Art, creation, and new technologies. New audiences, algorithms, and a space without territory
What is culture when everything changes?
SINTE was created as a space for reflection and dialogue on contemporary digital creation—its challenges and opportunities. On 20 and 21 November 2025, the first edition of this International Forum on Digital Art and Culture will bring to Santiago de Compostela some of the most renowned voices currently shaping the field.
Artists, studios, cultural managers, and representatives from some of the most dynamic and innovative exhibition spaces will gather at Gaiás to share their perspectives on the present and future of art and the creative industries. They will do so in a context in which technological transformation is placing unprecedented pressure on the cultural sphere, long-standing consensuses appear to be reaching their limits, and a new digitised art form is emerging—bringing with it new knowledge and new questions.
At a time when spaces are fully hybrid, when instant distribution and algorithms compete for our attention, and when both technology and audiences shape artistic production, SINTE seeks to ask a fundamental question: what is culture when everything changes?
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Leading voices in digital creation
SINTE opens with with a keynote lecture by the co-founder and director of Ouchhh Studio, Ferdi Alici, a leading global figure in the field of digital art who has created installations for institutions, museums, and companies such as the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, the Mori Museum in Tokyo, Google, Nike, Audi, NASA, and CERN, among others. Afterwards, attendees will hear from Bani Brusadin, Programme Curator at Medialab Matadero, one of Spain’s most dynamic and innovative institutions in the field of contemporary creation.
The Italian studio fuse*—a key player in the international digital art scene—will deliver another keynote session, presenting the creative process behind one of its most emblematic works, Onirica (). This audiovisual piece explores the realm of dreams through algorithms capable of translating the nocturnal visions of nearly 30,000 people into images, delving into the expressive potential of generative models, artificial intelligence, and algorithmic creation.
SINTE will also offer participants the opportunity to experience internationally acclaimed works of contemporary digital art first-hand. On one hand, through a double performance by Japanese choreographer and dancer Hiroaki Umeda, one of the leading figures of Japan’s avant-garde scene. On the other, Galicia will host for the first time Materia, one of the live audiovisual shows by Maotik, the Breton artist known for merging art and science in a piece where generative visuals and sound design are synchronised and manipulated live, evoking the transitions between different states of matter.
The programme also includes four round tables, featuring leading figures from the artistic and creative sectors, as well as from business, cultural management, and curatorial practice.
Thursday, 20 November 2025
10:00 – 10:30 h | Participant registration
10:30 – 11:00 h | Institutional welcome
11:00 – 12:00 h | Opening lecture by Ferdi Alici, Cofounder and Director, Ouchhhh Studio
12:00 – 12:30 h | Coffee break
12:30 – 13:30 h | Hypervisible and Invisible: Cultural Production and Technological Imaginaries in a Moment of Transition | Lecture by Bani Brusadin, Programme Curator, Medialab Matadero
13:30 – 14:30 h | Digital Galicia | Round table with: Manuel Meijide (Founder and Director, Mundos Digitales Transmedia); Cora Novoa (Music Producer and DJ); Manuel Viqueira (Director, Screenwriter and Animator); Fátima María García Doval (Head of Strategic Coordination and Innovation, Consellería de Educación, Ciencia, Universidades e FP); and Carlos Seijo (Co-director, Maxina Studio). Moderated by Tamara Montero, journalist
14:30 – 16:00 h | Lunch break
16:00 – 17:00 h | Beyond the Space. What Can a Cultural Space Be Today? | Talk with Luis Fernandes (Director, Gnration, Braga)
17:00 – 18:30 h | When Everything Changes | Round table with: Mónica Rikic (Electronic Artist and Creative Coder); Elena Neira (Lecturer, Researcher, and Writer); and José Luis Romo (Artistic Director, Matadero Madrid). Moderated by Miguel Ángel Cajigal, Art Historian and Cultural Educator
18:30 – 19:30 h | Materia | AV Live by Maotik, followed by a conversation with Xulio Vázquez, Programme Coordinator, SINTE
Friday 21, November 2025
11:00 – 12:00 h | Onírica () | Lecture by Filippo Aldovini and Matteo Salsi, fuse* studio
12:00 – 12:30 h | Coffee break
12:30 – 14:00 h | Creativity in the Age of Mediated Emotion | Round table with: Miguel Espada (Co-founder, EspadaySantacruz & SpecialGuestX); Diego Avendaño (Founder, Avestudio); Javier Mujica and Laura Gabriela Martínez (Director and Producer, Vitamin Studio); and Pier Concari (Concept Development & Client Success Manager, Trison). Moderated by Maya Pixelskaya, Media Host and Cultural Educator
14:00 – 16:00 h | Lunch break
16:00 – 18:00 h | Present Future [Three Perspectives] | Round table with: Pablo de Soto (Curator, Researcher, Lecturer, and Cultural Manager); Bani Brusadin (Curator, Medialab Matadero); and Ingrid Guardiola (Lecturer, Essayist, Producer, and Audiovisual Director). Moderated by Marisol Salanova, Art Curator and Critic, and Xulio Vázquez, Programme Coordinator, SINTE
18:30 – 19:00 h | While Going to a Condition, by Hiroaki Umeda
19:30 – 20:00 h | Intensional Particle, by Hiroaki Umeda
