XXIV INTERNATIONAL IMAGE FESTIVAL COLOMBIA

Anna Frants, founder and chief curator of CYLAND MediaArtLab, and Alexandra Dementieva, artist and curator of numerous CYLAND projects, will participate in the 24th edition of the International Image Festival. This year’s program also includes former CYFEST participants Marc Lee and AUDINT. The 2025 edition of the festival will take place from May 2 to 9 in the cities of Manizales and Bogotá, featuring the central theme “Re:generative” in partnership with the International Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science, and Technology as a guest event.

The International Image Festival is a gathering of digital culture and electronic arts that emerges in response to the need to disseminate and appropriate advances in the fields of creation and research with digital technologies. This event becomes a strategy for audience development by opening spaces for transformation through the creation and use of new technologies in diverse contexts with associated social, environmental, and cultural issues.

Over its twenty-three editions, the Festival has established an international network of institutions, researchers, and creators who exchange experiences and knowledge annually, positioning itself as a significant event of global importance and an academic reference point in design, art, science, and technology. The International Image Festival invites researchers and creators to reflect on the present and future, proposing actions to ensure the sustainability of environments and communities. It encourages exploring interdisciplinary relationships among science, design, art, and technology, while promoting discussions on how digital transformations will shape societies in the years ahead.

This year, the International Media Art History Conference, will be held in partnership with the International Image Festival in Manizales, Colombia. Recognizing the growing importance of art and technology, the goal is to involve the academic community from various disciplines to discuss the history of Media Art within the contexts interdisciplinary and intercultural.