Insight: The return of Sónar 2022 – the day after
Persephone, daughter of Demeter and Zeus, was picking flowers one day when Hades, God of the underworld saw her. He was so mesmerised by her beauty…
Body Sculptures, Computing Art, Interviews, Sónar
SOUGWEN CHUNG, becoming entangled with machines
The technological hype around artificial intelligence is (fortunately) been counteracted by an ever-growing number of researchers, artists, and writers that work toward revealing the social…
Contributors, Digital Culture, Op & Ed, Sónar
Is code synesthetic? On Quayola’s Transient by Marcus du Sautoy
Is code synesthetic? It is a question that emerged for me after experiencing Quayola’s new work Transient. The idea behind the piece is to exploit…
Digital Culture, News, Sónar, Sound
Insight: on ‘Transient’, Quayola’s new collaborative project with Seta
Renowned media-artist Quayola is presenting his very first music project, Transient, an album made in collaboration with musician and technologist Seta and an accompanying performance…
AI & A.Life, Digital Culture, News, Sónar
SonarCCCB 2021 & the AI and Music S+T+ARTS festival: Highlights
During the last week of October 2021, Sónar will present nearly 100 activities, spread between the new AI and Music S+T+ARTS Festival and SónarCCCB 2021. …
Festival: Sónar+D 2020 takes over the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB)
On March 11 the WHO announced COVID-19 outbreak as a pandemic and the world went into a lockdown leaving our lives and plans on a…
QUIET ENSEMBLE, a sympathetic relationship between the natural and unnatural
Quiet Ensemble is an Italian art collective comprised of Fabio di Salvo and Bernardo Vercelli. Founded in 2009, they aimed to explore the relationship between…
Contributors, Op & Ed, Series, Sónar
‘Solar Punk, a framework for hopeful futures’ by Jacobo García
Dystopia is a common theme on sci-fi literature, from classics such as the two little gems A Brave New World or 1984 are, to more…
MARTIN EYERER, the mind behind The Creative Code at Factory Berlin
Martin Eyerer isn’t your typical tech executive. Having had a long career as a DJ from founding multiple companies in the music industry, Eyerer has…
Digital Culture, Op & Ed, Sónar, Sound
Sónar+D 2019: The Day After
It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.Albert Einstein Sónar 2019 have hosted more than 80 premieres, tech shows, and unique…
Digital Culture, Interviews, Sónar
LIBBY HEANEY, when quantum computing is more than a tool
Quantum physics is a little bit weird, a little bit spooky. In the 20th century, it fundamentally challenged our aeons-evolved intuitions about the physical world…
K Á R Y Y N, imagining trajectories with sound
K Á R Y Y N is an LA-based visual-composer, producing music with an intense physicality influenced by the aesthetics of her environment. The Syrian-Armenian-American…
NATALIA FUCHS, curating Art, Science and Technology
New media researcher, art historian and international curator in art, science and technology, Natalia Fuchs is the curator at Gamma Festival (St. Petersburg). She will be speaking…
Digital Culture, Op & Ed, Sónar, Sound
Sónar+D 2019: Highlights
The 26th edition of Sónar, Barcelona’s Festival of Music is back in July. From the 17 to 20 July some of the best creatives, thinkers,…
Event: Voices of Sonar+D by ME at Meliá London
Sónar+D is the international congress that explores how creativity is changing our present and imagining new futures. A program developed in collaboration with researchers, innovators and…
Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics, Sónar
NICOLE L’HUILLIER, playing music in zero gravity conditions
One week after receiving a degree in architecture with maximum distinction from the University of Chile, in search of novel creative inspiration, Nicole L’Huillier…
SUSAN ROGERS, discovering new ways of creating sounds
Susan Rogers is the director of the Berklee Music Perception and Cognition Laboratory in Boston. But before that, she became famous as one of the…
Scout & Trends, Series, Sónar, The CLOTcasts
ALBERT BARQUÉ & MARC MARZENIT, challenging the paradigms of creativity posed by zero gravity
The Zero Gravity Band is an immersive installation of light and sound 360º that tries to induce sensations of zero gravity and an…
Sónar+D 2018: The Day After
To confine our attention to terrestrial matters would be to limit the human spirit. Stephen Hawking Step outside on a clear, dark night, and…
Sónar+D 2018: Highlights
On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human being to step foot on the moon. 49 years later, Sónar has become the…
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