2025 Athens Digital Arts Festival

2025 Athens Digital Arts Festival is now open for entries!

2025 Athens Digital Arts Festival : The Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF) this year is celebrating its 21st edition with the evocative theme ’Simulacra’, a deep exploration into the blending boundaries of reality and simulation in contemporary digital art.

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The Athens Digital Arts Festival (ADAF), one of Greece’s premier international digital art festivals, now is celebrating its 21st edition with the evocative theme ’Simulacra’, a deep exploration into the blending boundaries of reality and simulation in contemporary digital art.

ADAF 2025 invites creators to engage with the philosophical and technological concept of simulacra, originally coined by theorist Jean Baudrillard, which interrogates the blurred line between authentic experiences and digital representations.

The ADAF 2025 ’Simulacra’ theme reflects the festival’s ongoing dedication to exploring the intersection of science, technology, and artistic expression.

The festival theme focuses on the hyperreality of today’s digital age, where copies and constructs often overshadow the original, leaving audiences to question the authenticity and impact of simulated worlds.

The festival’s mission is to bridge the creative boundaries between art and technology, providing a unique space for experimental works that address the pervasive influence of virtuality and digital culture in our daily lives.

Artists, scholars, creators, and tech enthusiasts are invited to submit visually stunning and thought-provoking works in the 12 categories of our festival: Video Art, Animation, Installations, Performances, Music, AR/VR/XR, Workshops, Talks, Webart, Digital Image, Games, and ADAF Kids.

The festival encourages submissions that delve into the paradoxes of hyperreality, where the digital and physical intertwine, reshaping our social interactions, self-image, and collective memory.

Participants are called to push creative boundaries, producing visually stunning, immersive works that reflect the dynamic intersection of art and innovation.

This year, the festival’s focus on simulated realities resonates with global conversations about the implications of digital replicas and the evolving role of artificial intelligence, virtual environments, and augmented spaces in contemporary art.

Submission requirements:

➜ The duration of the video/animation should not exceed 15 minutes. Videos who exceed this time limit may not be accepted.
➜ The video must be submitted in DVD (PAL) or video file. In the case of video file, it should not exceed 2GB and should be either in .avi, mpeg or .mov format.
➜ The festival is on vimeo, meaning you can provide vimeo links with your applications. Please also include additional material, for either the postal or online submission respectively, with the following:

➜ 3 photo stills in high resolution (300dpi)
➜ Any other document or file necessary (e.g. tech-rider)

A separate submission form must be submitted for each category/work. Exception is Digital Image category, if a collection of works, is under the same title. This collection cannot exceed five artworks.

Who may enter?

This competition is open to artists, scholars, creators, and tech enthusiasts worldwide.

Prize:

Selected artists will have the opportunity to showcase their work at ADAF 2025, gaining international exposure and contributing to discussions on the fusion of science, technology, and creativity in digital art.