A national gathering of leaders representing the breadth of the maker movement, the Nation of Makers Conference ("NOMCON") aims to spark and increase connections across sectors, generate robust collaborations, and promote the growth of an inclusive Nation of Makers. A central goal of the event is the promotion of relationship-building across lines of regular conversation,... View Article

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP Session 1 Saturday, June 9 / 10am – 5pm Session 2 Sunday,June 10 / 10am – 5pm Cost $75 for both sessions maximum participants – 15 Weaving to code, Coding to weave is an introduction to the art of weaving as an illustration on how binary system works and the art of coding... View Article

Saturday, Jun 9th- 8:00 pm Sunday, June 10th- 7:00 pm Saturday = 21+ // Sunday = All Ages Denver-based avant-ritualists itchy-O will be heading back to New Mexico in June for two nights at Meow Wolf! The roving temple of entropy invites attendees to dissolve the performer/audience divide and melt into the bedlam that is the... View Article

Currents Guest Curator, Chun-chi Wang, and the 3 Artists particpating in her exhibition, TAO Ya-Lun, Fujui WANG, DING Chien-Chung will give a talk on Media Art and their individual works. $5 suggested donation over 18

RSVP on Facebook. Join a number of the Inner Orbit artists for this interactive tour of the exhibition on Saturday, June 9, 2-3 pm.Inner Orbit spotlights contemporary artists from across the United States who meld fine art and craft mediums with technology for deeply personal looks at the firmament. The show appears in conjunction with Santa Fe Futurition, the Currents New... View Article

Speaker: Purin Phanichphant / CURRENTS Participating Artist The Art In Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence is taking over the world. The world’s most powerful companies are funneling billions of dollars into developing new applications for artificial intelligence and the effects of these investments are already being felt in our everyday lives – in how we get... View Article

Concert / HAT – Remix Artist / presented by AMP Concerts and the Santa Fe Railyard Saturday, June 9 / 7pm Location: Santa Fe Railyard Plaza next tot the water tower. free Extremely talented multidisciplinary artist, Hatim Belyamani – aka H.A.T. – is a musician, DJ and founder of the projects REMIX ←→ CULTURE and... View Article

Displaced Horizons is a collaborative multimedia performance focusing on water infrastructures’ socio-cultural and historical complexities to encourage a re-visioning of current water systems to imagine, explore, and implement alternatives. The project attends to water systems—such as dams, acequias, arroyos, and rivers—to bring to the fore often-overlooked technological entanglements. The improvisatory and participatory structure of the... View Article

On Sunday, June 10 at 1pm, curator Kelani Nichole gives a free public talk at SITE Santa Fe as part of the opening weekend of the Currents New Media Festival. Titled “The Networked Avant-garde,” her talk is presented by the Thoma Foundation in partnership with SITE Santa Fe and Currents New Media. Nichole discusses how... View Article

Introducing 150 Media Stream: New possibilities for public art CURRENTS 2018 Artist Yuge Zhou Since its launch in 2017, 150 Media Stream has become a novel addition to the cultural landscape of Chicago. Divided into 89 LED blades that stretch over 150 feet long and reach 22 feet in height, the installation is the largest... View Article

The Emerging Media Alliance celebrates a new era of teamwork and achievement between the arts, sciences & technology in Santa Fe. Join us for our launch PARTY! Get your inside look at yet another amazing new CURRENTS New Media Festival and meet the magicians behind the magic. Find inspiration in talks by emerging media moguls... View Article