BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//theGATE - ECPv6.16.5//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:theGATE X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es X-WR-CALDESC:Eventos para theGATE REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Helsinki BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0300 TZNAME:EEST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0300 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:EET DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260519 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260514T110623Z CREATED:20251126T111944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260514T110623Z UID:23706-1779148800-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:ReACH DESCRIPTION:ReACH\nResearch Center for eCulture and the humanities\nFormat \nParticipation in the workshop is based on a call for applications and is subject to a fee. \nRegister \nRegistration for ReACH will be available online via this website from 1 January 2026. \nCALL \nApplications for an artistic residency for German artists\n APPLICATION (DE) \nApplications for an artistic resideny for Spanish artists. \n APPLICATION (ES)\n \n \n \n \nDate \n18-22 may\, 2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \nWith its triangular architecture sustained by an Advanced School\, a CreativeLab and an Observatory of eCulture\, aspires to be one point in the net required by humanity to fulfill a stimulating future with the support of the artificial intelligence. \nReACH WORKSHOP\nWe invite artists to participate in an enriching workshop on high-performance computing\, scientific simulation & visualization\, as well as artificial intelligence designed to elevate your concepts to the next level. This five-day workshop offers a unique platform for participants to present their ideas and engage with a team of specialists. Our experts will provide interactive feedback and guidance\, assisting you in transforming your initial ideas into well-structured\, formal projects. Through collaborative discussions and practical support\, you will refine your vision and acquire valuable insights to advance your projects. \nPRELIMINARY programme (to be completed):\n Day 1 | 18 – May \nOpening Day\n Day 2 | 19 – May \nMORNING\nWorkshop 1AI +ARTSMarcos Cuzziol\, University of São PauloHe is a researcher on Artificial Intelligence at the Institute of Advanced Studies of the University of São Paulo\, developing the project “Art and Algorithm”. \nAFTERNOON\nWorkshop 2AI +ARTSMarcos Cuzziol\, University of São Paulo \nEVENING\ntheGATE Festival \n Day 3 | 20 – May \nMORNING\nWorkshop 3AI +ARTSMarcos Cuzziol\, University of São Paulo \nAFTERNOON\nWorkshop 4AI + ARTSDenise Lanzieri\, Sony CSL – RomeResearcher at Sony CSL–Rome and member of the Augmented Creativity research team. She holds a PhD in astrophysics\, during which she worked extensively on AI for the cosmos\, focusing on deep learning and statistical modeling applied to astrophysical data. At Sony CSL – Rome\, Lanzieri now conducts AI research for creativity\, applying machine learning to artistic and creative expression. Her work bridges scientific data modeling and creative AI\, exemplifying the cross-domain innovation of eCulture. \nEVENING\ntheGATE Festival \n Day 4 | 21 – May \nMORNING\nWorkshop 5HpC + ARTSUwe Wössner\, Visualization & SimulationHe leads the coordination of all HLRS activities in the field of virtual reality. \nAFTERNOON\nWorkshop 6STARTSBernat Cuní\, artist working with code\, crafts\, and robots to explore the digitization of objects and spaces. Currently experimenting with artificial intelligence. \nEVENING\ntheGATE Festival \n Day 5 | 22 – May \nMORNING\nWorkshop 7AI +ARTSMarcos Cuzziol\, University of São Paulo \nAlessandro Londei\, Sony CSL Rome \nResearcher at Sony CSL in Rome and Co-Principal Investigator of the Augmented Creativity research team. He leads explorations into AI and neural networks to emulate and enhance creative processes. With a Ph.D. in electrical engineering\, Londei designs adaptive AI models that generate novel concepts\, inspired by human-like fluid cognition. His work at Sony CSL bridges scientific computation and the arts by applying machine learning to creative expression \nDenise Lanzieri\, Sony CSL – Rome \nResearcher at Sony CSL–Rome and member of the Augmented Creativity research team. She holds a PhD in astrophysics\, during which she worked extensively on AI for the cosmos\, focusing on deep learning and statistical modeling applied to astrophysical data. At Sony CSL – Rome\, Lanzieri now conducts AI research for creativity\, applying machine learning to artistic and creative expression. Her work bridges scientific data modeling and creative AI\, exemplifying the cross-domain innovation of eCulture. \nAFTERNOON\nWorkshop 8STARTSBernat CuníUwe Wössner\, Visualization & Simulation \nEVENING\ntheGATE Festival \n REGISTER URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/reach-2026/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260519T061044Z CREATED:20260506T220155Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T061044Z UID:24377-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:DUETTO AT theGATE FESTIVAL 2026 by ALESSANDRO LONDEI & DENISE LANZIERI DESCRIPTION:DUETTO AT theGATE FESTIVAL 2026\nDeveloped at SONY Computer Science Lab Rome.\nFormat \nInteractive installation \nDate \n18. – 21.05.2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER\n \n by ALESSANDRO LONDEI & DENISE LANZIERI \nThe project\nAs part of theGATE Festival 2026\, Duetto\, a research project by Sony CSL – Rome\, will be presented as an exploration of the relationship between artificial intelligence and human movement. The project resonates strongly with the context of theGATE\, a festival dedicated to the convergence of science\, technology\, arts and society\, and to the new forms of cultural experimentation emerging at their intersections. \nDuetto approaches the body as a form of language. In this perspective\, postures become elementary units\, while movement unfolds as a complex and expressive sequence\, much like meaning emerging through words and sentences. But the project does more than describe motion: it seeks to recognize relations\, possibilities and transformations within gesture\, opening a space in which AI can not only interpret movement\, but also respond to it in creative ways. \nDance provides the ideal ground for this exploration. It is a field in which technique\, intention\, memory\, listening\, variation and invention coexist in constant tension\, making visible the richness and complexity of embodied expression. In this context\, Duetto does not imagine artificial intelligence as a passive tool\, nor as a system meant to replace performers or choreographers. Instead\, it proposes AI as a creative interlocutor: a responsive presence capable of engaging in a real-time exchange with the moving body and suggesting new possibilities in return. \nAt the heart of Duetto lies a genuinely human-in-the-loop vision. The human performer does not simply initiate the process but continuously shapes and redirects what the system understands and proposes. In this sense\, the project opens a wider reflection on creativity itself\, asking how AI might expand human expressive capacity rather than substitute it. What emerges is not a model of replacement\, but one of dialogue: a way of thinking about intelligence\, invention and embodiment as shared\, dynamic processes. \nFor its presentation at theGATE Festival\, Duetto will also be accompanied by an interactive installation inviting the public to engage directly with a dancing AI. Visitors will not only observe the project\, but enter a live encounter with it\, experiencing movement as a space of exchange between human presence and machine interpretation. \nIn this way\, Duetto speaks directly to the spirit of the festival. By bringing together artistic research\, scientific inquiry and technological experimentation\, it offers an example of how collaborations across disciplines can generate new questions\, new forms\, and new ways of imagining the relationship between humans and intelligent systems. As theGATE Festival continues to explore future boundaries\, Duetto contributes to this reflection by approaching the body not as something to be reduced to data\, but as a living source of knowledge\, creativity and transformation. \nThe artists\nDuetto is a project led by Alessandro Londei and Denise Lanzieri\, researchers at Sony CSL – Rome\, with Milena Di Canio leading its cultural and communication dimension; it is mentored by Vittorio Loreto\, Director at Sony CSL – Rome. URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/duetto-at-thegate-festival-2026-by-alessandro-londei-denise-lanzieri/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260519T060944Z CREATED:20260506T215927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T060944Z UID:24372-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:SANTA MUERTE by MAURICIO VALDÉS SAN EMETERIO DESCRIPTION:SANTA MUERTE\nBuilt from field recordings made during a residency at Casa Vecina\, Fundación Carlos Slim\, in 2015. 3D sound adapted for theGATE 2026.\nFormat \n3D Audio Piece \nDate \n18. – 19.05.2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER\n \nOnly available on Monday and Tuesday \n by MAURICIO VALDÉS SAN EMETERIO \nThe project\nA few blocks separate two cathedrals in the historic center of Mexico City: Saint Michael Archangel\, its atrium filling each Sunday with a brass band and the smell of copal; and the Lebanese Maronite Cathedral\, where the liturgy is sung in Aramaic\, the language of Christ’s own prayers. A few streets further\, in the working-class neighborhood of Tepito\, devotees gather for the Rosario Viviente a la Santa Muerte — the Living Rosary — hands clasped before a skeletal figure draped in the colors of the Virgin. \nThis piece inhabits that triangle. \n Santa Muerte is built from field recordings made during a residency at Casa Vecina\, Fundación Carlos Slim\, in 2015\, in close collaboration with artist Miguel Mesa\, whose recordings are woven throughout the work. The dramatic arc is cinematic: a Catholic Mass erupts into the noise of the city; a procession moves through the streets; the Aramaic chant of the Maronite rite folds into the crowd’s devotion for a saint the official Church refuses to recognize. The space of the city — its chaos\, its echo\, its layers of faith — becomes the compositional material. \nSanta Muerte is the outcast of Mexican religiosity and\, in that sense\, a near-perfect metaphor for acousmatic music itself. Both belong to the same lineage — one to Catholicism\, the other to the Western concert tradition — and both are treated by their parent institutions as aberrant\, undisciplined\, too street-level to be taken seriously. Santa Muerte draws together pre-Hispanic iconography\, Catholic ritual\, and a fierce sense of collective belonging into a coherent cosmology that needs no institutional approval to function. Acousmatic music does something analogous: it composes with sound in space and time\, extends Cage’s re-definition of music to its logical conclusion\, and