MUTEK MX Essential Guide
Find out all the details of our 20th Edition x DEFENDER.
From October 7th to 20th, 2024. Welcome to MUTEK MX Edition 20 x DEFENDER. Whether you are already an expert in navigating the Festival or it is your first time deciding to attend, we confirm that this will be a new experience for everyone and this is the guide to get to know it in detail.
For two weeks, MUTEK MX will ignite an intense creative circuit throughout Mexico City, transforming iconic locations and new spaces in the arena where a great diversity of national and global creators will share their most daring and avant-garde projects, while inviting us to return to the most essential through technology: connection, surprise, reflection.
Thanks to institutional allies and collaborators, MUTEK MX Edition 20 x DEFENDER presents a program as extensive as it is diverse, including free access activities for all ages; a broad program of workshops, conferences and professional training; and special activities to deepen the creative life of the City.
Here's everything you need to know:
The Festival in Detail
Special Collaboration: Sega Bodega
Friday, October 11th
Guaranteed access for Early Bird, Passport and/or Nocturne 360 Passholders purchased by August 16, 2024.
IMPORTANT: Nocturne 360 Passports and Passes purchased after August 17 DO NOT include access to this event.
Individual ticket sales for this event will be launched soon.
A/Visions 1+
From Monday 7th to Sunday 20th October
This program brings together audiovisual pieces, installations and immersive experiences in an exhibition that will be shown every hour from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. during the two weeks of the Festival
- Ali Phi (CA)
- Claire Kenway & Patrick Trudeau (CA/QC)
- CNDSD & Ivan Abreu (MX/CU)
- Heleen Blanken (NL)
- Lucas Gutiérrez (AR)
- and + to be announced...
PHASE 1 ticket: $304 MXN + fees
Shows every hour from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Access to 1 function included in the Passport.
All ages.
A/Visions 2
Thursday, October 17th
A program dedicated to transdisciplinary live performances, where contemplation, deep listening and connection with the environment are the most important. In A/Visions 2, technology and digital expand the possibilities of voice, dance and live arts, with a program that includes international premieres and special commissions by MUTEK Mexico
- Suzanne Ciani (US)
- David August (IT)
- Bendik Giske & Diego Vega Solorza (NO/MX)
PHASE 1 ticket: $968 MXN + fees
Access included in the Passport.
Adults.
Nocturne 360 1
The first of the two most intense and diverse days of the MUTEK MX experience.
With infinite universes contained in a single location, the rooms and corridors of Nocturne 360 will be transformed by the ideas, visions and experiments that the most advanced electronic music and digital art have to offer. This mega convergence of national and international artists will take us on an exciting 360-degree journey that will range from virtual reality and immersive experiences to cathartic dance sessions with the most challenging producers of club sound.
Access included in the Passport and the Nocturne 360 Pass. Daily tickets will be available soon, as well as the lineup of artists.
When: Friday, October 18th
Nocturne 360 2
The second of the two most intense and diverse days of the MUTEK MX experience.
With infinite universes contained in a single location, the rooms and corridors of Nocturne 360 will be transformed by the ideas, visions and experiments that the most advanced electronic music and digital art have to offer. This mega convergence of national and international artists will take us on an exciting 360-degree journey that will range from virtual reality and immersive experiences to cathartic dance sessions with the most challenging producers of club sound.
Access included in the Passport and the Nocturne 360 Pass. Daily tickets will be available soon, as well as the lineup of artists.
When: Saturday, October 19th
PLAY
This program is a platform to connect with artists who are just making their way into the global digital art circuits, along with the projects selected through the National Front Call.
In partnership with key spaces for the cultural life of Mexico City, PLAY is a free program for all ages. MUTEK MX Edition 20 by DEFENDER includes three nights of PLAY:
PLAY 1: Wednesday, October 9, Centro Cultural de España in Mexico. Free admission for all ages.
- Frente Nacional Selection
- and + to be announced...
PLAY 2: Sunday, October 13, Casa del Lago UNAM. Free admission for all ages.
