ArtFutura Argentina

You are welcome to visit the new ArtFutura's website at Argentina: http://www.artfutura.com.ar/

You can find further information on our new edition both at this site and our official one:
ArtFutura 2010

ArtFutura 2010

ArtFutura 2010: 3 - 7 November at MALBA, Centro Cultural Recoleta and other venues, Buenos Aires.
More info at:: ArtFutura 2010.

Catalog 2009

It's already available online our last catalog: ArtFutura - 20 Editions. Free Download.

Includes broad information and images on all of the festival esitions. From Virtual Reality to Social Networks.
 

ArtFutura - 20 Editions

ArtFutura Is broadening its database. With new texts and images of its 20 first editions.

You can access it through our PAST EDITIONS frame, as well as through our BLOG and our FACEBOOK.

ArtFutura at LABoral Gijón

ArtFutura at LABoral Gijón. 27th to 30th of December.

Edward Shanken at Es Baluard

Edward Shanken at Es Baluard.  Coinciding with the activities of ArtFutura 2009, this Wednesday 18th takes place the conference of the professor Edward Shanken, author of the book "Art and Electronic Media" and professor of New Media at the University of Ámsterdam.

ArtFutura 2009 closes its activities in ten cities with more than 18.000 spectators. 
 
ArtFutura closed this Sunday its activities in Barcelona. During the past two weeks a total of ten Spanish cities have presented activities related with the festival: Alicante, Barcelona, Granada, Madrid, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Pamplona-Huarte, Segovia, Valladolid and Vigo. Also in Argentina, where ArtFutura was presented last week at the museum MALBA of Buenos Aires. 
 
In total there have been more than 18.000 spectators. The activities will continue in the months of November and December in Cádiz, Gijón and Zaragoza. And the projections will extend in Palma and Vigo.

Modern Archeolgy

Last days of the exhibition Modern Archeology and Sachiko Kodama's works at the Arts Santa Mònica. Until the 15th of November. More information at Exhibitions.

ArtFutura Buenos Aires 2009

ArtFutura Buenos Aires - 5th to 8th of November - Second Edition of ArtFutura at MALBA, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Avda. Figueroa Alcorta 3415. With a presentation of Dvein.

More Information at:BlogFutura and  ArtFutura Bs As 2009

A Green New Deal

On Friday 6th takes place the projection of A Green New Deal on the façade of the Arts Santa Mónica building between 21.00 y 22.00h.

More information at: Cloud9AGreenNewDealRepetition

EXPERIMENTO MP3

EXPERIMENTO MP3 - Compilation of all the lnks with videos, photos and news at BLOGFUTURA

ArtFutura 2009 Awards 

Carlye Archibeque in Alicante

Carlye Archibeque, Director of the Siggraph's CAF 2009 offers a presenation on Thursday 29th at the Espacio CAMON in Alicante. More information at CAMON.

Today Saturday at EL PAÍS

Published today Saturday at EL PAÍS - Babelia The Art of living the Future by Antonio Mayo. 

Tim Schafer at ArtFutura 2009

Tim Schafer confirmed as key note speaker at ArtFutura 2009. The creator of Full Throttle, Grim Fandango and Maniac Mansion will be in Barcelona on Sunday 1st of November introducing his new game Brutal Legend. More information at: Conferences Sunday

ArtFutura at Issuu

ArtFutura has opened its shelf at Issuu and through it you can access last year's catalog and other publications.

You can see it full screen and you can download it for free.
 

PRESS CREDENTIALS 2009

To obtain Media Credentials for ArtFutura 2009 please write before the 14th of October to acreditaciones2009@artfutura.org with the following information:
Complete name, media, e-mail and contact telephone.
All petitions missing the deadline or with incomplete data will be automatically refused.

More info at: MEDIA

ADVANCE Program AF 2009

You can find already online the Advance Program of ArtFutura's next edition:  Intro AF2009

ArtFutura in Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

ArtFutura in Facebook,  Twitter and YouTube

ArtFutura Brasil in O Tempo

ArtFutura Brasil in O Tempo

AF Buenos Aires

ArtFutura Buenos Aires
MALBA - Museum of Latinoamerican Art at Buenos Aires - 22 to 26 April

More information and schedule at: MALBA

Special Award Miradas (TVE)

ArtFutura received the Special Prize Zoom Net at the ceremony of the Miradas 2008 Awards  (Spanish Television TVE) . Montxo Algora, director of ArtFutura, picked up the prize on behalf of the whole team. The prize was granted by "the diffusion of the most creative and human aspects in the digital arts." 
 