finds most of its audience among the misfits who never felt at home in the concert hall to begin with. \nThe piece is structured around space as a narrative voice. Sound does not merely illustrate — it locates. The listener is placed inside a moving geography: inside the nave\, on the street corner\, in the middle of the rosary. At theGATE Festival\, the work is diffused through an experimental speaker system directed toward the architecture of the room\, using the surfaces of HLRS’s space as an acoustic instrument. The piece does not reproduce the city; it lets the city pass through the room. \nThe artist\nMedia artist/composer and Head of R&D at Heka Art and Science Lab—expert in immersive audio technologies and computer-assisted sound creation. URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/santa-muerte-by-mauricio-valdes-san-emeterio/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260513T143507Z CREATED:20260506T215546Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T143507Z UID:24369-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:MERZ AKADEMIE | THE CRITICAL ENGINEERING MANIFESTO by DANJA VASILIEV DESCRIPTION:THE CRITICAL ENGINEERING MANIFESTO\nPresented by Merz Akademie\nFormat \nPrint \nDate \n18. – 21.05.2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER \nTHE CRITICAL ENGINEERING MANIFESTO\nby Danja Vasiliev\, professor for Emerging Media at Merz Akademie\, University of Applied Art\, Design\, and Media\, Stuttgart and co-authors \nPrint\, 2011. The Critical Engineering Manifesto is a call to treat engineering as a site of political and ethical responsibility – arguing that every technology encodes ideology\, and that the Critical Engineer’s task is not merely to build but to study\, expose\, and subvert the systems that shape human agency. URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/merz-akademie-the-critical-engineering-manifesto-by-danja-vasiliev/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260519T061128Z CREATED:20260506T215308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260519T061128Z UID:24365-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:MERZ AKADEMIE | MIRROR MACHINE by SOFIJA CVETKOVIC AND LENI AIGNER DESCRIPTION:MIRROR MACHINE\nPresented by Merz Akademie\nFormat \nInteractive installation \nDate \n18. – 21.05.2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER\n \nMIRROR MACHINE\nby Sofija Cvetkovic and Leni Aigner\, students of Merz Akademie\, University of Applied Art\, Design\, and Media\, Stuttgart \nInteractive installation\, 2026. This work explores the fragile relationship between human identity and algorithmic systems. What appears to reflect us begins to reshape us. Through an immersive installation of AI-generated video\, sound and interaction\, the project stages a psychological space where humans and technologies dissolve into one another. By inviting visitors to submit their own image\, the work turns participation into exposure. MIRROR MACHINE questions authorship\, dependency and control; does the algorithm mirror us\, or do we now mirror the algorithm without realizing it? URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/merz-akademie-mirror-machine-by-sofija-cvetkovic-and-leni-aigner/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260507T172035Z CREATED:20260506T214447Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260507T172035Z UID:24361-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:AFRICAN INTELLIGENCE by HADASSA NGAMBA DESCRIPTION:AFRICAN INTELLIGENCE\nAFRICAN INTELLIGENCE\nSUMMARY OR OTHER HIGHLIGHTED TEXT\nFormat \nExhibitionInstallationPerformance  \nDate \nExhibition Date \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER\n \n by HADASSA NGAMBA \nThe project\nHadassa Ngamba will undertake an artist-in-residence program at the HLRS facilities in the week leading up to theGATE. We are excited to see what this collaboration will produce and are looking forward to finding that out during the exhibition along with our visitors. \nThe artist\nHadassa Ngamba is a visual artist with a postgraduate degree from HISK (Higher Institute for Fine Arts)\, Ghent\, Belgium. Her practice brings art\, history\, science and ancestral knowledge systems into dialogue. Working across painting\, sculpture\, photography\, performance and digital media\, she investigates questions of power\, memory and materiality. Drawing on her background in criminology\, she examines historical and contemporary networks of power with analytical precision\, with particular attention to maps\, trade routes and extractive systems. Her current research places two forms of AI — African Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence — in dialogue\, creating a framework through which to reconsider technology\, knowledge\, materiality and sovereignty. In her recent works\, Congolese minerals are transformed into pigments\, allowing matter itself to carry history\, tension and renewal. Her work is held in public and private collections\, including S.M.A.K.\, the Banque Nationale de Belgique\, IKOB\, Morgan Stanley Bank\, the EKARD Collection and Zeno X Gallery. URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/african-intelligence-by-hadassa-ngamba/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260513T143241Z CREATED:20260506T214204Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T143241Z UID:24356-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FISH by CAROLYN KIRSCHNER DESCRIPTION:THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A FISH\nS+T+ARTS EC(H)O is funded by the European Union under the GA. 101135691\nFormat \nDocumentary film \nDate \n18. – 21.05.2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER\n \nThere Is No Such Thing as a Fish\nby Carolyn Kirschner \nThe project\nCarolyn Kirschner’s residency project\, There Is No Such Thing as a Fish\, is an artistic investigation into the zebrafish as a model organism in scientific research\, examining its socio-cultural significance and speculating on possible interspecies futures. What does it mean to use the body of one species as a model or stand-in for another? What are the implications of efforts to bring zebrafish’s regenerative abilities into the human body? Are we becoming part fish? Or maybe we always have been? \nWorking with Physics of Life researchers from TUD Dresden University of Technology\, the project engages with a search for the foundational principles underpinning life\, and the interplay of living systems with computational processes. One of the project outcomes is a short film\, which documents a range of interconnected cultural\, material\, and ecological landscapes where human and zebrafish worlds collide – from a petri dish in the lab\, to pet shops\, server farms\, rivers and rice paddies in India. The project also leverages advanced computational methods to produce a speculative anatomical model\, based on digital reconstructions of the last common ancestor between humans and zebrafish 425 million years ago. \nThe artist\nCarolyn Kirschner is a designer and researcher with a background in architecture. Her work explores the growing entanglements of ecologies and machines in the context of the climate crisis\, working with scientific tools\, simulation engines\, digital fabrication\, and film to produce fragments from alternate or expanded worlds. She is a Lecturer at Goldsmiths\, University of London\, and previously taught at Parsons School of Design in New York. \nHer S+T+ARTS residency project There Is No Such Thing as a Fish was developed in collaboration with scientists from the Physics of Life Cluster of Excellence at TUD Dresden University of Technology. Through film and creative applications of advanced computational methods\, the project explores interspecies dimensions of biomedical research and the role zebrafish play in the search for the underlying physical laws and mathematical equations that govern life. URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/there-is-no-such-thing-as-a-fish-by-carolyn-kirschner/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260513T143156Z CREATED:20260506T213824Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T143156Z UID:24352-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:THE PERFECT PERFECT DIRTY by JOHANNA BRUCKNER DESCRIPTION:THE PERFECT PERFECT DIRTY\nTHE PERFECTPERFECT DIRTY\nS+T+ARTS EC(H)O is funded by the European Union under the GA. 101135691\nFormat \nVideo installation \nDate \n18. – 21.05.2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER\n \n by Johanna Bruckner \nThe project\nJohanna Bruckner is pursuing research at the intersection of AI\, queer theory\, ecology\, and posthumanism\, focusing on the interface between the body\, affect\, and technology from the perspective of quantum physics. The project addresses the deconstructive and corporeal nature of interfaces in algorithmic systems\, employing a critical perspective rooted in queer-feminist and post-digital conceptions of the body. As a major outcome\, the artist is conceiving of art objects based on research from the Institute of Quantum Materials at TU Dresden\, combining processes like 3D-printing\, silicone\, glass craftsmanship\, and new materials derived from quantum research. The work also includes developing a multi-channel video installation incorporating new software based on Artificial Intelligence and methods from Large Action Modelling related to incalculable mechanisms in medicine and finance. Furthermore\, the artist is prototyping choreographic scores for the development of digital avatars based on AI research. \nThe artist\nAn artist born in 1984 in Vienna\, Austria\, who studied fine arts\, cultural studies\, and social anthropology across multiple international institutions. Her artistic output—including film installations\, performative scripts\, and writings—explores the tensions at the core of socio-political issues\, specifically focusing on biopolitics and queerness within the framework of late capitalism. She also uses collaborative performative design as an organizing principle for social practice and reflection. Her project\, The Perfect Perfect Dirty\, aims to closely investigate Artificial Intelligence technologies and their potential to complexify and diversify\, primarily by challenging the prevailing myth that digital systems are clean\, reliable\, and free of contamination. Bruckner seeks to modify the parameters through which information is weaponized against queer and other intersectional minorities\, instead establishing “dirtiness” as an ontology for queer AI to develop a more-than-human future coexistence. The research will manifest as a science-fiction based scenario featuring a new video installation and related objects that activate an immersive space\, showcasing fictional characters navigating co-contaminated embodiment with AI-based interfaces. URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/the-perfect-perfect-dirty-by-johanna-bruckner/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260513T143049Z CREATED:20260506T213458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T143049Z UID:24348-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:MERGING VISIONS by MERVE ŞAHIN DESCRIPTION:MERGING