Organized for the third time this year, the Istanbul Digital Art Festival (IDAF) will start on June 2 at Atatürk Cultural Center (AKM).
Organized by Mezo Digital, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism and the main sponsorship of PASHA Bank, the Istanbul Digital Art Festival is preparing to open its doors for the third time. The festival, which will take place at AKM between 2-5 June, will host important names in the field of digital arts, a total of 40 national and international artists.
With their works at the festival, the artists will show that science, technology and art can intersect and contribute to how the boundaries between these phenomena can evolve into new ways by melting. The Istanbul Digital Art Festival, which will be held in Romania as a guest, will take art lovers on a journey into the magical world of the digital world for 4 days.
In the festival curated by Esra Özkan, Julie Walsh and Avind, Turkey's first artificial intelligence curator; H. Pars Polat , Muse VR, Cem Sonel, Eduardo Kac, Soliman Lopez, Tamiko Thiel, İrem Buğdaycı, Kobi Walsh, Ozruh (Levent Özruh, Sara Martinez Zamora, Evan Preuss, Isaac, Palmiere Szabo, Elise Wehowski), Laurent Mignonneau & Christa Sommerer, Nergiz Yeşil, Ahmet R. Ekici & Hakan Sorar, Balkan Karisman, Burak Dirgen, Ecem Dilan Köse, RAW, Özcan Saraç, Zeynep Nal, Hakan Yılmaz, Varol Topaç, Uğur Emergency, XR Month, Farhad Farzaliyev and Azerbaijani artificial intelligence artist Susha will be featured.
In addition to audio and visual performances at the festival, which will be open to everyone and free of charge; Panels and workshops will be held on many topics such as artificial intelligence, entrepreneurship, bioart and 6G technologies.
Mezo Digital Chairman of the Board and Digital Transformation Specialist Dr. Regarding the festival, Nabat Garakhanova said, “We are very happy to be instrumental in bringing the digital world together with art and that we have turned this meeting into a festival and made it accessible to everyone. This year, we have prepared a festival where art lovers from almost every age group will enjoy their time and rediscover the digital world. We invite everyone to meet the unique world of digital art.”