The full programme for the WIRE Summit 2025 is live!

The summit will showcase artistic research methodologies, creative practice, and innovations in practice-based research across the FilmEU alliance, featuring compelling keynotes, project showcases, and the Artistic Research Exhibition 2025.

How to access the programme:

Interactive Version: https://sofia.summits.filmeu.eu/programme

• View detailed descriptions for each agenda item
• Use the interactive map to find venue addresses
• Add specific events or the entire programme to your personal calendar
• Filter events based on your interests for easier navigation

Programme Highlights:

• Keynote: Michael Schwab on "Working Expositionally" - Exploring how creative practice generates knowledge through "expositional" approaches from the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Journal for Artistic Research
• Keynote: Rachel Garfield on "Methodologies, practice research and all that jazz" - Examining the tensions between speculative creative practice and rigorous academic frameworks
• Horizon Pilots Presentations: Featuring innovative projects like "Water as Time" and "Infamous Shipwrecks" that connect artistic practice with environmental awareness
• Illumina Course: Practical workshop on drawing and sketching as research methods led by Alexandra Ianchenko
• ARE 2025: Artistic Research Exhibition opening and guided tours

Registration Reminder:

If you're confirmed to attend and haven't registered yet, please do so at: https://sofia.summits.filmeu.eu. This will greatly assist our hosts at NATFA with logistical planning.

We look forward to engaging with our artistic research community in Sofia this June!