VISIONS\nSUMMARY OR OTHER HIGHLIGHTED TEXT\nFormat \nVideo installation\, 2 channelsTech demo in CAVE \nDate \n18. – 21.05.2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER\n \n by Merve Şahin \nThe project\nMerve Şahin’s Merging Visions project addresses the challenge of communicating the transformation of the Salzburg Festival site by reimagining digital twins through artistic and immersive storytelling. The core concept is “Expanded Immersive Twins\,” extending digital twins to incorporate cultural\, ecological\, and historical layers of the heritage-protected urban environment. The project involves a mixed reality installation where 3D models and scans of the site and its archives are transformed into speculative digital landscapes. The technical output includes developing tangible user interfaces (physical models augmented with digital layers via AR sensors) that enable users to physically interact with and navigate the virtual content\, translating scientific datasets (like user movement and geological structures) into interactive visualizations. \nThe artist\nMerve Şahin is a Vienna-based architect and researcher who specializes in using architectural and digital representation techniques as a medium for visual storytelling. Her work aims to uncover the socio-political and historic layers embedded in public spaces by creating immersive drawings and animations that reveal both tangible and intangible layers of the built environment. Her mediums include parametric 3D-modeling\, vectoral mappings\, digital renderings\, and data visualizations\, which she uses to explore the digital turn’s impact on public spaces through speculative\, engaging digital formats. Her residency project\, Merging Visions\, focuses on transforming urban digital twins into exploratory digital installations that can be experienced by audiences using XR technologies (Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality). By applying this approach to the Salzburg Festival use case\, she aims to overlay physical spaces with electronic data to bring the rich historical\, social\, and cultural layers of urban environments to life. URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/merging-visions-by-merve-sahin/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260513T141742Z CREATED:20260506T213144Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T141742Z UID:24343-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:HPC DATA SYMPHONIES by DR. KIRELL BENZI DESCRIPTION:HPC DATA SYMPHONIES\nHPC DATA SYMPHONIES\n\nS+T+ARTS EC(H)O is funded by the European Union under the GA. 101135691 \n\nFormat \nInteractive visualization \nDate \n18. – 21.05.2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER\n \n by Dr. Kirell Benzi \nThe project\n\nHPC DATA SYMPHONIES is a public-facing installation designed to make the invisible inner workings of the HLRS high-performance computing (HPC) center visible and understandable to non-specialist audiences. The artwork transforms live log data from HLRS’s HAWK supercomputer into an evolving digital landscape\, visualized as a heightfield where extruded cubes correspond to compute activity by scientific field (climate modeling\, AI\, materials science\, etc.). The project’s goal is to move beyond conventional visualization by developing a composite visual language where visual parameters (like height\, shape\, texture\, color\, and rhythm) are directly tied to real metrics such as compute time and energy consumption\, ensuring the resulting landscape is expressive and data-driven.\n \nThe artist\nDr. Kirell Benzi is an award-winning data artist and AI researcher whose work explores how information can be transformed into artistic and immersive experiences. Holding a Ph.D. in Data Science from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)\, he investigates the intersection of art\, artificial intelligence\, and visualization to reveal the hidden structures shaping our world.\n
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His practice treats data as a living material: something that can be sculpted\, animated\, and experienced. Through large-scale installations\, artistic data visualizations\, and interactive environments\, Benzi transforms complex datasets into narratives that engage both intellect and emotion.
\n \nBridging scientific inquiry and artistic expression\, his work proposes a new language for perceiving the systems that define contemporary life. He has collaborated with museums\, research institutions\, and corporate partners worldwide\, and his data art has been presented at international exhibitions and conferences\, earning recognition for its distinctive approach to visualizing complexity. URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/hpc-data-symphonies-by-dr-kirell-benzi/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260513T142858Z CREATED:20260506T212636Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T142858Z UID:24340-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:LOOPING by OLIVER KRUSE DESCRIPTION:LOOPING\nS+T+ARTS EC(H)O is funded by the European Union under the GA. 101135691\nFormat \nCatalogue of physical worksDocumentary film trailerPrint materials \nDate \n18. – 21.05.2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER\n \n by Oliver Kruse \nThe project\nOliver Kruse is undertaking the looping project\, which involves translating the aerodynamic morphology of the maple tree’s flying fruit into a structurally and aerodynamically refined large-scale flying sculpture. The physical artwork is planned to be an aluminum aircraft construction\, measuring 6 meters in length\, analogous to the size of an airplane wing. The artistic research utilizes collaboration with HLRS for aerodynamic simulation and parametric design exploration to digitally forecast the object’s flight behavior. The project involves prototyping and making three-dimensional models in various materials\, as well as developing video and drawing work\, as well as a “flight day” to test at least 20 objects\, examining how long they can be kept airborne and testing remote-controlled flight. \nThe artist\nOliver Kruse is a visual artist whose multidisciplinary work is inspired by architecture\, geometries\, and spatial environments\, encompassing both constructed and natural settings. His recent practice\, which includes large-scale urban sculpture and site-specific digitally generated projects\, explores the intersections of art\, nature\, and architecture\, challenging the traditional division between sculpture and architecture. A key element of his work is the critical investigation of virtual constructions\, where existing forms are digitally reconstructed and assembled in unexpected ways\, resulting in systems of interwoven\, non-hierarchic geometries. His project\, looping\, is a collaboration involving artistic research\, aerodynamic engineering\, and aircraft construction\, inspired by the effortless flight of the maple tree’s flying fruits. The goal is to translate the morphology of the maple fruit into a structurally\, aerodynamically\, and morphologically mature large-scale flying sculpture\, ultimately realized in aluminum aircraft construction in a size corresponding to an actual airplane wing (6 meters in length). URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/looping-by-oliver-kruse/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260513T142932Z CREATED:20260506T212122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T142932Z UID:24337-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:VR-TERROIR by BERNAT CUNÍ DESCRIPTION:VR-TERROIR\nS+T+ARTS EC(H)O is funded by the European Union under the GA. 101135691\nFormat \nMixed media installationTech Demo in CAVE \nDate \n18. – 21.05.2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER\n \n by Bernat Cuní \nThe project\nVR TERROIR challenges the standardization of digital culture by creating hyperlocal avatars that absorb and are shaped by their environments\, carrying their “lived experiences” like terroir. The project explores  how context (including data\, textures\, and local inputs) can alter a digital identity.\nOften\, virtual representations of users in digital contexts are treated as static assets and limited to predictable and controllable formal and behavioural parameters that fit within the rigid walled gardens of big tech.\nVR Terroir proposes dynamic systems that are rooted in their specific location\, history\, and context. \nThe work is a video of a character going through an environment that is made by synthetic materials built with HLRS data and Stuttgart’s physical environment. \nWith this vision and approach\, a working prototype within the pipelines and constraints of HLRS has been developed\, and opens a research direction for the creation of context-aware avatars. \nThe artist\nBernat Cuní is an artist who explores the digitization of objects and spaces by blending code\, crafts\, and robotics\, focusing on emerging technologies through a post-capitalist lens. Although he began as an industrial designer in 1999\, he later shifted toward research-based design focused on people\, citing disillusionment with the consumerist nature of producing physical goods. URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/vr-terroir-by-bernat-cuni/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260516T081801Z CREATED:20251126T123605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260516T081801Z UID:23771-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:theGATE Festival 2026 DESCRIPTION:theGATE Festival\nNever before has art been so close to science as it is now in the electronic age\nFormat \nExhibitionInstallationPerformance  \nDate \n18-22 may\, 2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER\n https://vimeo.com/1139261746 \nNever before has art been so close to science as it is now in the electronic age. Researchers at supercomputing centres\, universities and companies alike have been collaborating with artists through programs like S+T+ARTS and reaping the rewards for many years now. This festival exhibition pulls back the curtains on this unique mode of collaboration and the art-driven innovation it contributes to. \nAt the same time\, art finds itself increasingly estranged from its traditional media\, spaces and institutions. Computing technologies do not merely extend existing practices; they reconfigure how art relates to life and what art can be. \nThere is a new conception of humanity and nature–  and the changes are coming fast \n…We must be prepared for the transformations that lie ahead\,…We must systematically map and research current practices and trajectories\,…We must examine what artists are proposing as forms of cultural experimentation\,…We must track what scientists and engineers are advancing technically and epistemically\,…We must assess which artistic practices hold social relevance and civic potential\,…We must engage with philosophical inquiry about the ethical and conceptual ramifications \nPERFORMANCE\n\n Photo by: Bernd Weissbrod\nDANCE LAB\n\nThe Stuttgart Ballet’s Dance Lab Choreographed by Carlos Strasser \nDance Lab\nNormally\, music moves us\, but what happens when we move the music?
