Poster Meets People – Anfachen Award X on the Theme of “Justice” Takes to the Streets
From 3 June 2026 onwards, the winning posters of Anfachen Award X will be displayed at vari-ous public locations across Hamburg, illustrating contemporary and international perspectives on justice. In addition, a poster campaign on the opening day will encourage direct and contro-versial exchanges between art and the public.
From 3 June 2026 onwards, they will be impossible to miss: the winning posters of the Hamburg-based Anfachen Award X on the theme of “Justice.” The works will be exhibited at prominent locations including Kennedy Bridge, Binnenalster, behind the Central Station and next to Reesendamm Bridge. Through their artistic diversity and large scale, the 25 selected posters vi-vidly reveal where justice is under pressure, absent or successfully upheld. Sometimes painfully,
sometimes humorously, they expose how unequally access to health, happiness, prosperity and power is distributed.
Timetable
Florine Bartels (GER)
Fidel Bums (GER)
Digitde (IT/GER)
Goyen Chen (TWN)
Ansgar Eilting (GER)
Jonas Fehlinger (GER)
Luisa Fricke (GER)
Mia Fuchs (GER)
Aleksandra Kortas (POL)
Johanna Kuske (GER)
Katharina Lichtner (GER)
Claudia Puhlmann (GER)
Paula Reiter (GER)
Lyn Sadowski (GER)
Deborah Schultheis (AUT)
Melina Sikalopoulou (GER/GR)
Carolina Simões (PRT)
Suse Spanheimer (GER)
Szymon Szymankiewicz (POL)
Niklaus Troxler (CHE)
Tara Umali (GER)
Kathrin Wylezol (GER)
Luke Ziemer (GER)
CONCENTRATED CREATIVITY
in their approach to the assigned topic of “Gerechtigkeit/Justice“. We accept photographic, paint-based, graphic and typographic works. Participation is subject to the following conditions:
PUBLIC
iThe best 25 posters will be selected by an international jury and then displayed on billboards in Hamburg. They confront the public on busy streets and highly frequented public places to become the subject of discussion and reflection, encouraging a broad and long-lasting debate on the subject of “Gerechtigkeit/Justice“.
BORDERLESS
The selected posters will initially characterise the streets of Hamburg for four weeks from June 2026, but will then go on tour. They will be seen in other German cities and will also cause a stir internationally. Therefore, if language plays a role in the design, a German and an English version must be submitted.
Instagram:
@anfachen_award
Jury
Tine Fetz (GER), Fábio Prata (BRA/GER), LAPIZ (GER), Jo Longhurst (UK), Jón Helgi Pálmason (ISL/NL), Hanna Poddig (GER), Helena Cing Deih Sian (GER/MMR) and Rukminee Guhu Thakurta (IND)
patron: Klaus Staeck (GER)
Timetable
3th of June 2026 Vernissage of the 25 winner posters in the streets of Hamburg (please have a look for more informations on the website and Social Media)
from July 2026 Posters can be shown throughout Germany/worldwide, if co-operation partners
are found
About the ANFACHEN AWARD
In 2016, the Anfachen Award started with the topic ‘Women’, in the second year it was dedicated to the topic ‘Tolerance’, in the third year to ‘Housing’, in the fourth year to ‘Water’, in the fifth year to ‘Democracy’, in the sixth year to ‘Nature’ and ‘Humanity’, the seventh year to ‘Energy’, the eight year ‘Fear’ and the ninth year ‘Privilege’. With hundreds of international submissions, renowned juries and a unique presentation, first in Hamburg and then in other German and international cities, the poster competition not only inspires the participants, but above all the public. The broad media response has also helped the award from the outset to draw increased attention to controversial socio-political issues.
RIGHTS REQUIREMENTS
The entrant making the submission, hereinafter referred to as the designer, declares with the submission of all materials that s/he/they is/are entitled to dispose of the submitted materials according to the following:
A) the designer declares his/her consent to worldwide and perpetual unrestricted publication
of the motifs in print and electronic media, as well as the representation herein described in the context of exhibitions in public space as well as in galleries and museums.
B) the designer transfers the simple right of use to reproduce, disseminate and publicly make available
and/or reproduce the motifs / materials submitted to the Anfachen Award, as well as the right
to display the exhibits. Anfachen Award is entitled to transfer these rights to a third party. Anfachen
Award is entitled for purposes of refinancing the awards to use the transferred rights commercially,
e.g. by sale of the motifs as posters, postcard fold-outs (these two forms of use limited to 3 years),
and/or in the context of an exhibition catalogue.
C) the designer shall indemnify and hold harmless Anfachen Award from all claims made by third parties arising in connection with the transfer of rights or their use that may be made against Anfachen
Award, and guarantees that the submitted works (text and image) are free from third party rights.