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Mesh Festival

About

Mesh is a new festival for digital art and technology. The first edition will take place from 16 – 20 October 2024 around the Freilager-Platz in Basel and Münchenstein.

Art and technology in dialogue

The accelerating technological developments of recent years (e.g. artificial intelligence, mixed reality and robotics) are opening up new opportunities for artists to realise their ideas. They work closely with technologists and scientists to conceive and realise their works. Many exciting works in recent years have been created through the interplay of different disciplines.

And what does this collaboration look like? How does technology shape art? Or vice versa: how is technology driven by artistic work?
Mesh is dedicated to these questions and visualises them using impressive artistic works. It addresses social and societal contexts and shows various connections between culture, education and industry.

Tools for a better future

The first festival edition takes place under the title "Tooling the Future". It is dedicated to the question of new or different tools for shaping a friendly future.

From the vision of an AI city to transcending planetary boundaries, our world is becoming more connected and intertwined every day. With powerful tools such as artificial intelligence, texts, images or entire environments can be created with the click of a computer key. Advances in quantum computing promise to solve previously unsolvable computer problems. But what kind of solutions and spaces do we want? What are the tools of the future that we really need?

Who we are

Mesh is a joint initiative of the HEK (Haus der Elektronischen Künste/ House of Electronic Arts), the HGK (Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst FHNW/ University of Art) and iart ag (Studio for Media Architecture).
Together we founded the Mesh Festival association, which organises and runs the festival.
The Mesh Festival association is not profit orientated and acts with a clear conscience for a friendly future. The festival endeavours to treat the environment and non-human entities as gently as possible.

With our Code of Co-living we want to open a space of resonance for the Mesh-Festival of Art and Technology: How can we live together?
It is important to us that all visitors feel as comfortable as possible at the Mesh-Festival.

 

Find our Code of Co-living here

Download Code of Co-living

Contact

Mesh
Festival für Kunst und Technologie
Freilager-Platz 3
CH-4142 Münchenstein

hello@meshfestival.ch

 
EXHIBITIONS/ Performances / Screenings
Sabine Himmelsbach, Marlene Wenger, Nina Liechti
exhibition@meshfestival.ch
CONVERENCE
Erik Eggeling, Nicola Bischoff, Barbara Naegelin
conference@meshfestival.ch
talks & Panels
Helen V. Pritchard, Matthias Böttger,
discourse@meshfestival.ch
OrganisatIONAL DIRECTION
Florence Noelpp, Martin Matt
hello@meshfestival.ch
PartnerSHIPS
Sabine Himmelsbach, Lukas Fitze
hello@meshfestival.ch
CommuniCation / MEDIA
Ugo Pecoraio, Barbara Naegelin, Sabina Zweil
media@meshfestival.ch

Partner

Mesh is a joint initiative of:

HEK – House for Electronic Arts
HGK –  University of the Arts FHNW 
iart – Studio for Media Architectures 

Mesh is generously supported by:

CMS – Christoph Merian Foundation, Basel
Pro Helvetia, Schweizer Kulturstiftung
Swisslos Baselland
Swisslos Basel-Stadt

mjm.cc AG
Derivative

CooperationpartnerS

Elektronic Studio Basel
Radio X
Touchdesigner by Derivative
HostingparterS
Kunsthaus Baselland
Herzog & de Meuron
Festival Organisation
mjm.cc AG
 

Media

For further text and image material for reporting on the Mesh Festival, interview requests or additional information, please contact us: media@feshfestival.ch

Get your accreditation here.

Pictures and media releases for download will follow soon.

Download Mesh logo

Download Press Kit

Download Press release

Imprint

Verein Mesh Festival
Freilager-Platz 3
CH-4142 Münchenstein
hello@meshfestival.ch

Vereinsvorstand
Sabine Himmelsbach (HEK) 
Matthias Böttger (HGK Basel FHNW) 
Valentin Spiess (iart)
Design + Code
Johnson / Kingston
Typefaces
Forked versions of Free Sans and Free Serif initiated by Primož Peterlin and maintained by Steve White under GPLv3 licence
 
 
We are not liable for content that is linked via our site.
The information, texts and images contained on the Mesh Festival website are for information purposes only. Commercial use and use in publications is only permitted with the prior authorisation of the persons responsible for reproductions/image rights at the Mesh Festival.
©2023 / 2024 Verein Mesh Festival
 
 

 

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