In this piece by Carlos Strasser\, movement becomes audible and music becomes visible. The familiar rules are questioned. \nThe space turns into a resonating body\, and the dancers move within it like strings inside a piano. The dancers of Stuttgart Ballet shape the evening as equal musicians\, creating an intimate and up close experience. \nDancers: Edoardo Russo\, Anya Donaghy\, Doğa Taskaya \nVita Carlos Strasser\nCarlos Strasser was born in Tübingen\, Germany\, and grew up in Rottenburg am Neckar. He began his ballet training in 2013 at the Ballet School Ciechoradzki in his hometown. One year later he went to Stuttgart to continue his education at the John Cranko School from which he graduated in 2024. \nFrom 2011 to 2014 he played the young Tarzan in the musical Tarzan\, in 2022 he was a dancer in Sanoja Cuerda’s Performance Cuerdas\, simple medida (Coreogego). The young man with many talents created his first Solo in 2022 and he not only choreographed but also composed the music. In 2023 Fantasie Impromptu for students of the John Cranko School premiered. One year later he presented Zwischen Wind und Asphalt at Noverre: Young Choreorgaphers and created not only the choreography\, the music and the Poem but also played the piano. \nIn 2023 he was the protagonist of the film documentation “Crankos Traum – Die Talentschmiede des Stuttgarter Balletts“. \nDuring the 2024/25 and 2025/26 seasons Carlos Strasser is an apprentice with the Stuttgart Ballet. \nExhibited Projects\n \nVR-Terroir\nby Bernat Cuní \nThe project\nBernat Cuní’s residency focuses on challenging the rampant standardization of digital culture by creating hyperlocal avatars that absorb and are shaped by their environments\, carrying their “lived experiences” like terroir. The objective is to visualize how context—including data\, textures\, and local inputs—can alter a digital identity. The work involves creating synthetic 3D materials from image inputs and extracting material qualities from HLRS’s scientific simulation visualizations. The artist is prototyping a behavioral pipeline where a 3D mesh is affected by different material properties based on proximity\, moving towards designing a minimum-viable-avatar mesh with a defined movement system. \nThe artist\nBernat Cuní is an artist who explores the digitization of objects and spaces by blending code\, crafts\, and robotics\, focusing on emerging technologies through a post-capitalist lens. Although he began as an industrial designer in 1999\, he later shifted toward research-based design focused on people\, citing disillusionment with the consumerist nature of producing physical goods. \n \nLooping\nby Oliver Kruse \nThe project\nOliver Kruse is undertaking the looping project\, which involves translating the aerodynamic morphology of the maple tree’s flying fruit into a structurally and aerodynamically refined large-scale flying sculpture. The physical artwork is planned to be an aluminum aircraft construction\, measuring 6 meters in length\, analogous to the size of an airplane wing. The artistic research utilizes collaboration with HLRS for aerodynamic simulation and parametric design exploration to digitally forecast the object’s flight behavior. The project involves prototyping and making three-dimensional models in various materials\, as well as developing video and drawing work\, as well as a “flight day” to test at least 20 objects\, examining how long they can be kept airborne and testing remote-controlled flight. \nThe artist\nOliver Kruse is a visual artist whose multidisciplinary work is inspired by architecture\, geometries\, and spatial environments\, encompassing both constructed and natural settings. His recent practice\, which includes large-scale urban sculpture and site-specific digitally generated projects\, explores the intersections of art\, nature\, and architecture\, challenging the traditional division between sculpture and architecture. A key element of his work is the critical investigation of virtual constructions\, where existing forms are digitally reconstructed and assembled in unexpected ways\, resulting in systems of interwoven\, non-hierarchic geometries. His project\, looping\, is a collaboration involving artistic research\, aerodynamic engineering\, and aircraft construction\, inspired by the effortless flight of the maple tree’s flying fruits. The goal is to translate the morphology of the maple fruit into a structurally\, aerodynamically\, and morphologically mature large-scale flying sculpture\, ultimately realized in aluminum aircraft construction in a size corresponding to an actual airplane wing (6 meters in length). \n \nHPC Data Symphonies\nby Dr. Kirell Benzi \nThe project\nDr. Kirell Benzi is developing HPC DATA SYMPHONIES\, a public-facing installation designed to make the invisible inner workings of the HLRS high-performance computing (HPC) center visible and understandable to non-specialist audiences. The artwork transforms live log data from HLRS’s HAWK supercomputer into an evolving digital landscape\, visualized as a heightfield where extruded cubes correspond to compute activity by scientific field (e.g.\, climate modeling\, AI\, materials science). The project’s goal is to move beyond conventional visualization by developing a composite visual language where visual parameters (like height\, shape\, texture\, color\, and rhythm) are directly tied to real metrics such as compute time and energy consumption\, ensuring the resulting landscape is expressive and data-driven. \nThe artist\nDr. Kirell Benzi is an award-winning data artist and AI researcher whose work explores how information can be transformed into artistic and immersive experiences. Holding a Ph.D. in Data Science from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)\, he investigates the intersection of art\, artificial intelligence\, and visualization to reveal the hidden structures shaping our world.\n


\nHis practice treats data as a living material: something that can be sculpted\, animated\, and experienced. Through large-scale installations\, artistic data visualizations\, and interactive environments\, Benzi transforms complex datasets into narratives that engage both intellect and emotion.
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\nBridging scientific inquiry and artistic expression\, his work proposes a new language for perceiving the systems that define contemporary life. He has collaborated with museums\, research institutions\, and corporate partners worldwide\, and his data art has been presented at international exhibitions and conferences\, earning recognition for its distinctive approach to visualizing complexity. \n \nMerging Visions\nby Merve Şahin \nThe project\nMerve Şahin’s Merging Visions project addresses the challenge of communicating the transformation of the Salzburg Festival site by reimagining digital twins through artistic and immersive storytelling. The core concept is “Expanded Immersive Twins\,” extending digital twins to incorporate cultural\, ecological\, and historical layers of the heritage-protected urban environment. The project involves a mixed reality installation where 3D models and scans of the site and its archives are transformed into speculative digital landscapes. The technical output includes developing tangible user interfaces (physical models augmented with digital layers via AR sensors) that enable users to physically interact with and navigate the virtual content\, translating scientific datasets (like user movement and geological structures) into interactive visualizations. \nThe artist\nMerve Şahin is a Vienna-based architect and researcher who specializes in using architectural and digital representation techniques as a medium for visual storytelling. Her work aims to uncover the socio-political and historic layers embedded in public spaces by creating immersive drawings and animations that reveal both tangible and intangible layers of the built environment. Her mediums include parametric 3D-modeling\, vectoral mappings\, digital renderings\, and data visualizations\, which she uses to explore the digital turn’s impact on public spaces through speculative\, engaging digital formats. Her residency project\, Merging Visions\, focuses on transforming urban digital twins into exploratory digital installations that can be experienced by audiences using XR technologies (Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality). By applying this approach to the Salzburg Festival use case\, she aims to overlay physical spaces with electronic data to bring the rich historical\, social\, and cultural layers of urban environments to life. \n \nThe Perfect Perfect Dirty\nby Johanna Bruckner \nThe project\nJohanna Bruckner is pursuing research at the intersection of AI\, queer theory\, ecology\, and posthumanism\, focusing on the interface between the body\, affect\, and technology from the perspective of quantum physics. The project addresses the deconstructive and corporeal nature of interfaces in algorithmic systems\, employing a critical perspective rooted in queer-feminist and post-digital conceptions of the body. As a major outcome\, the artist is conceiving of art objects based on research from the Institute of Quantum Materials at TU Dresden\, combining processes like 3D-printing\, silicone\, glass craftsmanship\, and new materials derived from quantum research. The work also includes developing a multi-channel video installation incorporating new software based on Artificial Intelligence and methods from Large Action Modelling related to incalculable mechanisms in medicine and finance. Furthermore\, the artist is prototyping choreographic scores for the development of digital avatars based on AI research. \nThe artist\nAn artist born in 1984 in Vienna\, Austria\, who studied fine arts\, cultural studies\, and social anthropology across multiple international institutions. Her artistic output—including film installations\, performative scripts\, and writings—explores the tensions at the core of socio-political issues\, specifically focusing on biopolitics and queerness within the framework of late capitalism. She also uses collaborative performative design as an organizing principle for social practice and reflection. Her project\, The Perfect Perfect Dirty\, aims to closely investigate Artificial Intelligence technologies and their potential to complexify and diversify\, primarily by challenging the prevailing myth that digital systems are clean\, reliable\, and free of contamination. Bruckner seeks to modify the parameters through which information is weaponized against queer and other intersectional minorities\, instead establishing “dirtiness” as an ontology for queer AI to develop a more-than-human future coexistence. The research will manifest as a science-fiction