The relationship between art, science and technology takes many forms and it is increasingly urgent and essential for us to promote their prosperity. With the aim of exploring the potential of these hybridisations and looking for new ways to promote them, HacTe and Sónar+D present a programme with debates, artistic works and presentations.
One of the highlights of the programme will be the Open Forum on Art, Science and Technology (Thursday 15, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at SonarÀgora), which will bring together different communities to share ideas, experiences and success stories.
Then, from 1 p.m., two national projects will be presented: the recently created Red ACTS, a shared network of artists, researchers and institutions, and the update of the White Paper on the interrelationship between Art, Science and Technology in the Spanish State of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT).
At the same time, during the three days of Sónar+D, the Project Area space will host different works and installations by Hac Te’s partner institutions, such as the Institute for Research in Biomedicine of Barcelona (IRB Barcelona) – one of the centres that make up the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) community – or the NewArt Foundation, which exemplify the potential of co-creations between artists, scientists and technologists, while positioning Barcelona as an international pole in this field. In this same space, a series of four video capsules produced by HacTe will be shown, reflecting on the collaborations between artists, scientists and technologists; the way in which we face transdisciplinary challenges; the digital art ecosystem in Catalonia or the social and economic impact of digital culture.
At Stage+D, einaidea will present the performance TURBULENCE AT BLACK BAY GRENADA by the British artist Gaika and the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) will show the collaboration with the Playmodes studio that has resulted in an installation powered by natural light.