May 2026 @ Catalyst, Funkhaus
/// THE CATTIES
17:00–19:00
Catalyst Awards, Social Stage + Kitchen
Our annual student awards celebrating the people shaping this community, from bold creative work to collaboration, experimentation and support behind the scenes.
A moment to recognise what’s been built this year, and the people behind it.
/// PULSE 2026
19:00–02:00
End of year showcase + party, ground floor Catalyst
PULSE takes over Funkhaus for one night, part showcase, part party.
Expect live sets, DJs, film screenings and installations across multiple spaces, from open social areas to deeper listening environments.
🔥 Full lineup on RA
Free entry · open to all
→ Follow on IG for set times & announcements!
/// AFTER PARTY @ Block1
22:00–10:00
Block1, Blockdammweg 1, 10317 Berlin
For those continuing, the official after party runs across the road at Block1, with €8 tickets for Catalyst students.
OFFSETBOOKING launched their debut night, moving through techno, trance, electro, progressive and breakbeat, with the lineup featuring Catalyst student, Greta.
/// LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER
PULSE is for everyone, a space to be curious, creative and looked after.
We don’t tolerate racism, discrimination, harassment or behaviour that puts others at risk. If something doesn’t feel right, or you need support at any point, the Awareness Team will be there throughout the night.
Artwork by Sophie Holder
Friday 8 May, 11:00 - 12:00 @ Social Space
Uta Eberhardt presents the funding programmes at Creative Europe and how it works when you are a film producer and would like to apply for funding.
This is open to call students! See you there!
Web3 Summit 2026 is taking place at Funkhaus Berlin on June 18-19. They are offering the first 50 signups to the Catalyst community for free! To access the discount code:
/// About
Web3 Summit is a curated event focused on privacy, sovereignty, and making Web3 usable in everyday life. We bring together builders, researchers, and thinkers to explore how decentralized technologies move from theory into practice.
Alongside talks, you’ll find live creation, performances, workshops, and open spaces for collaboration. Alongside music, art, live performances, and a cultural strand that makes the event feel like a festival rather than a stuffy conference. The program is shaped by the people who take part, not just by a fixed stage schedule.
/// Open Call
The Web3 Summit is accepting proposals from the Catalyst community. All formats are welcome including digital art, art installations or demos. We ask that you genuinely engage with the Web3 ethos, details included HERE. They are managing the open call and will be in touch following submissions with successful applicants only. Please apply asap if interested!
🔥 Apply HERE
Join us in welcoming the next TouchDesigner roundtable on May 13 at 19:00 in our Social Space.
It is a particular honour to welcome Jan Gryczan, the force behind the remarkable resource alltd.org, dedicated to collecting and maintaining TouchDesigner tutorials and community knowledge, alongside Bahram Pourghadiri, creator of seeplayshow.com, and audiovisual artist + Catalyst tutor Abstraqt.
Bringing together perspectives from community building, tool development, artistic practice and education, the Roundtable explores real-time image-making, system design, and immersive media. From generative visual systems and performative control interfaces to questions of how media art can engage with activism and social justice—as explored in Abstraqt’s work—it reflects on how visual languages are developed, shared, and performed across contexts, and how they can operate within broader cultural and political frameworks.
/// Details
If you can not attend the in-person event in Berlin, do not worry — we will stream the talks on our YouTube channel.
THE TD ROUNDTABLE XXXV IS BEING SUPPORTED BY:
Derivative / derivative.ca