For the opening event of the 25th anniversary edition of transmediale, we present a compelling and compressed taster of what will be on offer during the festival. In the opening ceremony taking place in the Auditorium of the HKW, the new Artistic Director Kristoffer Gansing will introduce the 2012 festival in/compatible, accompanied by Hortensia Völckers (KSB) and Bernd Scherer (HKW). Somewhere in between, the glitch-artist jon.satrom is featured, with one of his signature performances for Prepared Desktop. And at the end of the ceremony, The Joshua Light Show will dazzle the audience with a special preview of their vintage light-show.