MUTEK.SF Kicks Off This Thursday + Full Schedule Announced Feat. Tim Hecker, Mortiz von Oswald & More
MUTEK's inaugural edition in San Francisco kicks off this Thursday, taking place at 9 venues throughout the city and featuring cultural experiences of many types. Through live electronic music performance, AV experiences, panel discussions, art installations, and a specially curated culinary track, MUTEK.SF will celebrate San Francisco's potent mixture of technological innovation, intellectualism, immigration, and futurism. The festival will feature a plethora of artists and cultural leaders, some presenting North American and West Coast premieres, from the Bay Area, North America, and around the world. Passports for the entire festival, as well as tickets for individual events are available HERE.
A complete schedule of events can be found HERE, with events happening at Bimbo's 365 Club, Gray Area Grand Theater, Mezzanine, California Academy of Sciences, The Herbst Theatre, and The Midway. The events are divided into four tracks: A/Visions, featuring presentations that cross the boundaries of audio and visual works; Nocturne , featuring live electronic music performance; Digi Lab, panel discussions and artist talks; and Experience, an all-encompassing celebration at The Midway on Sunday.
MUTEK.SF has also curated a variety of culinary experiences to expand the scope of cultural offerings passholders can encounter. From pop-up meals in collaboration with Feastly, limited reservations at some of the city's most in-demand restaurants, curated food listings, and more, the culinary track will compliment the forward thinking artistic happenings being presented. More information on the culinary track HERE.
Passholders will be guided throughout the city through the MUTEK.SF app, available HERE.
The complete MUTEK.SF artist lineup is as follows: 214 (US) / 8ULENTINA (US) / artificiel (Alexandre Burton & Julien Roy) (CA) / Article C (US) / Bézier (US) / Austin Cesear (US) / Aux 88 (US) / Braille & Chelley Sherman (US) / Brian Reinbolt (US) / Christina Chatfield (US) / Christopher Willits (US) / Convextion (US) / Craig Dorety (US) / Debit & Giselle Zatonyl (MX+AR) / DIBIA$E (US) / Equiknoxx (JM) / Erik van der Molen (US) / Foozool (US) / Francesco Tristano feat. Derrick May (LU+US) / Galaxy 2 Galaxy (US) / Greg Zifcak (US) / Indy Nyles (US) / Jackie House (US) / Jesse Woolston (NZ) / Joanie Lemercier (FR) / Joey Verbeke & Ya_mur Uyan?k (US+TR) / Jonathan Beilin & Magnus Pind (US+DK) / King Most (US) / Kyoka (JP) / Last Faith Studio & Subpac (US) / Lee Gamble (UK) / Marpi (US) / Matias Aguayo (CL) / Night Sea (US) / Nonotak (FR/JP) / Only Now (US) / Orphx (CA) / Perera Elsewhere (UK) / Roche (US) / rRoxymore & Trece Cielos (FR+MX) / Russell E.L. Butler (US) / Secret Sidewalk (US) / Siete Catorce & Pecoo (MX) / Solar & C.L.A.W.S. (US) / Telefon Tel Aviv (US) / Tim Hecker (CA) / Topazu (US) / Vague Terrain (US) / Watkins & Peacock (US) / Woulg & Push 1 Stop (CA)
Showcasing diverse cultural experiences in music, visual and performing arts, culinary arts, and beyond, MUTEK.SF will present San Francisco and the United States with a one-of-a-kind weekend that will surely be familiar to veterans of MUTEK's international editions while capturing the distinct spirit of the California city.