based scenario featuring a new video installation and related objects that activate an immersive space\, showcasing fictional characters navigating co-contaminated embodiment with AI-based interfaces. \n \nThere Is No Such Thing as a Fish\nby Carolyn Kirschner \nThe project\nCarolyn Kirschner’s residency project\, There Is No Such Thing as a Fish\, is an artistic investigation into the zebrafish as a model organism in scientific research\, examining its socio-cultural significance and speculating on possible interspecies futures. What does it mean to use the body of one species as a model or stand-in for another? What are the implications of efforts to bring zebrafish’s regenerative abilities into the human body? Are we becoming part fish? Or maybe we always have been? \nWorking with Physics of Life researchers from TUD Dresden University of Technology\, the project engages with a search for the foundational principles underpinning life\, and the interplay of living systems with computational processes. One of the project outcomes is a short film\, which documents a range of interconnected cultural\, material\, and ecological landscapes where human and zebrafish worlds collide – from a petri dish in the lab\, to pet shops\, server farms\, rivers and rice paddies in India. The project also leverages advanced computational methods to produce a speculative anatomical model\, based on digital reconstructions of the last common ancestor between humans and zebrafish 425 million years ago. \nThe artist\nCarolyn Kirschner is a designer and researcher with a background in architecture. Her work explores the growing entanglements of ecologies and machines in the context of the climate crisis\, working with scientific tools\, simulation engines\, digital fabrication\, and film to produce fragments from alternate or expanded worlds. She is a Lecturer at Goldsmiths\, University of London\, and previously taught at Parsons School of Design in New York. \nHer S+T+ARTS residency project There Is No Such Thing as a Fish was developed in collaboration with scientists from the Physics of Life Cluster of Excellence at TUD Dresden University of Technology. Through film and creative applications of advanced computational methods\, the project explores interspecies dimensions of biomedical research and the role zebrafish play in the search for the underlying physical laws and mathematical equations that govern life. \n \nAFRICAN INTELLIGENCE\nby Hadassa Ngamba \nThe project\nHadassa Ngamba will undertake an artist-in-residence program at the HLRS facilities in the week leading up to theGATE. We are excited to see what this collaboration will produce and are looking forward to finding that out during the exhibition along with our visitors. \nThe artist\nHadassa Ngamba is a visual artist with a postgraduate degree from HISK (Higher Institute for Fine Arts)\, Ghent\, Belgium. Her practice brings art\, history\, science and ancestral knowledge systems into dialogue. Working across painting\, sculpture\, photography\, performance and digital media\, she investigates questions of power\, memory and materiality. Drawing on her background in criminology\, she examines historical and contemporary networks of power with analytical precision\, with particular attention to maps\, trade routes and extractive systems. Her current research places two forms of AI — African Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence — in dialogue\, creating a framework through which to reconsider technology\, knowledge\, materiality and sovereignty. In her recent works\, Congolese minerals are transformed into pigments\, allowing matter itself to carry history\, tension and renewal. Her work is held in public and private collections\, including S.M.A.K.\, the Banque Nationale de Belgique\, IKOB\, Morgan Stanley Bank\, the EKARD Collection and Zeno X Gallery. \n \nMerz Akademie\nMIRROR MACHINE\nby Sofija Cvetkovic and Leni Aigner\, students of Merz Akademie\, University of Applied Art\, Design\, and Media\, Stuttgart \nInteractive installation\, 2026. This work explores the fragile relationship between human identity and algorithmic systems. What appears to reflect us begins to reshape us. Through an immersive installation of AI-generated video\, sound and interaction\, the project stages a psychological space where humans and technologies dissolve into one another. By inviting visitors to submit their own image\, the work turns participation into exposure. MIRROR MACHINE questions authorship\, dependency and control; does the algorithm mirror us\, or do we now mirror the algorithm without realizing it? \nTHE CRITICAL ENGINEERING MANIFESTO\nby Danja Vasiliev\, professor for Emerging Media at Merz Akademie\, University of Applied Art\, Design\, and Media\, Stuttgart and co-authors \nPrint\, 2011. The Critical Engineering Manifesto is a call to treat engineering as a site of political and ethical responsibility – arguing that every technology encodes ideology\, and that the Critical Engineer’s task is not merely to build but to study\, expose\, and subvert the systems that shape human agency. \n \nOnly available on Monday and Tuesday \nSANTA MUERTE\nby MAURICIO VALDÉS SAN EMETERIO \nThe project\nA few blocks separate two cathedrals in the historic center of Mexico City: Saint Michael Archangel\, its atrium filling each Sunday with a brass band and the smell of copal; and the Lebanese Maronite Cathedral\, where the liturgy is sung in Aramaic\, the language of Christ’s own prayers. A few streets further\, in the working-class neighborhood of Tepito\, devotees gather for the Rosario Viviente a la Santa Muerte — the Living Rosary — hands clasped before a skeletal figure draped in the colors of the Virgin. \nThis piece inhabits that triangle. \n Santa Muerte is built from field recordings made during a residency at Casa Vecina\, Fundación Carlos Slim\, in 2015\, in close collaboration with artist Miguel Mesa\, whose recordings are woven throughout the work. The dramatic arc is cinematic: a Catholic Mass erupts into the noise of the city; a procession moves through the streets; the Aramaic chant of the Maronite rite folds into the crowd’s devotion for a saint the official Church refuses to recognize. The space of the city — its chaos\, its echo\, its layers of faith — becomes the compositional material. \nSanta Muerte is the outcast of Mexican religiosity and\, in that sense\, a near-perfect metaphor for acousmatic music itself. Both belong to the same lineage — one to Catholicism\, the other to the Western concert tradition — and both are treated by their parent institutions as aberrant\, undisciplined\, too street-level to be taken seriously. Santa Muerte draws together pre-Hispanic iconography\, Catholic ritual\, and a fierce sense of collective belonging into a coherent cosmology that needs no institutional approval to function. Acousmatic music does something analogous: it composes with sound in space and time\, extends Cage’s re-definition of music to its logical conclusion\, and finds most of its audience among the misfits who never felt at home in the concert hall to begin with. \nThe piece is structured around space as a narrative voice. Sound does not merely illustrate — it locates. The listener is placed inside a moving geography: inside the nave\, on the street corner\, in the middle of the rosary. At theGATE Festival\, the work is diffused through an experimental speaker system directed toward the architecture of the room\, using the surfaces of HLRS’s space as an acoustic instrument. The piece does not reproduce the city; it lets the city pass through the room. \nThe artist\nMedia artist/composer and Head of R&D at Heka Art and Science Lab—expert in immersive audio technologies and computer-assisted sound creation. \n \nDUETTO AT theGATE FESTIVAL 2026\nby ALESSANDRO LONDEI & DENISE LANZIERI \nThe project\nAs part of theGATE Festival 2026\, Duetto\, a research project by Sony CSL – Rome\, will be presented as an exploration of the relationship between artificial intelligence and human movement. The project resonates strongly with the context of theGATE\, a festival dedicated to the convergence of science\, technology\, arts and society\, and to the new forms of cultural experimentation emerging at their intersections. \nDuetto approaches the body as a form of language. In this perspective\, postures become elementary units\, while movement unfolds as a complex and expressive sequence\, much like meaning emerging through words and sentences. But the project does more than describe motion: it seeks to recognize relations\, possibilities and transformations within gesture\, opening a space in which AI can not only interpret movement\, but also respond to it in creative ways. \nDance provides the ideal ground for this exploration. It is a field in which technique\, intention\, memory\, listening\, variation and invention coexist in constant tension\, making visible the richness and complexity of embodied expression. In this context\, Duetto does not imagine artificial intelligence as a passive tool\, nor as a system meant to replace performers or choreographers. Instead\, it proposes AI as a creative interlocutor: a responsive presence capable of engaging in a real-time exchange with the moving body and suggesting new possibilities in return. \nAt the heart of Duetto lies a genuinely human-in-the-loop vision. The human performer does not simply initiate the process but continuously shapes and redirects what the system understands and proposes. In this sense\, the project opens a wider reflection on creativity itself\, asking how AI might expand human expressive capacity rather than substitute it. What emerges is not a model of replacement\, but one of dialogue: a way of thinking about intelligence\, invention and embodiment as shared\, dynamic processes. \nFor its presentation at theGATE Festival\, Duetto will also be accompanied by an interactive installation inviting the public to engage directly with a dancing AI. Visitors will not only observe the project\, but enter a live encounter with it\, experiencing movement as a space of exchange between human presence and machine interpretation. \nIn this way\, Duetto speaks directly to the spirit of the festival. By bringing together artistic research\, scientific inquiry and technological experimentation\, it offers an example of how collaborations across disciplines can generate new questions\, new forms\, and new ways of imagining the relationship between humans and intelligent systems. As theGATE Festival continues to explore future boundaries\, Duetto contributes to this reflection by approaching the body not as something to be reduced to data\, but as a living source of knowledge\, creativity and transformation. \nThe artists\nDuetto is a project led by