Albert Barqué-Duran is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and artist exploring Cognition, Creativity and Ethics in advanced Human-AI interactions - and its Post-AGI Cultural implications. Currently, he works as a Lead Research Scientist at the Interactive Arts & Science Lab (IASlab) at La Salle Barcelona (Ramon Llull University), where he coordinates the Graduate Programs (PhD & MSc) in Creative Technologies. Albert holds a PhD in Cognitive Science from the Centre for Mathematical Neuroscience at City St George’s, University of London, and have held postdoctoral and visiting research appointments at the Moral Cognition Lab(Harvard University) and the Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics (University of Oxford). He has also helda Lecturer position in Human-Computer Interaction at University of Lleida. With over 20 publications in leading journals, his academic trajectory has focused on probabilistic reasoning and behaviour, decision theory, computational cognition, and moral psychology/philosophy – providing both theoretical and empirical insights intothe architectures of human and artificial intelligence. In parallel, he leads experimental artistic research practices and cultural programs (immersive installations, performances, creative technologies, aesthetic experiences) to address speculative questions on creative agency and alignment, altered perception and extended cognition in Human–AI interactions. Albert’s work has been presented at leading cognitive science conferences, AI congresses, contemporary art andscience museums, technology festivals and biennales worldwide (e.g., CogSci, NeurIPS, ArsElectronica, Sónar+D, ISEA, MUTEK, ZKM), and recognized by awards from the ‘Creative Europe Program’ (which named him one of the most impactful “Culture Activists” in Europe), the ‘Re:Humanism’ Prize (as one ofthe most influential researchers in Human-AI collaboration), the British Psychological Society Award, the Art of Neuroscience, and the 'Ojo Crítico' Award (as a pioneer in Digital Culture), among others.

Dan Gorelick is a musician, creative technologist, and organizer who is based in the Bay Area and has a presence in Brooklyn and Berlin. Dan creates live audiovisual performances, blending his classical cello experience with the practice of live-coding: creating music with code. He explores what is uniquely possible when combining the acoustic and electronic practices to create live expressive and improvisational works.

CHOW is an artist using light to explore non-narrative forms. He views light as an expressive medium which can be redirected, shaped, and sequenced using existing or newly invented luminaries. Through the coordination of light in time, CHOW creates immersive live performances influenced by early experimental film in various environments and contexts.

Roziht Eve is a Taiwanese American artist based in San Francisco. She is a multi-instrumentalist, improv enthusiast, vocalist, media composer, music producer, session musician, and music educator. Recently, she completed her master's degree in Technology Applied Composition at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.   Roziht is an active performing artist in the Bay Area. She was a performer and composer for the Auerglass Organ Program at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where the Auerglass organ, created by Tauba Auerbach and musician Cameron Mesirow, took center stage. She also participated as one of the performers in Marcos Balter's "Pan" at the San Francisco Symphony's SoundBox. Her most recent performance was at the San Francisco Electronic Festival and Robot Heart Residency 2023.   She enjoys her explorations of genre-bending compositions and improvisation influenced by sacred chants, Bach, Chopin nocturnes, Debussy, jazz, Enya, and EDM.

haute.rod (Rodney Folz) is a SF-based algorave artist and cofounder of the AV Club artist collective. Their art explores the interplay between computer systems and human agency, combining organic forms and layered feedback to create living works that are even pleasant to look at sometimes.

Sean Russell Hallowell (isorhythmics) is a composer and video artist from San Francisco. His time-based art synthesizes experimental techniques developed from hand-built circuitry with a cosmological perspective on music’s origins in number and time. Concert works and installations of his have been showcased at festivals and galleries across the US as well as in Mexico, Chile, South Korea, the UK, Belgium, Croatia, and Iceland.

The .NewArt { foundation;} is based in Reus, Catalonia. Its ambition is to help the artistic community develop new technological, scientific, conceptual, and social practices. The foundation disseminates art at the intersection and transgression of science and technology as a strategy for social development and empowerment. It acts not just as a witness, but as an active agent. One of its main challenges consists in the development, conservation, and preservation of an artistic legacy linked to science and technology, within the framework of the .NewArt { collection;}. This project will be brought further by the creation of a new Art Center in the city of Reus.

Sónar+D is the international meeting of art, science, and digital culture hosted by Sónar during the festival, exploring how creativity changes the present and imagines new futures. Since 2013, this anti-disciplinary event has brought together leading artists, technologists, creatives, musicians, designers, thinkers, scientists, and entrepreneurs in Barcelona for a carefully curated programme of talks, masterclasses and groundbreaking performances, with a focus on inspiration and networking.

AV Club is a San Francisco based algorave artist collective focused on live performance where technology itself is the instrument. We use samplers, sequencers, livecode environments, modular synths, feedback loops, generative art, microscopes, & more to make sights and sounds you haven't encountered before but will want to experience again.