DIFRACTA: Festival of Art, Thought and Quantum Physics

Barcelona hosts the first edition of DIFRACTA, an international and transdisciplinary festival linking quantum physics with art, design, technology, and contemporary thought. 🎨

Held in collaboration with Eina, the event invites participants to examine how concepts such as entanglement, indeterminacy, and relationality inspire new ways of researching, creating, and producing knowledge.

🎨 DIFRACTA

📅 From November 20 to November 21, 2026

🕐 Friday, November 20 and Saturday, November 21, from 9:30 am to 6:00 pm

📍 Eina Bosc, Barcelona

🎟️ 1 day: €20 / 2 days: €37 / Streaming: €15

📖 Keynotes, laboratories, and performative activations

The programme revolves around four core dimensions: epistemological, ontological, methodological, and ethical. It includes four keynote lectures by Maciej Lewenstein, Vlatko Vedral, Evelien Geerts, and Femke Snelting, as well as a closing conference delivered by Mónica Bello.

Across the two days, the festival presents sixteen research and creation laboratories featuring Pep Vidal, Anja Groten, Peter Teunissen, Jack Isles, Claudia Claremí, Abelardo Gil-Fournier, Sonia Contera, Josep Perelló, Antonio Gagliano, Astrid Schrader, Ellen G. Richardson, Blanca Pujals, José Luis de Vicente, Jara Rocha, Lucía Ángel C. Pino, Lara García Díaz, María García Ruiz, and the Laboratori de Pensament Lúdic (Antonio R. Montesinos and Susana Rodilla). Furthermore, Dr. masharu, Reiko Yamada, and Lúa Coderch present three artistic and performative activations.

🎨 Eina Bosc as a transdisciplinary meeting point

The Eina Bosc venue serves as the setting for this festival exploring the crossroads of scientific inquiry and contemporary creative practice.

ℹ️ Good to know: Sessions in English, Spanish, and Catalan. Keynote lectures and the closing conference feature real-time subtitles.

✨ An engaging gathering exploring research and creation through the lens of the quantum paradigm.