Sónar+D, the arts and creative industry arm of Barcelona’s Sónar festival, has announced details of its 2025 programme, running from 12 to 14 June.
This year’s programme will focus on three main themes: ‘AI + Creativity’, which will examine how the tools and approaches of AI are affecting artistic production; ‘Futuring the Creative Industries’, where creatives can discuss their prospects and the evolution of the sector; and ‘Worlds to Come’, an exploration of the emerging scenarios that will define the relationships between technology, culture, and society.
The programme will feature a series of interactive discussions, roundtables, masterclasses, conferences, workshops and an exhibition area, with invited guests including Libby Heaney, Tega Brain, Rebecca Fiebrink, Xin Liu, yaboihanoi, Albert.DATA, Danielle Braithwaite-Shirley, Forensis & Bill Kouligas and more.
The Sónar+D programme will also host the premiere of Ama, a new project by Maria Arnal.
Notably, the AI & Music program, powered by S+T+ARTS, will return to Sónar by Day and Sónar+D, highlighting the intersection of artificial intelligence and music creation.
Elsewhere, the +RAIN Film Festival, co-produced with Universitat Pompeu Fabra, will focus on AI-generated cinema and new storytelling techniques.
‘Beyond AI, the program expands this year to offer a broad and multidisciplinary vision of the present and future, exploring themes ranging from digital sustainability and non-binary futurism to terraformation, space exploration, neurohacking, or emerging trends in internet culture, including incisive satires on techno-feudalism,’ Sónar+D said in a statement.
Sónar+D takes place at Palau de Congressos de Fira Montjuïc in Barcelona on 12, 13 and 14 June, coinciding with Sónar, kicking off each day at 10am. More details are set to be announced – for details on how to attend, read more here.
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