It’s the central theme of the program.
Photo Credit: Stage+D by MEDIAPRO© – Sónar – Nerea Coll
Sónar+D is gearing up for its 11th edition of the international meeting of digital culture and creative technologies. This year, Sónar+D will take place in Barcelona on the 15th, 16th, and 17th of June as it takes over the entirety of the Palau de Congressos de Fira Montjuïc from 10 AM to 9 PM, spreading throughout the Sónar by Day venues.
With a packed program of 130 activities, Sónar+D will tackle “the cultural, ethical, economic and industrial implications of the new tools and creative processes linked to AI.” Sónar+D 2023 will let the audience see, hear, touch, and discuss how AI is being used in both musical and audiovisual production. It will look at how to tackle the potential threats of an increasingly widespread use of AI and how to protect intellectual property in this new reality.
This year’s highlights include visual artist Weirdcore, a regular collaborator of Aphex Twin, Forensic Architecture’s Stefanos Levidis; producer, writer and thinker Elijah, robot ethics specialist Kate Darling, presented by SEIDOR; Barcelona creative studios Domestic Data Streamers and Playmodes; plus other studios from the UK and Japan, Universal Everything and Rhizomatiks, among others.
The 130+ activities at Sónar+D 2023 will be presented in a variety of formats. There’ll be a new exhibition area, Project Area, with more than 80 groundbreaking and innovative projects and a festival of cinema created using AI organized in collaboration with the UPF. There will also be two debate forums and two expert symposiums featuring over a hundred experts between them, addressing topics such as innovation in music; the intersection between art, science, and technology; and AI and its role under the new Web3 paradigm.
Tickets for Sónar 2023 are on sale now. Learn more and purchase yours here.
