Unsound unveil theme for 2018 festival, 'Presence'

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  • The Krakow event's 16th edition will ask many questions, including: "How do we engage deeply in a world of surfaces?"
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  • The theme for this year's Unsound festival in Krakow is "Presence." "Presence" hopes to pick up where last year's theme, Flower Power, left off. Among other things, it'll consider how the festival's policy of banning phones and photography at concerts, which began in 2013, means something different in 2018 as "technology [reshapes] reality itself," according the press release. Unsound's 16th edition will ask many questions, including: "What does it mean to be present in a world of media saturation, where reality can be virtual or augmented, intelligence made artificial? How should we exist in an age of self display, anxiety, cryptocurrencies, robotic technologies, data harvesting, discriminative algorithms, disinformation, social media bots and conspiracy theories?" In addition to its usual wide-ranging programme of music, discussion, film, and audio and visual arts, Unsound will be commissioning works "that engage with the self and its relation to simulacra, technology, protest, 21st century ideas of nature and beyond." Unsound Krakow will take place on Sunday, October 7th through 14th. The lineup and location are still TBA.

    • Sun, Oct 7, 2018

      Unsound Festival 2018

      Alva Noto, Amnesia Scanner, Andrea Belfi, Valerio Tricoli, Aquarian, Async Figure, Bartek, Bartek, Ben UFO, Bill Kouligas, biøs, Blawan, Chris Watson, Ephemera, Caterina Barbieri, Colin Self, DEBONAIR, Deena Abdelwahed, Dis Fig, DJ Bus Replacement Service, DJ Lilocox, DJ Storm, Drew McDowall, Eartheater, Elena Colombi, Olivia, Eltron, Eris Drew, Gábor Lázár, GAIKA, HDMIRROR, Huerco S, Iglooghost, Jlin, julek ploski, Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Kampire, Kelman Duran, Kelly Moran, Kode9, Lena Willikens, Objekt, Linn da Quebrada, Lotic, Lucrecia Dalt, Manni Dee, Ewa Justka, Marie Davidson, MCZO & Duke, Miri Kat, Nazar, object blue, Oklou, Olof Dreijer, Tomoko Sauvage, Powder, Rabit, Ledef, House of Kenzo, House of Kenzo, Renick Bell, Rian Treanor, RP Boo, RRRKRTA, rRoxymore, Sarah Davachi, Sheepshead, Sho Madjozi, DJ LAG, Shyboi, Slikback, Sinjin Hawke, Zora Jones, Sissel Wincent, Skee Mask, Zenker Brothers, TAYHANA, Terry Riley, The Mover, Tim Hecker, We Will Fail, Christoph de Babalon, PLAL, ZULI
      Krakow
      Location
      TBA - Kraków
      Person
      114
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