You can watch the complete ceremony in this link: Premios Miradas

Call for Entries AF Argentina

You can find further information on the the first edition of ArtFutura in Argentina at the the MALBA Museum. plus the call for entries at this link:
ArtFutura Buenos Aires

ArtFutura in Argentina

The first edition of ArtFutura in Argentina will take place this coming April in Buenos Aires at the the MALBA Museum.

ArtFutura at LABoral Gijón

ArtFtura at LABoral Gijón.
Since January 2nd. and until Friday 9th, the complete audiovisual program of ArtFutura's last edition will be shown at LABoral Art Center from Gijón.
More info and complete program at: LABoral Centro de Arte

Spore

Sunday. Spore at ArtFutura 2008. An important focus of ArtFutura 2008 will be on the videogame section. Ocean Quigley, art director and right hand man of Will Wright, responsible for such successes as The Sims and Sim City, will be at the festival to enlighten us on the world of video gaming and art.

More info at BlogFutura and Conferences Sunday

Hanson Robotics

Saturday. During his intervention in ArtFutura, Kevin Carpenter from Hanson Robotics will talk to us about Julio, the anthropomorphic robot that delighted the visitors to the exhibition “Souls and Machines” by singing a song by the prolific David Byrne.

He will also present Zeno: a robot that is able to see, hear, speak, walk and remember who you are.

Splash en ArtFutura

Friday. Splash is an outstanding work of digital art that was considered the icon of Expo Zaragoza 2008. On Friday 24th, its creators and developers will give a presentation at ArtFutura.

More information at BlogFutura and Conferencies.

Thursday. ArtFutura 2008 opens with the exclusive first showing in Spain of "The Pixar Story" .

A fantastic one and a half hour film-documentary directed by Leslie Iwerks that shows, with exclusive footage and previously unpublished images, the evolution of Pixar studios.

With the participation of the three genii that made the greatest ever transformation of the animation industry possible: Ed Catmull, John Lasseter and – of course - Steve Jobs. Other participants also include George Lucas, Tom Hanks, Brad Bird, Billy Cristal as well as many others.
 
The Pixar Story will also be presented on Saturday 25th (21:00h) and on Sunday 26th (20:00h) within the regular program of ArtFutura 2008.

Program AF2008

The complete program ArtFutura 2008 is already available.

You can find an introduction of this year edition at INTRO. And you can access the complete schedule at  HOURS.

Last Week

Last week of Máquinas&Almas (Souls&Machines) at  the Museo Reina Sofía - Madrid.

More than 350.000 people have attended this exhibtion curated by the ArtFutura team and that closes next Sunday 12th. It's a last opportunity to see the exhibition, that has had a tremendous success.

More info at Blogsearch.
"The exhibition left us open-mouthed. I found myself floating among pieces that I didn’t understand, but which fascinated me. Eyes wide open, smiling. I felt something that had been missing for a long time come back. A delight for art had returned. The shock of something that was really new, something unexpected.” (My Sweet Etcetera).

"Once we had entered the room it was just dazzle and enjoyment. It was the discovery of the people that seriously dedicate themselves to these things (from artists to healers, from administrators of cultural politics to the public that appreciated these hybridations) that provoke and produce surprising wonders". (Interlink Headlines / Argentina)

"Souls and Machines" picked up my spirits. Saw the famous Picasso “Guernica” and some Dali pieces. Nothing else was as amazingly mind-blowing after the Machines exhibit". (Redifine Mag)

"This art makes us think about human ingenuity, its intelligence, about technological development, but also, these machines make us smile, they frighten us, the make us believe in mythological animals with their own lives, that is to say that they wake up our imagination. In few words, these machines do not only make us participants in art, but they awaken our emotions and our feelings". (Art Blogspot)

Souls&Machines micro-site online

The Reina Sofía Museum has created a micro-site dedicated exclusively to the exhibition "Máquinas&Almas" (Souls&Machines).

It contains images, videos and complete information. The link is: Maquinas&Almas

Souls&Machines

Inaugurated the exhibition Máquinas&Almas (Souls&Machines) at the Museo Reina Sofía in Madrid

ADN (VÍDEO) 27/06/2008
The Museo Reina Sofía presents an exhibition that takes you on a tour of the ideas, languages and some of the most important works from the last decade related to art, science, technology and society.

Público 26/06/2008
Something to really amaze you. That’s what the Souls and Machines exhibition at the Reina Sofía is like. Robots that sing, ferrofluid fountains, pictures that change their composition according to the visitor’s proximity, animated films… Souls and Machines is an exhibition that Da Vinci would have dreamed about. The show’s made up of such current codes that it becomes something completely unexpected.

