The Gate: Future Boundaries is an initiative dedicated to 21st century eCultures. The festival, whose first edition is taking place in 2024, is a broad programme of activities that aims to promote international meeting points not only between disciplines, but also between agents – university, industry, government, society and environment. The event is intended to be a space for exhibition, experimentation, training and debate, with a clear ambition for local, national and international impact, as The Gate will travel to Stuttgart in 2025.
Oceans in Transformation
From 16 September to 3 November
Territorial Agency: Oceans in Transformation is an exhibition that synthesises years of intersectional research on the transformation of the oceans as a consequence of human activities. The ocean is a sensorium: it records the transformations of the earth in its complex dynamics, and it inscribes back in the forms of life its own cycles. Today, the global ocean is rapidly changing its circulations, energies, interactions, and ecologies. It is the most dynamic and sensitive component of our living planet, yet the most unknown. The ocean is in a new phase of its non-linear history, shaped by the intensification of the impact of human activities on the earth system—the Anthropocene.
European Performing Science Night
27 and 28 September
EPSN proposes the use of artistic language as a means to reduce the distance between science and society, bringing researchers closer to the public in an experiential and emotional way about their work, the benefits they bring to society and their impact on everyday life.
Infoday: Creative Europe – Horizon Europe
2nd October
European funding for cultural cooperation. Arts, culture, science and technology projects
The European Commission supports the cultural and creative sectors through different programmes and initiatives. In this conference, we will learn about the main funding lines of two European programmes, Creative Europe – Culture sub-programme – and Cluster 2 Culture, Creativity and Inclusive Society of Horizon Europe, with special emphasis on the existing opportunities for projects that combine art, culture, science and technology. In addition, there will be case studies of beneficiary projects, and a session where suggestions and recommendations for submitting a proposal to the Creative Europe Culture European Cooperation Projects call for proposals will be shared. We will also learn about the work of the EIT – European Institute of Innovation and Technology and its actions for European cooperation.
Masterclass by Paul Thomas: Quantum Art and Uncertainty
14th October
The New Art Foundation and Fundación Épica La Fura dels Baus, in collaboration with HacTe, present within the framework of The Gate Festival, Quantum Art and Uncertainty, a masterclass exploring the intersections between art and science through the perspective of Dr. Paul Thomas, a pioneer in transdisciplinary practice working at the convergence of nanoscience, quantum theory, and fine arts.
Thomas, a Professor of Fine Arts at the Faculty of Art and Design at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, will present a comparative study of art and physics, focusing on the effects of quantum phenomena since 1900 on art and culture, offering insights and models to facilitate the transdisciplinary development of alternative fields and discourses.
By comparing the lineage of art and quantum physics, Thomas proposes to show in this session how artists have adopted concepts of quantum phenomena in their practice, questioning the role of the observer and how they influence what they see and experience when measuring the world. The importance of analogies in both art and physics will be revealed by examining how thought experiments like Schrödinger’s Cat and Quantum Immortality raised issues between the use of language in science and the power of probabilities in art.
AIR S+T+ARTS Festival
26 and 27 October
The AIR Festival is the closing event of the AIR-S+T+ARTS residency project co-funded by the European Commission in which a total of 10 international artists have participated.
The Gate Pro
28 and 29 October
The Gate Pro is an event aimed at professionals to promote debate and reflection on the challenges and opportunities in the confluence of Art, Science, Technology and Society as a key driver to face and imagine the future. Leading international figures from disciplines such as marine sciences, architecture, urban planning, climate change, artificial intelligence and art will participate in the event, proposing meeting points between disciplines.
In the framework of the Manifesta15+ programme.