Sónar
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Sónar 2024: Highlights, a journey into electronic music, audiovisual & digital culture
Text by Irem Erkin It’s that time of year again. Electronic music and audiovisual enthusiasts from around the world are gearing up for the immersive
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Sónar 2023: Highlights, AI culture in prompts of music, science & technology
Text by Irem Erkin Celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, Sónar Festival and its organic extension, a decade-old Sónar+D, have always been ahead of their
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The return of Sónar 2022: The day after
Text by Irem Erkin Persephone, daughter of Demeter and Zeus, was picking flowers one day when Hades, God of the underworld, saw her. He was so
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SOUGWEN CHUNG, becoming entangled with machines
Interview by Ana Prendes The technological hype around artificial intelligence is (fortunately) been counteracted by an ever-growing number of researchers, artists, and writers that work
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Is code synesthetic? On Quayola’s Transient
Text by Marcus du Sautoy Is code synesthetic? It is a question that emerged for me after experiencing Quayola’s new work Transient. The idea behind
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Insight: on ‘Transient’, Quayola’s new collaborative project with Seta
Text by CLOT Magazine Renowned media-artist Quayola is presenting his very first music project, Transient, an album made in collaboration with musician and technologist Seta
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SonarCCCB 2021 & the AI and Music S+T+ARTS festival: Highlights
Text by CLOT Magazine During the last week of October 2021, Sónar will present nearly 100 activities, spread between the new AI and Music S+T+ARTS
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Festival: Sónar+D 2020 takes over the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB)
Text by CLOT Magazine On March 11, the WHO announced the COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic, and the world went into a lockdown, leaving our
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QUIET ENSEMBLE, exploring the relationship between nature & technology
Interview Allan Gardner Quiet Ensemble is an Italian art collective comprised of Fabio di Salvo and Bernardo Vercelli. Founded in 2009, they aimed to explore
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Solar Punk, a framework for hopeful futures
Text by Jacobo García Dystopia is a common theme in sci-fi literature, from classics such as the two little gems A Brave New World or
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MARTIN EYERER, on The Creative Code & Berlin culture scene
Interview by Tony Cho Martin Eyerer isn’t your typical tech executive. Having had a long career as a DJ from founding multiple companies in the
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Sónar+D 2019: The Day After
Text by CLOT Magazine It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.Albert Einstein Sónar 2019 have hosted more than 80 premieres,
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LIBBY HEANEY, when quantum computing is more than a tool
Interview by Jack Apollo George Quantum physics is a little bit weird, a little bit spooky. In the 20th century, it fundamentally challenged our aeons-evolved
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K Á R Y Y N, on reimagining the surroundings with sound
Interview by Allan Gardner K Á R Y Y N is an LA-based visual composer producing music with an intense physicality influenced by the aesthetics
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NATALIA FUCHS, curating Art, Science & Technology
Interview by Laura Netz New media researcher, art historian and international curator in art, science and technology, Natalia Fuchs, is the curator at Gamma Festival (St. Petersburg).
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Sónar+D 2019: Highlights
Text by CLOT Magazine The 26th edition of Sónar, Barcelona’s Festival of Music, is back in July. From 17 to 20 July, some of the