Pixxelpoint 2025: Resonating Realities in the Fourth Space

One of the most important manifestations of intermedia art and contemporary artistic practices returns to Nova Gorica and Gorizia between 12 and 23 November 2025.

The 26th edition of the Pixxelpoint International Festival of Contemporary Art Practices turns the twin cities of Nova Gorica and Gorizia into a living laboratory of art, science, and technology. “Resonating Realities in the Fourth Space” brings together more than 60 artists and collectives from over 30 countries to explore how meaning can be rebuilt in a fragmented world — through cooperation between humans, machines, and ecosystems.

Conceived by Benjamin Gruner, Francesco Scarel, Katarina Podobnik, and pETER Purg, the festival invites audiences to enter the Fourth Space — a both imaginative and situated dimension beyond technological isolation, where new entanglements of art and science reinvent the social. Pixxelpoint 2025 challenges how we perceive technology, identity, and the environment, reawakening a sense of the world’s shared rhythm in transition.

The festival programme features immersive and site-specific exhibitions across both sides of the border, performative walks and pop-up situations, a palette of DJ propositions and cross-media concerts, complemented by workshops on artificial intelligence and gaming and a two-day symposium.

Pixxelpoint 2025 is produced by Kulturni dom Nova Gorica and GO!2025, and co-produced by numerous partners from the broader cross-border and European region, including cultural, academic, and artistic institutions jointly rethinking the relationships between art, science, and society.

MAIN PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

Wednesday, 12 November — Pre-Openings

• 16:00 Plaza Protocol (ex SIA, Solkan) – Opening & guided tours (Živa Božičnik Rebec, Ištvan Išt Huzjan, Staš Kleindienst, Andrej Škufca, Tom Winkler, Neja Zorzut)
• 19:00 International Student Exhibition, TIR Mostovna – 12 artists from 8 countries

Thursday, 13 November — Opening Walk

• 17:00 The Circle (Sybille Neumeyer, Juan Duarte Regino)
• 17:45 Rastellier (Lavoslava Benčić, Žiga Pavlovič, Marielle MacLeman, Mateja Fajt, Katarina Ekart X BIEN)
• 18:30 Carinarnica (Gildo Bavčević)
• 19:15 Xcenter (Vitar Drinković, Brianna Leatherbury, Indiara di Benedetto, Dora Ramljak, Jatun Risba, Miha Horvat & Aphra Tesla; Dorotea Dolinšek et al., Nejc Trampuž, Andrej Kobal)
• 20:30 Mestna galerija NG (Felix Deufel, Enrico Tuzzi, Nayari Castillo & Hanns Holger Rutz, Monika Milas, Dmitry Morozov VTOL, Ivana Tkalčić; Saša Spačal, Luka Murovec, Marko Vivoda)
• 21:30 Rotunda SNG (IP Group)
• 22:00 PixxelAfter @ Klub Teater – BELLEN & DJ Roli

Friday, 14 November — Symposium & Night Performances

• 10:00–13:00 / 15:00–18:00 Pixx 25 Symposium, Xcenter
• 17:00–19:00 Surface Composition (Clemens von Wedemeyer), film loop, Kulturni dom (small hall)
• 19:00 FuelNoises (Stefano D’Alessio), performance, Kulturni dom (big hall)
• 20:30 Guided tour of International Student Exhibition @ Mostovna
• 21:00–04:00 Pixxelmusic & Hybrida Light Show @ Mostovna (Juan Duarte Regino, Gullidanda & Al Sagor, DJ Morski, VJs Pipedreams & Lushlakes, KOMMODA & DJARMA)

Saturday, 15 November — Workshops & Performances

• 10:00–13:00 / 15:00–18:00 Symposium continues @ Xcenter
• 12:00 Ivana Tkalčić: Astronauts Without a Spaceship (workshop, Xcenter)
• 18:30 Boštjan Simon & Andrej Kobal: Echoes of Motion (performance, Kulturni dom — small hall)
• 20:00 PixxelPopUp DJs, Carinarnica

Sunday, 16 November — Farewell Hangout

• 10:00–14:00 EPIC Café
• 14:00 Dizzy Garden (Irena Pivka & Brane Zorman), sound walk – Park Rafut

Later Events

• 18 November Curators’ Tour 1 (Mestna galerija NG & Xcenter)
• 20–21 November Nejc Trampuž: Solandium 2063 – AI & Gaming Workshop, Xcenter
• 21 November Curators’ Tour 2 + REVERBERATIONS + ECHOES (Borut Savski & Francisco Tomsich), GONG Gallery Opening
• 22 November Andrej Kobal: Electronic Music Production Workshop, Xcenter
• 23 November Festival & exhibitions close (except GONG – until 13 December)

Ante Prima & prePixx Events

• 13 September Margherita Pevere & Ivan Penov: Lament (Kras, GO!2025)
• 12–14 June prePixx @ Solkan Beach & Nova Gorica (Clockwork Voltage Techno Orchestra, Jasna Hribernik, Nadija Mustapić, Béla Bender, Mieko Suzuki, and others)
• 16–19 October Serge Ecker: Passages (Idrija, X ID20)

Venues: Xcenter, Mestna Galerija Nova Gorica, Kulturni dom NG, Carinarnica, Rotunda SNG, The Circle & Rastellier Gorizia, TIR Mostovna, Gong Gallery, Solkan (ex SIA), Park Rafut

Read more about the festival here.