Dian Joy, Jazmin Morris, and MONOM are the artists commissioned to be part of the UK's only nomadic festival of art and digital culture.
For Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary in Barnsley from Friday, September 25th to Sunday, September 27th.
This year’s festival explores infrastructures as a lived material and cultural condition, from histories of extraction and labour to food markets, independent cultural venues, post-industrial heritage sites, systems, networks and built environments that shape how we live, move and connect.
The three commissions bring together British-Nigerian interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker Dian Joy, whose work critically examines selfhood and identity in the digital era; Leeds-based artist and educator Jazmin Morris, who interrogates representation, inclusivity and power dynamics within cyberspace; and Berlin-based 4D spatial sound studio MONOM, whose immersive audio experiences are redefining how audiences inhabit sound.
Each continues AND's legacy of ambitious, site-responsive work across the North of England.
Also joining the programme are two further artists working at the sharp end of digital culture.
Multidisciplinary artist and curator Marc Blazel will develop a new contribution for AND Festival 2026 building on his experimental broadcasting platform Going Away.tv, creating a new festival platform for artist conversations, moving image works and screenings.
Dutch digital art duo Metahaven (Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden) will present works adapted to Barnsley and presented for the first time in the UK.
More artists and full programme details will be announced in July 2026.
For tickets and details go to andfestival.org.uk.
For Abandon Normal Devices (AND) Festival celebrates its 10th anniversary in Barnsley from Friday, September 25th to Sunday, September 27th.
This year’s festival explores infrastructures as a lived material and cultural condition, from histories of extraction and labour to food markets, independent cultural venues, post-industrial heritage sites, systems, networks and built environments that shape how we live, move and connect.
The three commissions bring together British-Nigerian interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker Dian Joy, whose work critically examines selfhood and identity in the digital era; Leeds-based artist and educator Jazmin Morris, who interrogates representation, inclusivity and power dynamics within cyberspace; and Berlin-based 4D spatial sound studio MONOM, whose immersive audio experiences are redefining how audiences inhabit sound.
Each continues AND's legacy of ambitious, site-responsive work across the North of England.
Also joining the programme are two further artists working at the sharp end of digital culture.
Multidisciplinary artist and curator Marc Blazel will develop a new contribution for AND Festival 2026 building on his experimental broadcasting platform Going Away.tv, creating a new festival platform for artist conversations, moving image works and screenings.
Dutch digital art duo Metahaven (Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden) will present works adapted to Barnsley and presented for the first time in the UK.
More artists and full programme details will be announced in July 2026.
For tickets and details go to andfestival.org.uk.