Alessandro Londei and Denise Lanzieri\, researchers at Sony CSL – Rome\, with Milena Di Canio leading its cultural and communication dimension; it is mentored by Vittorio Loreto\, Director at Sony CSL – Rome. \n Day 1 | 18 – May \nEVENING\n\nS+T+ARTSECHO Project STARTS\nART & MusicPerformance LED Wall\nMerz Akademie – University of Applied Arts\, Design and MediaAI Installation\n\n Day 2 | 19 – May \nEVENING\n\nS+T+ARTSECHO Project STARTS\nART & MusicPerformance LED Wall\nMerz Akademie – University of Applied Arts\, Design and MediaAI Installation\nSONY LABAI Installation\nState Theater StuttgartAI + Theater\n\n Day 3 | 20 – May \nEVENING\n\nS+T ARTSECHO Project STARTS\nART & MusicPerformance LED Wall\nMerz Akademie – University of Applied Arts\, Design and MediaAI Installation\nSONY LABAI Installation\nFundación Épica La Fura dels BausJavier Iglesias Gracia\nState Theater StuttgartAI + Theater\n\n Day 4 | 21 – May \nEVENING\n\nS+T+ARTSECHO Project STARTS\nART & MusicPerformance LED Wall\nMerz Akademie – University of Applied Arts\, Design and MediaAI Installation\nSONY LABAI Installation\nS+T+ARTSHungry Ecocities\, Musae und Resilience\nArtist Hadassa NgambaCollaboration: HLRS + Living Atlas + AI (African Intelligence)\n\n Day 5 | 22 – May \nMORNING\n\nS+T ARTSECHO Project STARTS\nART & MusicPerformance LED Wall\nMerz Akademie – University of Applied Arts\, Design and MediaAI Installation\nSONY LABAI Installation\n\n REGISTER URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/thegate-festival-2026/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Festival END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260518 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260523 DTSTAMP:20260515T183803Z CREATED:20251126T104134Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260515T183803Z UID:23684-1779062400-1779494399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:eCulture Convention DESCRIPTION:eCulture CONVENTION 2026\nTHE CONVENTION IS A PLATFORM FOR EXPERTS FROM THE CULTURE AND CREATIVE INDUSTRIES TO DISCUSS NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN ART\, CULTURE AND ECONOMY\nFormat \nPanels with multidisciplinary experts and stakeholder to introduce strategic concepts and mission for the current Research and Innovation ecosystem and the overall society – 45 min. \nRegister \nRegistration for the eCulture Convention is mandatory. \nDate \n18-22 may\, 2026 \nLocation \nHLRS | Stuttgart \n REGISTER \nThis professional event promotes debate\, discussion and reflection on the challenges and opportunities in the confluence of art\, science\, technology and society as a key driver to face and envision the future. Leading international figures from disciplines such as science\, artificial intelligence\, creative economy\, quantum computing\, the humanities and art will participate in the event\, proposing meeting points between disciplines. \nFORMATS\nPanels with multidisciplinary experts and stakeholder to introduce strategic concepts and mission for the current Research and Innovation ecosystem and the overall society – 45 min. \nInteractive and participatory Messy Studios – format with tables and one moderator\, continue the discussion about the topic\, create momentum\, connections and take decisions between people and organisations about the role of multidisciplinary art\, science\, technology and society R+D+I ecosystems\, in shaping the future of Europe. \nPROGRAMME\n Day 1 | 18 – May \nWelcome to theGATE\n15:00 – Doors Open \n16:00 – Welcome SpeechesModerated by Andrea Seehusen\, IAM Art Advisor \nProf. Dr. Michael Resch\, Director HLRSMatthias Hauser\, Head of the Department Culture & Creative Industries HLRS\, CCO MSC \n16:15 – Keynote: „The Universe is Computing“Prof. Dr. Michael Resch\, Director HLRS \n16:45 – Keynote: „HPC and AI Factory HammerHAI“ \nDr. Ing. Bastian Koller\, CEO HLRS 17:15 – Keynote: “Quantum phenomena/Art and Quantum”Prof. Dr. Tommaso Calarco\, Director\, Institute for Quantum Control PGI-8 18:00 – 21:00theGATE Festival ExhibitionOptional: Guided tour of the Supercomputing Room + Immersive CAVE System 19:00 – Dance LabThe Stuttgart Ballet’s Dance Lab Choreographed by Carlos Strasser \n Day 2 | 19 – May \nShaping the digital humanities: Computational cultures in transition\n10:00 – Keynote: “Threads & Rifts – Making Sense of Computational Culture”Peter Friess\, Senior official of the European Commission at DG CONNECT and the STARTS11:00 – Messy Studio: “Threads & Rifts: Making Sense of Computational Culture”Moderated by Peter Friess\, with input from: \n\n\n\nMichael Resch\, HLRS\nAlistair Hudson\, ZKM Karlsruhe\nFco. Javier Iglesias Garcia\, Fundacion Epica La Fura Dels Baus\nAlexander Mankowsky\nDenise Lanzieri\, Sony CSL\n\n\n\n12:30 – Lunch  \n14:00 – 14:45 – Keynote:“Art and Algorithm: Research Summary (2021–2024)“Marcos Cuzziol\, University São Paulo \n14:45- 15:45 – Panel:“AI or IC? Artificial intelligence or intelligent culture? Exploring the significance and interconnections of digital and cultural sovereignty“ \n\n\n\nSven Meyer\, State Theatre Stuttgart\nMatthias Pfeffer\, Council for European Public Space\nMarkus Korselt\, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra\n\n\n\n16:00 – 16:30 – Keynote:“Theatre in Public Spaces“Lokstoff Stuttgart Theatre Group in Public Spaces \n16:30 – 17:15 – Panel: “Performance Art & Technology & Research and Society”Moderated by: Sven Meyer\, State Theatre Stuttgart. Panelists:  \n\n\n\nMauricio Valdés\, PiNA / HEKA Lab\nAlessandro Londei\, Sony CSL\nFco. Javier Iglesias Garcia\, Fundacion Epica La Fura Dels Baus\n\n\n\n17:15 – Keynote:“Stuttgart Moving Image Center“Lars Henrik Gass\, SMIC (f.k.a. House of Film & Media) \n18:00 – 21:00 \ntheGATE Festival Exhibition \n Day 3 | 20 – May \nAR2B – ARTISTIC RESEARCH TO BUSINESS\nAR2B – Artistic Research to Business aims to bridge the gap between artistic inquiry and real-world innovation – turning research-driven creativity into future business applications. By connecting artists\, researchers\, creative intermediaries\, and AI pioneers across Europe\, AR2B invites innovation leaders to experience how artistic research can create social and economic value and to discover how artistic intelligence is reshaping the future of AI infrastructure – in showcases\, high-level panels\, and hands-on exchange. \nMore info (PDF) \n10:00 – Impulse & Exchange: “Meet the EIT Culture & Creativity” \n\nAnette Schäfer (CEO\, EIT Culture & Creativity)\nAlexander Diesenreiter  (Business Development Manager\, EIT Culture & Creativity) \nRolf Hughes (Education Director\, EIT Culture & Creativity) \n\n11:30 – Panel: “Building the Ground for AR2B: Creative Innovation Alliances with MSC – Media Solution Center and ICE Germany – Innovation by Creative Economy” (DE) \nModerated by Anna Christmann (SAI Europe) \n  \n\nAndreas Wierse\, MSC/ SICOS\nEgbert Rühl\, ICE/ Kreativgesellschaft Hamburg\nJens Krzywinski\, ICE/ TU Dresden\nLina Longhitano\, MSC/ HLRS\nMichael Zyder\, NXTGN\n\n12:30 – Lunch \n14:00 – Panel: “Advantage Europe: How Artistic Research Shapes Next-Gen AI Infrastructure” \nModerated by: Claudia Jericho (MSC) & Rolf Hughes (Education Director\, EIT Culture & Creativity)  \n\nAli Hossaini\, King’s College London / IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers\nAnette Schäfer\, EIT Culture & Creativity\nDavid Crombie\, University of the Arts Utrecht\nMichael Schwab\, SAR – Society for Artistic Research  / JAR – Journal for Artistic Research\nSoenke Zehle\, xm:lab / K8 Institut für strategische Ästhetik / Deutsches Forschungszentrum für KI\n\n15:45 – Keynote: “How Ars Electronica drives AR2B”Veronika Liebl\, Ars Electronica  \n16:15 – Presentations & Exchange: “From AR to AI: Artistic Intelligence in Practice” \nModerated by: Rolf Hughes (Education Director\, EIT Culture & Creativity) & Claudia Jericho (MSC)  \n  \n\nFranco Ripa di Meana\, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma\nGwendolin Kremer\, TUD Dresden University of Technology\nJohanna Bruckner\, Lucerne University of Design\, Film & Art / University of Applied Sciences Vorarlberg\nMatthias Stroezel\, SSC Services GmbH\n\n18:00 – 21:00theGATE Festival Exhibition \n Day 4 | 21 – May \nWhen the Invisible Speaks: Art\, Science & the Frontiers of the Real\nReality is microscopic. Human perception is not. In aproaching this central tension posed by quantum physics we should not (always) trust common sense. The panel will  explore how art\, science\, and technology can approach this tension. \n10:00 – Setting the Stage:Ralph Dum\, How can physics inspire art? How can art inspire physics? \nThe Lab as Studio — The Studio as Lab: How do you visualise phenomena that are\, by definition\, impossible to see — phenomena that contradict our very understanding of the world? \n\n\n\nEveline Domnitch\, Dmitry Gelfand\, and Robert Loew present works — among them Camera Lucida and Force Field — that don’t simply lllustrate physics\, but make it a sensory experience. They show how the interior life of a laboratory can become an artistic atelier.\nKarl Jansen follows with a scientist’s perspective on the deep links between research and artistic practice at DESY\, one of Europe’s leading particle physics centres.\n\n\n \nInstitutional perspectives 1\n\nGiulia Bini is sharing how CERN is actively embedding artistic practice into hard science environments.\n\n\n\n11:15 – Break \n11:30 – Institutional perspectives 2 \n\n\n\nBettina Kames (LAS Foundation) presents how quantum phenomena have become a central theme in LAS installations over the past years.\nMartin Rauchbauer (Austrian Ministry of Foreign Affairs) introduces a pioneering ministry initiative ‘creative entanglement’ connecting artistic residencies with quantum research.