MIRA 2016 programs three large immersive installations and a digital art gallery

Of the 10 al 12 next November, The Barcelona digital art festival will offer more exhibition spaces in this edition, three large-format immersive installations exclusive for this event, a digital art gallery and more than thirty activities and audiovisual shows.

The sixth edition of MIRA. Digital Arts Festival, which is celebrated from 10 al 12 November at Fabra i Coats in Barcelona, has closed its program with three large-format immersive installations, created exclusively for the festival, and the new MIRA Digital Art Gallery; in which digital works by some of the visual artists who will perform this year will be exhibited.

Another new feature of the edition 2016 is that the festival expands the exhibition spaces of the Sant Andreu factory, occupying more than 1.000 m2 dedicated exclusively to digital arts; The artistic installations will be in the Sala Bota and in two new spaces: the Godard Room and the Turquoise Room, while the Digital Art Gallery will be in the Contemporary Art Center (Contemporary Art Center – CAC), located on the third floor of Fabra i Coats.

Besides, This digital art festival has more than thirty activities scheduled (the day of the day 10 November will be free) around music and live audiovisual shows: thirteen premieres in Spain and five exclusive shows curated by the festival; three Fulldome 360º shows; three facilities; four conferences and two screenings, in addition to the digital art gallery and the MIRA Digital Art Gallery.

Large format art installations

The Barcelona creative studio Hamill Industries presents 'Vortex', a geometric array of light and smoke boxes suspended from the ceiling that react to sound. The boxes activate in sync, lighting up and creating swirls of smoke that flood the entire space, generating an immersive experience for the viewer.

For your part, Barcelona design studio Onionlab presents 'Al_Vectors', an immersive installation that plays with the artificial intelligence of robots and the search for light. The connection between a laser and the movements of robotic arms will create geometric patterns that will flood the space, creating a game of reflections.

The third installation of the creativity studio adidas NMD Room by PlayModes is 'Cluster', an immersive audiovisual installation adapted to one of the Fabra i Coats rooms. The installation geometrically schematizes the space using lighting instruments that generate an audiovisual discourse in real time., transforming it into something abstract through light and sound.

In the first Digital Art Gallery inaugurated by MIRA 2016 a selection of digital works by nine visual artists will be presented, national and international, who participate in this edition of the festival, like boldtron; Entter; Eyesberg; Dave Gaskarth; Florence To; Jem the Misfit; Konx-on-Pax; Marcel Bago, y Onionlab.

MIRA Digital Art Gallery follows a traditional museum format, in which pieces of digital art are exhibited that can hardly be seen in a gallery. A space for contemplation of current visual culture.