24 – 27 09 2026
MX (Corneliu Mikloși Museum), Timișoara
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—clearer images, purer sounds, more efficient processes—Against Resolution proposes friction, imperfection, and unfinished thinking as legitimate critical practices. Bringing together theorists and practitioners, this year’s edition opens up a space between touch and algorithm, between gesture and instrument.
SIMULTAN XXI—a workshop for an uncertain future.
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.
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 – how you remain responsive, honest, and authentic when the tools have multiplied and the answers come before the questions.
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 24–27, 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’s history, featuring essays, interviews, and critical texts by participants and contributors, which place the festival within a broader context and explore its transdisciplinary themes.
This year’s edition returns to the MX – the Corneliu Mikloși 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 by The Municipality of Timișoara through the Center for Projects.
Parteneri: Obsolete Studio, Werktank, IKLECTIK, Aksioma – Institute for Contemporary Art Ljubljana, Ars Electronica, Plan Zero, SEMI SILENT, Fundația DALA, Colonia Pictorilor, The Secret Garden, Librăria Cărturești, Ecluze pe Bega, Rezidența9
Parteneri media: Revista Arta, Teletext Platforma, Scena9, RFI România, Revista Sunete, Zile și Nopți, Arhiva de sunet, Best of Timișoara, RRC, STPT