Cairotronica Festival to be launched on May 5

CAIRO – 4 May 2018: The second edition of the Cairo Electronics and Media Arts Festival (Cairotronica) will be launched on May 5 at the Cairo Opera House's Palace of Arts to run until May 12.

In this year’s edition, entitled “A Future of Possibilities”, audiences will be exposed to the latest electronic arts through exhibitions, screenings, workshops and out-door performances that will be presented by groundbreaking artists, pioneering engineers, ingenious designers, academics, international digital communities, students, and art lovers from Egypt, Africa, the Middle East, and the world.

Cairotronica is an international symposium for electronic and media arts which aims to present different forms of art, including the algorithmic art, digital art, digital performance art, game art, generative design, generative music, information art, interactive art, internet art, video and experimental film and animation.

The screening of this year’s program comprises of local and international video art, experimental film and animation.Additionally, the symposium will run three - five days workshops, which attempt to bridge the educational gap in the field of art, technology and digital culture.