ABC 01/07/2008
Going into “Souls and Machines” is to find yourself in a fantasy world in which art comes to life, develops, is contemplated and even interacts with the visitors.

El Cultural 06/07/2008
Souls and Machines, which can be visited at the Museo Reina Sofía until the 15 September, brings together the most well-known names in art of the 21st century.

EL PAÍS 28/06/2008
Historic consciousness also underlies in Souls and Machines, the exhibition curated by Montxo Algora and José Luis de Vicente, directors of the festival ArtFutura, with which the Reina Sofía at last opens up to the most contemporary of creative expressions.

Público 06/07/2008
Plastic animals drifting with the wind.
The artist Theo Jasen creates machines with algorithmic simulation programs.

EL MUNDO (VÍDEO) 27-06-2008
The Museo Reina Sofía has opened an exhibition in which 17 teams of creators explore the way in which contemporary artists approach the crossroads of art, technology and science.

Opening Souls&Machines

"Souls&Machines"

Museo Nacional Reina Sofía, Madrid
Next Opening: 26 of June
21:00 hours.

Further information at:

Souls&Machines

Museo Reina Sofía

David Byrne and David Hanson

David Byrne in "Souls&Machines"
David Byrne is one of the 17 artists participating in the exhibition “Souls&Machines” that will open at the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid next 26th of June.
In its personal web site DavidByrne.com, David tells about his collaboration with David Hanson to create an exclusive robot for the exhibition.

Complete article at: 03.28.2008 Dallas

Digital Art and New Media

Digital Art and New Media at the Reina Sofia Museum

On the 26th of June, at the Museum Reina Sofia Madrid, opens the exhibition "Souls&Machines", curated by the direction of ArtFutura.

Previously, the museum organizes a series of seminars between the 5th y el 21st of May. You can have further information at: "Arte Digital y Nuevos Medios"

Most of the seminars wiil be presented in english with simultaneous translation.

EstaciónFutura 2007

Saturday's Party at Espacio Movistar
EstacionFutura is ArtFutura's official party. With the participation of Edwin van der Heide and Delacrew.  

Free Entrance. Further information at: Carpa Movistar  Google Map and at EstaciónFutura.

ArtFutura Live Online

ArtFutura Live Online connections with Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), Ottawa (Canada) and Chicago (USA) in High Definition (Ultragrid).

With the collaboratión of Fundación i2CAT (Internet 2) and Al-Pi, Anella Cultural, Neapolis, Citilab, Pioneer and W-Onesys. 

More info at: I2CAT News

Ben Hibon at ArtFutura 2007

Ben Hibon is this year’s up-and-coming creator in the world of independent digital animation. His project "Codehunters" – a nine-minute short developed for MTV Asia inspired in the aesthetics of the European comic of the 80s – has been present in more than thirty festivals around the world this year and has received prizes as important as the Golden Nica from Ars Electronica, the IMAGINA prize and the Promax/BDA.

After, "Codehunters" his latest project has been an anime series based on the characters and plots of the long awaited PS3 videogame "Heavenly Sword".

Ben Hibon will be at ArtFutura 2007 speaking about his work on Saturday 27th.

More info at: SATURDAY CONFERENCES and at ART+THOUGHT

Little Big Planet at ArtFutura

Little Big Planet - Special presentation on Sunday 28th of Media Molecule and its Little Big Planet, one of the first games that are clearly “new generation”. A revolution in the way we play has arrived. Left behind are the predefined scenes created by the videogame developer: in Little Big Planet it is the user, and not the developer, who creates the characters.

More info at BLOGFUTURA (sorry, blog is in Spanish.. but check out the YouTube video!)

Opening ArtFutura in China

Opening at the Museum of Modern Art Zendai inShanghai of the exhibition ArtFutura in China.

Resfest - 10 at the Museum Guggenheim Bilbao

ArtFutura and the Museo Guggenheim Bilbao will present between the  20th and the 25th of March, at the Museum's Auditorium, the latest edition of RESFEST.

More than 30.000 spectators in 2006

ArtFutura has finished its 2006 activities (ArtFutura, EstaciónFutura and Resfest) with more than 30.000 spectators. 

ArtFutura was shown at Barcelona, Granada, Madrid, Murcia, Palma de Mallorca, Vigo, Vitoria, Astillero and Zaragoza.
EstaciónFutura took place at Espacio Movistar in Barcelona.

Resfest - 10 was shown at Madrid, Cádiz and Barcelona.