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Major Partners:



American Composers Forum

Collaborative Arts Program (COLA)



Additional funding support provided by:



• College of Liberal Arts

  University of Minnesota,

  Twin Cities Campus

• Department of Art
• College of Liberal Arts
• Coffman Union Whole
• Weisman Art Museum
• Institute for Production and Recording
• School of Music
• Vital Vinyl
• Microphono.com
• Klik Musik
• University of Minnesota Institute for Advanced Studies
• Microhouseminneapolis

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Festival Partner:

Photos (top) by Sharolyn Hagen

Spark Festival of Electronic
Music and Arts 2010

October 5-10, 2010
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, USA.

Ali Momeni, Artistic Directors

For one week each year, the Spark Festival of Electronic Music and Arts gathers creators and performers of new media arts from around the world to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, USA to showcase their work to the public.

Now in its eighth year, the Spark Festival showcases
groundbreaking works of music, art, theater, and dance that feature use of new technologies. Spark invites submissions of art, dance, theater, and music works incorporating new media, including electroacoustic concert music, experimental electronica, theatrical and dance works, installations, kinetic sculpture, artbots, video, and other non-traditional genres. Past Spark Festivals have featured a diverse array of guests, including Paul Demarinis, Richard Devine, Alvin Lucier, Morton Subotnick, DJ Spooky ,Wafaa Bilal, Kanta Horio, Scanner, Smith/Wymore Disappearing Acts, Phillipe Manoury, Paul Lansky, and others.

This coming year, the Spark Festival will take a leave from Minnesota's winter and move to the fall season. The next Spark Festival will take place in October of 2010. The Bedlam Theater, home of Spark 2009's Nightlife programming, will be the Spark Head-quarters. The call for works for the 2010 Spark Festival will be announced in February 2010 and submissions deadline will be April 1, 2010.

For all queries and proposals for the 2010 festivals please contact the festival director, Ali Momeni.

For audio and video documentation last year's festival please see the 2009 Spark Festival Documentation site.


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Venue Details
The Spark Festival locations include many venues in the Ceder/Riverside area of Minneapolis. The venues this year include:

- Regis Center for Art
- Southern Theatre
- Weisman Museum of Art
- Ultan Recital Hall
- Bedlam Theatre
- Coffman Memorial Union/The Whole
- Regis Center for Art/InFlux
- And more.