{"id":4695,"date":"2026-04-27T21:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T21:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simultan.org\/?p=4695"},"modified":"2026-06-13T11:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T11:44:04","slug":"simultan-festival-2026-against-resolution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simultan.org\/en\/simultan-festival-2026-against-resolution\/","title":{"rendered":"SIMULTAN Festival 2026 \u2014 Against Resolution: Unfinished Thinking Undisciplined Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

24 \u2013 27 09 2026
MX (Corneliu Miklo\u0219i Museum), Timi\u0219oara<\/strong>


The 21st edition of the SIMULTAN festival begins with a simple yet unsettling question: what do we lose when everything becomes perfect? At a time when technology promises maximum resolution \u2013<\/strong> clearer images, purer sounds, more efficient processes \u2013<\/strong> Against Resolution<\/em> proposes friction, imperfection, and unfinished thinking as legitimate critical practices. Bringing together theorists and practitioners, this year\u2019s edition opens up a space between touch and algorithm, between gesture and instrument.
SIMULTAN XXI \u2013<\/strong> a workshop for an uncertain future.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SIMULTAN began in 2005 out of a curiosity about what was new and a desire to explore uncharted territory, where video art and sound experimentation were finding their place in an emerging local scene. Since then, the festival has operated on the conviction that making art and creating a context for art are one and the same act, that the city can be raw material, not merely a backdrop, that hybridity is not an aesthetic but rather a way of thinking, and that rigor and accessibility are not mutually exclusive. The festival has evolved and transformed alongside the contexts, spaces, and situations that shaped it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Twenty editions later, technology is no longer a novelty; it is an ambient medium. The question is no longer just how you use it, but how you think with it \u2013<\/strong> how you remain responsive, honest, and authentic when the tools have multiplied and the answers come before the questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Vinyl- terror & horror – Q&A at SIMULTAN 2019 – Photo Petru Cojocaru<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

2026 is a year of building, connection, and dialogue.
Throughout the year, SIMULTAN is developing a series of artistic co-productions in collaboration with local and European organizations that employ diverse yet similar approaches – new works that will tour the network of international partners in the coming years.
In parallel, a series of workshops and mentoring sessions will take place for young artists and students from the local scene, exploring digital tools as a means of expression in interactive audiovisual productions and performance. Through these activities, SIMULTAN encourages the development and consolidation of the local arts scene, the growth of production capacity, and the creation of new connections with the international scene.

From September 24\u201327, with side programs extending through October 4, the festival becomes the place where all these concerns converge. The 21st edition emphasizes dialogue through presentations, roundtables, and meetings between practitioners, theorists, and the public.

Alongside the artistic program, SIMULTAN is launching a printed publication that traces the festival\u2019s history, featuring essays, interviews, and critical texts by participants and contributors, which place the festival within a broader context and explore its transdisciplinary themes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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33 live – SIMULTAN 2024, Photo Seba T\u0103taru<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This year\u2019s edition returns to the MX – the Corneliu Miklo\u0219i Museum, an imposing venue steeped in history, currently undergoing the final and most complex phase of its transformation: becoming a center for art, technology, and innovation.


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SIMULTAN 2026-202 is funded and organized in cooperation with The Municipality of Timi\u0219oara through the Center for Projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parteneri: Obsolete Studio, Werktank, IKLECTIK, Aksioma, Ars Electronica, SEMI SILENT, Plan Zero, Funda\u021bia DALA, Colonia Pictorilor, The Secret Garden, Libr\u0103ria C\u0103rture\u0219ti, Ecluze pe Bega, Reziden\u021ba9

Parteneri media: Revista Arta, Teletext Platforma, Scena9, RFI Rom\u00e2nia, Revista Sunete, Zile \u0219i Nop\u021bi, Arhiva de sunet, Best of Timi\u0219oara, RRC, STPT


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