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Happy to finally reveal the full programme for SONICA 2025: -STREAM  This year’s lineup includes three festival nights at the CD Club /Cankarjev dom, Cukrarna.art and Kino Šiška, a festival pre-event with an AV programme at Slovenska kinoteka and an exhibition at the MSUM.

 Get your ‘EARLY BIRD’ FESTIVAL TICKET via https://sonica.si/TICKETS (limited quantity).

We’re excited to announce the ‘Machines’ show by UK bass music visionary The Bug and the mind-bending AV show by the Japanese gabber/black metal/IDM phenomenon VMO Violent Magic Orchestra!

We’re also hosting the ‘Spectral Evolution’ show (one of the most critically acclaimed records of 2024!) by Portuguese guitar virtuoso Rafael Toral Rafael Toral, the ‘Etna Sessions’ AV show by Mexican electronic music hero Murcof and the playful performance ‘The Infinite Hip-Hop Song Live!’ by Egyptian artist and musician Hassan Khan, winner of the Silver Lion at the 2017 Venice Biennale.

Also joining the line-up are Hungarian IDM trailblazer Gábor Lázár, Polish multi-instrumentalist and singer Antonina Nowacka (SHAPE+), Slovenian musician/producer Stamor with the live debut of his album ‘The Absurd’ (2024), Slovenian ambassador of experimental techno/dark ambien Lifecutter with the live premiere of his new album DELUGE (2025), Slovenian electronic music don Nitz with a special live to projection performance The Constants of Vanishing and closing DJ set by Ljubljana techno boss Shekuza/Miha Šajina.

As part of the SONICA x SHAPE platform residency 2025, German electronic producer PYUR (Official) (SHAPE+) and the Slovenian multidisciplinary art collective Beam Team will premiere their new show.

We are kicking things off on 1 April with the opening of an exhibition by Slovenian artist Vesna Petresin at MSUM, followed by a performance by Croatian musician and sound artist tonota (SHAPE+).

Artwork campaign by Rok Mar

PYUR, Antonina Nowacka and tonota are part of the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music and interdisciplinary art, co-funded by the European Union and Pro Helvetia.

SHAPE+ Platform for innovative music and audiovisual art is co-funded by the European Union and ProHelvetia. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Supported by
Ministry of Culture of Republic of Slovenia
Municipality of Ljubljana
EACEA – Creative Europe
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Museum of Transitory Art

MoTA –

Museum of Transitory Art

MoTA is a multidisciplinary platform dedicated to advancing the research, production and presentation of transitory, experimental, and live art forms.

MoTA is a museum without a permanent collection or a fixed space. Instead, its programs are realised in different locations and contexts in temporary physical and virtual spaces.

MoTA organizes and supports transitory art in the form of continuous events, exhibitions and educational programs both locally and internationally. As its name indicates, MoTA examines what a museum can be today and in the future.

MoTA is in constant search for the new, the uncertain, and the undefined.

MoTA works on several continuous programmes & projects. We run MoTA Point – a Space for Art & Ideas, we curate and produce the annual SONICA Festival, in addition to regular music programmes such as SONICA Series and SONICA Classics.

Within the years of running our residency programme, we’ve established T.R.I.B.E. – a network of residency spaces in the Balkans & Eastern Europe.

We’ve also initiated the research and archive platforms ArtistTalk.eu and Mediateque MoTA & Tomaž Brate. Our educational programmes serve a broader audience with ongoing workshops, talks, symposia, and internships.