Festival X in Dubai

Festival X
Get inspired at this one-of-a-kind get together where creative coding meets music and art in this series of immersive shows

Head to Alserkal Avenue from 7-9 October for the first edition of Festival X, where art, science and technology will come together.

Broaden your perspective through workshops, talks, shows and exhibitions at this community gathering.

Educate yourself on how you can take advantage of the opportunities for growth, created as a result of the intersection of different artistic and scientific practices during this transdisciplinary convention.

Plus, you’ll get a chance to network with local artists, scientists, tech experts and innovators, so mark your diaries for three days of interactive fun and learning. Doors open at 10am.

For More Information: www.festivalx.ae

Ticket categories:

Exhibitions and talks: Free

Shows: AED150

Day 1: Algorave India

A performance format and underground movement that revolves around the practice of live-coding, that is, writing and editing code live in front of an audience to create music and visuals

Day 2: Ravel Landscapes

Ravel Landscapes fuses generative image, created by visual artists Quayola & Sinigaglia.

Day 3: Orbits by Quadrature

The aesthetics of man-made objects in space, their appearance and especially their orbits are transformed into a minimal audiovisual performance, showing the poetic dance satellites and their trash perform while revolving around us.

Workshops: AED1200

From operating robots to space exploration, join us for any one of our two 3-day workshops curated and run by Europe’s leading creative and tech institutes.

Workshop #1 - Things your parents didn’t tell you about robots

Participants will spend the three days to build a simple conversational interaction with a robotic system, working with a robotic arm from KUKA, and Spot, the Boston Dynamic’s quadruped robot.

Instructors:

Creative Robotics

Node Institute

Workshop #2 - From Sputnik to Starlink

Learn visualize data extracted from satellites and space.

Instructors:

Quadrature

Node Institute