A two-week festival celebrating electronic music, visual art & internet culture.

Find virtual passes at dice.fm/refraction to never miss a live premiere with our streaming partners at Contact, Crack, FACT, MUTEK, Public Access and Worldwide FM.

All performances are free to watch and will be archived on our website for the entirety of the festival. Donations are encouraged to support Color of Change, The Bail Project, Primary Colours, The Okra Project & Afrotectopia.

Musical Performance Schedule

July 17th : Tawiah + Myrrh • Marcellus Pittman w/ Clips Co-op
Premiere with FACT at 20:00 CET

July 18th : Mathew Jonson • Ciel w/ Sandro S. Petrillo
Premiere with MUTEK at 20:00 CET

July 19th : Yu Su
Premiere with FACT at 20:00 CET

July 21st : Mood Hut AV
Premiere with Worldwide FM at 21:00 CET

July 21st : Contact Showcase: Sapphire Slows • Gonno + Genki Nishida • DJ Sodeyama + Manami Sakamoto
Premiere with Contact at 20:00 JST

July 22nd : Akiko Nakayama • Pacific Rhythm w/ Deep Gnome
Premiere with Worldwide FM at 21:00 CET

July 22nd : Amazondotcom • Hieroglyphic Being Presents SoMuchNoise2BeHeard • The 83rd
Premiere with Crack at 20:00 CET

July 24th : Hitmakerchinx • DJ Stingray w/ BFF collective + SVDK • Venetta
Premiere with FACT at 20:00 CET

July 25th : Nyege Nyege Tapes: DJ Diaki • Ecko Bazz • MC Yallah • Afrorack • Rey Sapienz & Fresh Dougis • HHY & The Kampala Unit • DJ Duke
Premiere with FACT at 20:00 CET

July 25th : Grey 93 Showcase: Grey 93 • Ana B • Blackman & Social Purposes • Maria Yurko
Premiere at refractionfestival.com at 20:00 EST

July 26th : Séance Centre • dreamcastmoe w/ care of tyrous morris
Premiere with Public Access at 20:00 EST

July 28th : Muqata'a • object blue w/ Natalia Podgórska • Omar-S • MoMa Ready
Premiere with Crack at 20:00 CET

July 29th : Daniel Rincón • D Tiffany & Roza Terenzi • Reptant • Regularfantasy w/ Ariana Molly
Streamed with Dublab. In partnership with MUTEK. Premieres at 20:00 PST onwards

July 30th : Refraction Closing
Channel Tres

Visual Arts Schedule

July 16th—31st : Refraction x Well Now WTF
Alex McLeod • Anneli Goeller • Antonio Roberts • Casey Reas • Chiara Passa • d0n.xyz • Daniel Temkin • Emilie Gervais • Eltons Kuns • Everest Pipkin • Hannah Neckel • Hyo Myoung Kim • Janet40 • Jillian McDonald • LaJuné McMillian • Lilly Handley • Mark Klink • Molly Erin McCarthy • Olivia Ross • Peter Burr • Rick Silva • Rita Jiménez • Haydiroket • Rodell Warner • Rosa Menkman • shawné michaelain holloway • Surabhi Saraf • Terrell Davis • Andres Manniste • Theo Triantafyllidis • Travess Smalley • Tyler KlineView exhibition here or at Well Now WTF

July 16th—31st : Harddiskmuseum x Generate Arts

Emilie Gervais • Domenico Barra • Haydiroket • Sandra Araújo • Snow Yunxue FuView exhibition at Harddiskmuseum

July 16th—31st: Audio Visual Effects Filter Showcase
@felipesalves3 • @juliorlixo • @lucii_ferr • @omega.c • @tokyyto • @vitulox
Ongoing at @refractionfestival

July 16th—31st: Robert Gallardo
Ongoing at @refractionfestival

July 22nd

Hieroglyphic Being presents SoMuchNoise2BeHeard
Premiered via Crack

July 22nd

Amazondotcom
Premiered via Crack

Archived Performance from July 21st

Mood Hut A-V
Premiered via Worldwide FM

Archived Performance from July 21st

Sapphire Slows
Premiered via Contact Tokyo

Harddiskmuseum x
Generate showcase

Well Now WTF x Refraction Festival showcase

Audio Visual Effects Filter showcase

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