\n\n\n\nPanel : All speakers join a closing panel moderated by Ralph Dum How can art and science engage in genuine dialogue — and to what end? What type of instruments are best suited to move such a dialogue forward? \n12:30 – Lunch \n14:00 – Panel: “Technological and political sovereignty”Moderated by Prof. Dr. Andreas Kaminski  \n\n\n\nProf. Dr. Marcus Düwell\, TU Darmstadt\nPam Dixon\, World Privacy Forum\nSrđan Prodanović\, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory\nZeljko Radinkovic\, Institute for Philosophy and Social Theory\n\n\n\n16:00 – “AI – African Intelligence” \n\nWelcome & Diagnostic\n\nRalph Dum\n\n\nThe Artistic POV\n\nHadassa Ngamba\, Artist\nDr. Uwe Wössner\, HLRS\n\n\nThe Philosophical & Technical POV\n\nVittorio Loreto\, Sony CSL\nProf. Dr. Andreas Kaminski\, TU Darmstadt\n\n\nThe Politics of Access: Towards Digital Sovereignty\n\nDarius Bamwene Solo\, Université Joseph Kasa-Vubu\, Boma\, DRC\nMartin Rauchbauer\, Austrian Foreign Ministry\n\n\n\n 18:00 – 21:00theGATE Festival ExhibitionIncluding a special performance: “African Intelligence” by Hadassa Ngamba \n Day 5 | 22 – May \ntheGATE 2027-2028\ntheGATE 2027 – ALL INIn conversation with Matthias Hauser\, Michael Resch and Bastian Koller \ntheGATE Festival Exhibition \n REGISTER URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/eculture-convention/ LOCATION:HLRS – Stuttgart\, Germany CATEGORIES:Convention END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241028 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241030 DTSTAMP:20241024T063134Z CREATED:20240909T215209Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241024T063134Z UID:22016-1730073600-1730246399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:THE GATE PRO DESCRIPTION:THE GATE PRO\nA reflection and discussion on future boundaries\nLocation \nFundación Épica La Fura dels Baus \nFull capacity\nDate \n28 & 29 October 2024\, from 10:00h to 21:00h \nhttps://vimeo.com/1007371741 \nThe Gate Pro is a professional event that promotes debate\, discussion and reflection on the challenges and opportunities in the confluence of art\, science\, technology and society as a key driver to face and envision the future. Leading international figures from disciplines such as marine sciences\, architecture\, urban planning\, climate change\, artificial intelligence and art will participate in the event\, proposing meeting points between disciplines. The following themes will be addressed during the event: \n_The future boundary of cities _The future boundary of Science\, Technology\, Art and Society for disruptive R+D+I_The future boundary of humans and technology_The future boundary between CCIs and the new Digital Economy_One Health_Future boundary between Work\, Education and Society URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/the-gate-pro/ LOCATION:Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus CATEGORIES:Exposition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thegate-festival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/the-gate-pro-photo-event-01.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241026 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241028 DTSTAMP:20241001T175220Z CREATED:20240909T212853Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T175220Z UID:22007-1729900800-1730073599@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:AIR S+T+ARTS FESTIVAL DESCRIPTION:AIR S+T+ARTS Festival\nShowcasing the connection between science\, technology\, art and society\nLocation \nFundación Épica La Fura dels Baus \nDate \n26 & 27 october\, from 18:30h to 23:30h \n REGISTER\n https://vimeo.com/1001558243 \nIn today’s rapidly evolving\, science-driven society\, the need for meaningful connections between science\, technology\, and art is crucial. The AIR Festival is a groundbreaking event showcasing the visionary work of 10 international artists in collaboration with scientists exploring two key themes: resilient interspecies urban ecosystems and Human-AI interactions\, offering innovative and artistic perspectives on shaping sustainable futures. \nThe Festival is organized under the S+T+ARTS AIR project and takes place from October 26th to 27th 2024\, in Badalona (Barcelona). \nThis two-day event will showcase the work of the resident artists and provide a unique platform for dialogue and exchange between different fields of expertise around the complex and multifaceted concept of air—its significance\, its impact\, and its potential to inspire change. \n REGISTER\n \nMEET THE ARTISTS\nThe AIR Festival is designed for the audience to experience how these artists are pushing the boundaries of creativity\, merging art with science and technology to tackle some of today’s most pressing environmental and societal issues. Through their work\, they aim to make the unseen visible\, bridging the gap between human experiences and the natural and technological worlds. \nThe event offers the possibility to: \n\nExperience innovative exhibitions.Immerse yourself in the exhibitions as a result of an art-science residencies that transcend disciplinary boundaries\, showcasing cutting-edge ideas and visionary concepts that address the challenges of the future.\n\n\nBe an active part of art-science experiments.Participate\, interact and play a key role in groundbreaking collaborations where art and science converge. The exhibitions will allow you to experience first-hand the innovative art-science solutions on the theme of air presented by 10 international artists together with researchers in science and technology.\n\n\nBe part of a vibrant ecosystem anticipating the future.Be part of a dynamic community at the cutting edge of anticipating and shaping future trends\, contributing to an innovative and forward-thinking environment.\n\nMeet the partners of the AIR Festival\nThe AIR Festival is organised by Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus in collaboration with other seven consortium partners from five EU countries. The S+T+ARTS Regional Centers act as catalysts for artistic experiments\, residencies\, knowledge transfer sessions\, workshops\, and the production of the AIR festival. \nMeet the partners dedicated to fostering art-driven innovation: \n_High-Performance Computing Center Stuttgart\, Germany_Barcelona Supercomputing Center\, Spain_Association for Culture and Education PiNA\, Slovenia_Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus\, Spain_In4Art\, Netherlands_Sony Computer Science Laboratories – Rome\, Italy_RCR LAB·A\, Spain_The Media Solution Center Baden Württemberg e.V.\, Germany \n\nMore information about the AIR S+T+ARTS project URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/air-starts-festival/ LOCATION:Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus CATEGORIES:Exposition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thegate-festival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/AIR-photo-event-01.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241014 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241015 DTSTAMP:20241004T193233Z CREATED:20241003T194142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241004T193233Z UID:23318-1728864000-1728950399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:QUANTUM ART AND UNCERTAINTY DESCRIPTION:Quantum Art and Uncertainty\nA Masterclass by Dr. Paul Thomas\nLocation \nFundación Épica La Fura dels Baus \nDate \n14 October 2024\, from 19:00h \nThe session will be held in English with simultaneous translation services. \n REGISTER \nQuantum Art and Uncertainty by Paul Thomas\nThe New Art Foundation and Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus\, in collaboration with HacTe\, present within the framework of The Gate Festival\, Quantum Art and Uncertainty\, a masterclass exploring the intersections between art and science through the perspective of Dr. Paul Thomas\, a pioneer in transdisciplinary practice working at the convergence of nanoscience\, quantum theory\, and fine arts. \nThomas\, a Professor of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Art and Design at the University of New South Wales in Sydney\, will present a comparative study of art and physics\, focusing on the effects of quantum phenomena since 1900 on art and culture\, offering insights and models to facilitate the transdisciplinary development of alternative fields and discourses. \nBy comparing the lineage of art and quantum physics\, Thomas proposes to show in this session how artists have adopted concepts of quantum phenomena in their practice\, questioning the role of the observer and how they influence what they see and experience when measuring the world. The importance of analogies in both art and physics will be revealed by examining how thought experiments like Schrödinger’s Cat and Quantum Immortality raised issues between the use of language in science and the power of probabilities in art. \n\n \n 2015 Quantum Consciousness and Richard Feynman\n\n 2015 Quantum Consciousness and Richard Feynman\n\n \n Midas\nA review of his works such as Midas\, Nanoessence\, Quantum Consciousness\, and Quantum Chaos will provide a window into his creative methodology\, which seeks to translate the invisible and intangible world of the microscopic into accessible aesthetic experiences. \nThe session will conclude with a general discussion on the changing perceptions of science and art. \nThe masterclass will take place on October 14 at 7:00 PM at Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus. It will be held in English with simultaneous translation services. Pre-registration is required. \n ABOUT DR. PAUL THOMAS​ URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/quantum-art-and-uncertainty/ LOCATION:Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus CATEGORIES:Exposition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thegate-festival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/side-event-quantum-art-paul-thomas-Horizon-Europe.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241008 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241009 DTSTAMP:20241002T155352Z CREATED:20241001T180558Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241002T155352Z UID:23298-1728345600-1728431999@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:GUIDED TOUR BY JOHN PALMESINO​ DESCRIPTION:GUIDED TOUR BY JOHN PALMESINO\nOCEANS IN TRANSFORMATION\, A PROJECT BY TERRITORIAL AGENCY COMMISSIONED BY TBA21–ACADEMY\nDate \n8 October 2024\, from 19:00h \nLocation \nMoll de CapitaniaFundación Épica La Fura dels Baus \n REGISTER\n https://vimeo.com/956719159 \nThe ocean is a sensorium: it records the transformations of the earth in its complex dynamics\, and it inscribes back in the forms of life its own cycles. Today\, the global ocean is rapidly changing its circulations\, energies\, interactions\, and ecologies. It is the most dynamic and sensitive component of our living planet\, yet the most unknown. The ocean is in a new phase of its non-linear history\,shaped by the intensification of the impact of human activities on the earth system—the Anthropocene. \n REGISTER URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/oceans-in-transformation-guided-tour-by-john-palmesino/ LOCATION:Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus CATEGORIES:Exposition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thegate-festival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/side-event-guided-tour-john-palmesino.