April 8-12, 2026
S+T+ARTS Buen-TEK Exhibition + Talks
IMPAKT Festival 2026: Techno-Ancestrality
Location – IMPAKT – Utrecht (NL)
Hosted by IMPAKT
Explore a dynamic programme of exhibitions, panel discussions, and artist talks featuring the Buen-TEK Prize winners and residency artists: Yauri Muenala & Inty Muenala, Voluspa Jarpa and El Alto Aesthetics Collective, Mari Nagem, Anthony Tandazo, Lorena Salas, Licida Vidal, Javier Blanco, Jimmy Carillo, Kinkínella, and aniara rodado. Several Buen-TEK partners – HacTe, TBA21, BSC, Sony CSL, IMPAKT, and GLUON – will also be present.
Together, these projects showcase the richness and diversity of creative practices across South America, exploring the intersection of art, science, and technology—at the core of both Buen-TEK and the IMPAKT Festival.
Visit the exhibition from 8 April to 14 June 2026 to discover the two Grand Prize winners.
Discover the full program here
Can’t attend in person? Get your online festival pass here
April 13-15, 2026
S+T+ARTS Buen-TEK Symposium + Public Program
BUEN VIVIR UNDER DISPUTE: Living agencies of bodies, territories and technologies
Location – Barcelona Supercomputing Center and Hangar – Barcelona (ES)
Hosted by HacTe and Barcelona Supercomputing Center
Microbiomes, jungles, spirits, archives, storms, machines, artificial intelligences and collective knowledge appear as constitutive agents of the world and bearers of ecological, historical and ancestral memory. The body emerges as an extension of disputed territories, while territories unfold as a sensitive prolongation of the body.
These practices are conceived as relational and symbiotic technologies — forms of situated knowledge that act as strategies of resistance to extractivism. Technologies are reconfigured through water, clay, plants, sound, and experimental practices.
Over three days, these meetings bring together participants from four S+T+ARTS Buen-TEK residencies across South America, creating a space for exchange between different ways of researching, creating, and mediating.
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April 17, 2026, 15:00 – 18:00
S+T+ARTS Buen-TEK Artist Presentations + Talks
Art, Science and Ecological Care
Location – Ocean Space – Venice (IT)
Hosted by TBA21-Academy and Sony CSL-Rome
Discover the three resident artists of the S+T+ARTS Buen-TEK program, Mari Nagem, Anthony Tandazo, and Licida Vidal, whose work engages with urban and marine environments in Brazil. Explore their presentations and join the roundtable discussion with scientists, researchers, and cultural practitioners from Brazilian and European partner institutions. Moderated by Belgian scientist and artist Luc Steels, the conversation highlights how art-driven research intersects with science, technology, and community-rooted ecological practices.
This activity is part of the Buen-TEK residency program, co-funded by the European Union under the STARTS initiative.
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S+T+ARTS Buen-Tek is co-funded by the European Union, under the STARTS – Science, Technology and Arts initiative of DG CNECT (GA no. LC- 03568052). Views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or DG CNECT. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