- Craig Leon (UK)
- Frente Nacional Selection
- and + to be announced...
PLAY 3: Wednesday, October 16, Casa del Lago UNAM. Free admission for all ages
- Natural Wonder Beauty Concept (US)
- Frente Nacional Selection
- and + to be announced...
MUTEK PRO Digi Lab
MUTEK MX's daytime program.
For the 20th Edition by DEFENDER, the Digi Lab program evolves into MUTEK PRO Digi Lab, with four days of intense creative exchange, networking and more cutting-edge art at the Digital Culture Center.
This meeting will be key for agents, artists, creatives and institutional managers, both emerging and experienced, as it will present new projects, collaborations and critical perspectives on the role of technology in artistic practice through talks, screenings, workshops and laboratories with international experts.
When: Tuesday 15th to Friday 18th October
Where: Centro de Cultura Digital
Gastronomic Route
Through the Gastronomic Route circuit, MUTEK MX seeks to generate connection and community among the festival's artists, agents, and national and international guests, from the most iconic meeting and enjoyment spaces in Mexico City.
20 Years of MUTEK MX: Special Collaborations
Throughout 2024, we will celebrate two decades of the Festival's life. The celebrations began in March with the epic presentation of Soundwalk Collective alongside Patti Smith at the Teatro de la Ciudad Esperanza Iris, and continue throughout August with a special program in collaboration with the Centro de Cultura Digital and the Centro Cultural de España in Mexico.
Check out all the details of these Special Collaborations here.
THE BASICS
What?
Who?
When?
From Monday 7th to Sunday 20th October.
- From Monday the 7th to Sunday the 20th: A/Visions 1+
- Wednesday 9: PLAY 1
- From Thursday 10th to Saturday 12th: special collaborations with local groups**
- From Thursday 10th to Wednesday 16th: Gastronomic Route
- Friday 11th: Sega Bodega Special Collaboration
- Sunday 13th: PLAY 2
- From Tuesday 15th to Friday 18th: MUTEK PRO Digi Lab
- Wednesday 16th: PLAY 3
- Thursday 17th: A/Visions 2
- Friday 18th: Nocturne 360 1
- Saturday 19th: Nocturne 360 2
**Details coming soon. Independent access and operation to MUTEK MX.
Here you can see the calendar by day:
Where?
MUTEK MX is a multi-location festival known for transforming museums, traditional cantinas, and abandoned factories into stages for digital art. For the 20th Edition of DEFENDER, expect classic locations in the history of MUTEK MX, as well as locations that we are presenting for the first time.
In the file of each program you will find the map of its location. If you come from another city, we recommend you look for accommodation in the Cuauhtémoc Municipality, where a large part of the program takes place and with easy access to the rest of the locations. You can also consult our guide Discover CDMX.
How?
Why?
MUTEK MX celebrates twenty years of festival at a time when technology, access to information and the production of digital content are advancing at an overwhelming speed. In this whirlwind that demands more and more of our attention, it seems a contradiction to launch an invitation to slow down and rethink these dynamics. In this context, MUTEK MX opens a space to reverse the pace and examine, taste, reflect, dissect, witness, live and CONNECT with the city, with the community and with creative expression from the possibilities that these tools also give us.
“The objective of MUTEK MX sounds simple, but it is complex: to exploit the five senses of the attendees through the infinite possibilities that new technologies allow.” - RADIO FÓRMULA
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Tickets Available
EARLY BIRD
SOLD OUT
PASSPORT
PHASE 1 SOLD OUT
NOCTURNE 360 PASS
PHASE 1 SOLD OUT
A/VISIONS 1+
A/VISIONS 2
The PLAY 1, PLAY 2 and PLAY 3 programs are free to access and open to all ages.
MORE MUTEK MX
Archive
Learn the details about the 19 previous editions of MUTEK MX:
SoundCloud
High quality audio of some of the most epic Nocturne performances throughout history:
YouTube
Video recaps of the most recent editions, mini-docs and more audiovisual delights:
