CDSA is an international multimedia art competition and festival that transforms urban spaces into digital canvases. By utilizing large-scale screens and media facades, the festival creatively visualizes environmental themes and highlights pressing sustainability issues.

Throughout October, the festival hosted collaborative events across 5 countries, 9 cities, and 11 screens, showcasing over 200 collected works. More than 50 award-winning pieces captivated audiences, with a total reach of 50 million+ views. The CDSA festival involves extensive collaboration with international art academies, including Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Bauhaus University Weimar, Germany, and renowned French institutions such as the School of Fine Arts in Paris, Paris Haute Couture, Gobelins Institute of Image, Le Fresnoy, and La Cambre in Brussels. Within China, the festival partners with prestigious academies such as the Central Academy of Fine Arts, Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts, Jiangnan University, and the Macau University of Science and Technology, further broadening its reach.

The festival also collaborates with prominent art collection platforms like Art-Ba-Ba Chinese Contemporary Art Community, Artforum, Arthub Asia, and Pépinières Européennes de Création, as well as respected Chinese art media such as MANA New Media Art Station, Digital Art Network, Artalpha, and Phoenix Art.

CDSA’s ambitious vision unites a global network of artists, institutions, and platforms to reimagine how digital art can address environmental challenges, engage audiences, and transform urban landscapes into immersive cultural experiences.Chavez and Conradi engaged with officials, organizers, and educational institutions. They, along with CDSA organizers, curators, and the jury, shared their concepts with students and academic communities.

Welcome and discussion session at the At Hangzhou’s Federation of Trade Unions CC West Lake Canopy, 22 October 2024
Participants Yelai Ruan, Deputy Head of the Public Space Art Department, China Academy of Art Hangzhou, Curator Susa Pop director Public Art Lab Berlin, Ina Conradi, A/P ADM NTU, Mark Chavez, Artist, Founder Giant Monster, cofounder Media Art Nexus Nanyang Technological University, Takeshi Yamada from TeamLab Japan, Gary Hong, Founder Ten Square Singapore
Photos by CDSA

Shanghai Theatre Academy, Changlin Campus, Shanghai, China, 21 October

“Art and Interface Era” at the China Academy of Art at the School of Sculpture and Public Art, Xiangshan Campus in Hangzhou.

The Public Art Lectures and 2024 The 3rd International Media Art Creative Competition Academic Sharing Session at the “Art and Interface Era“ at the China Academy of Art at the School of Sculpture and Public Art, Xiangshan Campus in Hangzhou. Guest Speakers: Curator Susa Pop director Public Art Lab Berlin, Ina Conradi, A/P ADM NTU, Mark Chavez, Artist, Founder Giant Monster, cofounder Media Art Nexus Nanyang Technological University, Dominique Moulon Curator and CDSA Jury Paris, Takeshi Yamada from TeamLab Japan, Verena Kraemer, Prof Professor of Motion Design and Graphic Visualization, Ansbach University of Applied Sciences, Gary Hong, Founder Ten Square Singapore Moderated by Yelai Ruan, Deputy Head of the Public Space Art Department, China Academy of Art Hangzhou. Photos By CDSA

This presentation explores a decolonial approach to entropy through animation, inspired by indigenous knowledge systems that emphasize change, interconnectedness, and the cyclical processes of creation and decay.

Expert Group Visit and Exchange, Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA) 28 October

CDSA International Media Arts Creative Competition Expert Visit and Exchange, School of Urban Design, Group Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA). 28 October 2024. Visit to the Fundamental Modeling Department, Hosts: Professor Ma Juncheng, Dean of the School of Urban Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts; Professor Lu Zhengyuan, Deputy Director of the Foundation Department, School of Fine Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts; Lecturer Lu Yingying, Tutor at the Public Art and Experience Design Studio, School of Urban Design, Central Academy of Fine Arts; Artist Representatives: Zhang Moyi, Co-founder of Ten Times Ten Digital Art (Translator); Wang Chenhao, Art Director of Baiyun Canggu Digital Art; Song Ruoxin, Design Director of Baiyun Canggu Digital Art. Welcome speech by Professor Lu Zhengyuan, Lu Yingying Tour of the 90th Anniversary Sculpture Exhibition, guided by Professor Lu Zhengyuan. Potos By CDSA

First Hanshan International Digital Art Forum and the third CDSA Festival in Hangzhou Zhejiang
During a community panel at the opening ceremony of the First Hanshan International Digital Art Forum and the third CDSA Festival in Hangzhou Zhejiang, on 23 October, the discussion centered on the intersection of media art and decolonial theory, exploring how these concepts can foster a more inclusive understanding of visual culture in public spaces. For more please visit: https://m.alltuu.com/album/1611474604/?menu=live

The panel at the First Hanshan International Digital Art Forum and the third CDSA Festival in Hangzhou, Zhejiang ( Image Source: https://m.alltuu.com/album/1611474604/?menu=live)