iMapp Bucharest Winners League returns in 2026 with a new edition dedicated to digital art, music and technology. Over the two days of the event, Bucharest will once again become a meeting place for international video mapping artists, audiences, and major names in electronic and live music, to be announced soon.

The September 19–20 edition brings seven international video mapping winners to Bucharest for a new edition of the Winners League, alongside a special moment dedicated to Nadia Comăneci.

Organized by the Bucharest City Hall, through ARCUB, as part of Bucharest Days, iMapp Bucharest Winners League reaches its 11th edition, continuing a project that, for more than a decade, has transformed the approximately 23,000-square-metre façade of the Palace of Parliament into a space for digital creation and monumental audiovisual experiences.

iMapp Bucharest 2026. PAST. FORWARD.

Born from the desire to bring New Media art into public space, iMapp Bucharest has become an international platform for video mapping and new media technologies. Through the Winners League format, the event brings to Bucharest artists and teams selected by some of the world’s leading international festivals in the field. The theme of the 2026 edition, PAST. FORWARD., explores the dialogue between past and future through memory, heritage, technology and imagination. The seven works in the competition offer different perspectives on time and memory, while the Palace of Parliament becomes an integral part of each creation’s narrative.

“The fact that iMapp Bucharest has reached its 11th edition says something important about the way Bucharest audiences have come to see this event: not only as a large-scale show, but as a cultural landmark of the city. Over 11 years, iMapp has succeeded in creating a tradition around digital art and, each time, bringing new perspectives and artists into dialogue with a very broad audience. We are delighted to carry forward this beautiful dream of Bucharest’s residents, which has grown together with the city and its audience, and to turn this tradition into a starting point for new forms of expression, new technologies and new ways of transforming public space through art,” said Mihaela Păun, Director of ARCUB.

Seven international artists in the iMapp Bucharest 2026 competition

The iMapp Bucharest 2026 programme brings together, over the two days, video mapping shows, music, entertainment and outdoor experiences, with the international Winners League competition at its core. Seven international artists and studios, winners of competitions organized by the seven partner festivals in Hungary, Japan, Germany, France, China, the USA and Brazil, will compete for the iMapp Bucharest 2026 Grand Prize. An international jury will award the Jury Prize, while the public will be able to vote for their favourite work by sending a standard-rate SMS to 1755, determining the winner of the Audience Award.

            A special moment dedicated to Nadia Comăneci

This year’s edition of iMapp Bucharest marks 50 years since Nadia Comăneci’s historic performance at the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, with a special video mapping moment dedicated to the gymnast and her impact on world sport.

iMapp Bucharest. 11 editions of digital art in public space

Across its 10 editions, iMapp Bucharest has helped strengthen Bucharest’s position on the international digital art map, transforming the Palace of Parliament into a space for contemporary creation and audiovisual experiences offered to the public free of charge. The project’s relevance was recognized in 2026 with the Silver Trophy in the “Art Event” category at the Eventex Awards, for the edition dedicated to Constantin Brâncuși and George Enescu.

Through the Winners League concept, iMapp Bucharest brings to Bucharest artists named winners of international competitions in the field, creating a meeting space for artistic perspectives and cultural scenes from around the world.

iMapp Bucharest 2026. PAST. FORWARD.
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Organizers: Bucharest City Hall, through ARCUB

Main partners: Banca Transilvania, Coca-Cola, Raffaello

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