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20241002 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241003 DTSTAMP:20241001T181908Z CREATED:20240910T170406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241001T181908Z UID:22369-1727827200-1727913599@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:INFODAY EIT / CREATIVE EUROPE / HORIZON EUROPE DESCRIPTION:Infoday EIT / Creative Europe / Horizon Europe\nEuropean funding for cultural cooperation info session. Arts\, culture\, science and technology projects\nFormat \nInfoday Conference Cluster II​ \nDate \n2 October 2024\, from 10:00h to 14:00h \nLocation \nFundación Épica La Fura dels Baus \nREGISTER \nThe European Commission supports the cultural and creative sectors through different programmes and initiatives. In this conference\, we will learn about the main funding lines of two European programmes\, Creative Europe – Culture sub-programme – and Cluster 2 Culture\, Creativity and Inclusive Society of Horizon Europe\, with special emphasis on the existing opportunities for projects that combine art\, culture\, science and technology. In addition\, there will be case studies of beneficiary projects\, and a session where suggestions and recommendations for submitting a proposal to the Creative Europe Culture European Cooperation Projects call for proposals will be shared. We will also learn about the work of the EIT – European Institute of Innovation and Technology and its actions for European cooperation. \nProgramme:\n10:00 – 10:45 h. Creative Europe Culture funding lines \nIsabel Pérez Gálvez\nTécnica – Oficina Europa Creativa Cultura\nMinisterio de Cultura \n10:45 – 11:45 h. Horizon Europe Cluster 2 Funding Lines \nAïda Díaz Sáez\nCluster 2 National Contact Point\nDepartamento de Investigación e Innovación – Generalitat de Catalunya \n_____\nUse case: Project SCENE: Searchable multi-dimensional Data Lakes supporting Cognitive Film Production & Distribution for the Promotion of the European Cultural Heritage \nFrancisco Javier Iglesias Gracia\nGeneral Manager\nFundación Épica la Fura dels Baus \n11:45 h. EIT Culture and Creativity\, innovation ecosystem in the cultural and creative industries \nÁurea Rodríguez\nDirector\nEIT Culture&Creativity CLC SouthWest \n12:00 h. Coffee break\n12:30 –13:15 h. Focus: Creative Europe Culture European Cooperation Projects. Requirements and recommendations \nIsabel Pérez Gálvez\nTécnica – Oficina Europa Creativa Cultura\nMinisterio de Cultura \n13:15 –13:45 h. Use Case: Project Biofriction. Cultural transformations through Hybrid Spaces \nLaura Benítez Valero\nArtistic Director\nHangar \n13:45 – 14:00 h. Q&A \nEnd of session \nREGISTER URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/infoday-day-creative-europe/ LOCATION:Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus CATEGORIES:Exposition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thegate-festival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/side-event-infoday-EIT-Creative-Europe-Horizon-Europe.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240927 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240929 DTSTAMP:20240923T175118Z CREATED:20240909T210614Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240923T175118Z UID:21997-1727395200-1727567999@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:EUROPEAN PERFORMING SCIENCE NIGHT DESCRIPTION:European Performing Science Night (EPSN)\nExperimentation and discussion on natural and artificial ecosystems\nLocation \nFundación Épica La Fura dels Baus \nDate \n27 & 28 september\, from 20:00h to 22:00h \nMore info \nFundación Épica \n REGISTER\n https://vimeo.com/1007623867 \nEuropean Performing Science Night (EPSN) is an art and science event framed within the European Performing Science Program (EPSP) project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 101162558. The project\, which is based on the combination of scientific excellence and performing arts as a common language\, involves the Computer Vision Center (CVC)\, the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM) and the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). The aim of this initiative is to reduce the distance between science and society\, bringing the public closer to researchers and their work\, the benefits they bring to society and their impact on everyday life in an experiential and emotional way. \nEPSN starts from an ongoing process\, a workshop in which around 25 creatives and different research groups in science and technology participate. Ecosystems\, both natural and artificial are addressed as a main theme. On the one hand\, digital systems driven by Artificial Intelligence have reached an authoritative role that guides and\, in many cases\, imposes our way of life in society. Our daily decisions are driven by these technological systems\, which in turn are led by industry and business. What we eat\, what we like\, where we work and how we live are decided or influenced by invisible networks of algorithms. \nOn the other hand\, natural ecosystems remain fundamental to the survival and well-being of all species\, including humans. As digital systems become increasingly integrated into our lives\, it is crucial to understand how these two types of ecosystems interact and coexist. \nThe workshop focuses on exploring these complex dynamics\, seeking strategies to foster a harmonious coexistence between natural and artificial ecosystems. \nThe collaboration between science and technology researchers and creatives leads them to present an event on 27 and 28 September that combines different languages and disciplines\, where the role of the audience is reconsidered. \n \nFinally\, EPSN is part of the European Researchers’ Night\, a scientific dissemination project promoted by the European Commission that has been held simultaneously in almost 400 European cities since 2005. In Spain\, there are seven projects funded by the Commission for the years 2024 and 2025\, in addition to two other associated projects. \nMeet the partners of European Performing Science Night\nThe European Performing Science Night is led by Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus in collaboration with other three consortium partners from Spain. \nMeet the partners dedicated to promoting the initiative: \n\n\nInstitut de Ciències del Mar – CSIC \n\n\nUniversitat Oberta de Catalunya \n\n\nCentre de Visió per Computador \n\n\nMore information about the EPSN event & EPSP official website URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/european-performing-science-night/ LOCATION:Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus CATEGORIES:Exposition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thegate-festival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/EPSN-photo-event-01.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240918 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240919 DTSTAMP:20240919T171410Z CREATED:20240910T163814Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240919T171410Z UID:22362-1726617600-1726703999@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:IMMERSIVA DAY - ESPRONCEDA INSTITUTE OF ART AND CULTURE DESCRIPTION:IMMERSIVA DAY – ESPRONCEDA INSTITUTE OF ART AND CULTURE\nFormat \nImmensiva Day​ \nDate \n18 september\, from 09:30h to 14:00h \nLocation \nFundación Épica La Fura dels Baus \nFree entry with prior registration​ \nREGISTER URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/immensiva-day-espronceda-institute-of-art-and-culture/ LOCATION:Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus CATEGORIES:Exposition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thegate-festival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/side-event-immersiva-photo-event-01.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20241104 DTSTAMP:20241103T093859Z CREATED:20240909T122131Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241103T093859Z UID:21962-1726444800-1730678399@thegate-festival.com SUMMARY:OCEANS IN TRANSFORMATION DESCRIPTION:Oceans in Transformation\nA project by Territorial Agency commissioned by TBA21–Academy\nLocation \nFundación Épica La Fura dels Baus \nDate \nFrom 16 September to 3 \nFrom 16 September to 3 November. From Tuesday to Thursday (from 16:00 h to 20:00 h). Friday to Sunday (from 10:00 h to 20:00 h). Monday closed. \nMore info \nTerritorial Agency \nhttps://vimeo.com/956719159 \nThe ocean is a sensorium: it records the transformations of the earth in its complex dynamics\, and it inscribes back in the forms of life its own cycles. Today\, the global ocean is rapidly changing its circulations\, energies\, interactions\, and ecologies. It is the most dynamic and sensitive component of our living planet\, yet the most unknown. The ocean is in a new phase of its non-linear history\,shaped by the intensification of the impact of human activities on the earth system—the Anthropocene. \nThis image of the Anthropocene is organized along trajectories stretching across the contemporary oceans and presented on large screens. The trajectories indicate the complex interrelations between forms of the Earth System and forms of human cohabitation. As they span the planet\, they reveal the magnitude of the impact of human activity on the oceans. They offer a momentary glimpse into humans’ relation to a multiplicity of oceans in transformation\, and a premonition about the future of these relationships. They indicate how fragmented and incoherent the knowledge of the oceans still is and form an invitation to collaborate and think together how to safeguard the future of the oceans and their cohabitants. \n \n \n \nTERRITORIAL AGENCY\n\nJohn Palmesino and Ann-Sofi Rönnskog are architects and urbanists. They are the founders of Territorial Agency\, an independent organisation that combines contemporary architecture\, science\, art\, advocacy and action. Territorial Agency is a leader in the development of architecture’s relation to the Anthropocene\, with projects including How heavy is a city?\, Oceans in Transformation\, Sensible Zone\, Plan the Planet\, Museum of Oil and Anthropocene Observatory. They are recipients of the STARTS Grand Prize of the European Commission honouring innovation in technology\, industry and society stimulated by the arts. They are the chief curators of the Lisbon Triennale 2025\, and members of the high-profile interdisciplinary Anthropocene Working Group. \nMore information about Territorial Agency \n \nJohn Palmesino and Ann-Sofi Rönnskog are Unit Masters at the AA Architectural Association School of Architecture\, London where they have conducted sustained multi-year work on the transformations of the Coast of Europe; the emergent technosphere planetary paradigm and have inaugurated a new project on Climate Peace. URL:https://thegate-festival.com/es/event/oceans-in-transformation/ LOCATION:Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus CATEGORIES:Exposition ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://thegate-festival.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/theGATE-festival-oceans-in-transformation-photo1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR