Spain Delegation

About the delegation

The Spanish delegation, supported by Wallonie-Bruxelles International (WBI), brings together key actors from Spain’s digital culture, contemporary art, creative technology and festival ecosystems. Representing organisations such as Festival Volumens & Radiante Studio, Fundación Telefónica, MMMAD, TBA21, LLUM and Alumbra Fest, the delegation spans curating, artistic programming, digital innovation, light art and audiovisual culture. It offers a diverse cross-section of Spain’s creative landscape and provides a platform for international exchange, professional networking and the development of new collaborations between Spanish and Belgian cultural stakeholders.

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Delegation participants

Festival Volumens & Radiante Studio

Radiante Light Art Studio is a Valencia-based creative studio specializing in light art, immersive installations, audiovisuals and lighting design. Founded in 2014, it works at the intersection of art, technology, architecture and science, exploring light as an artistic material.Its immersive works combine light, laser, video, robotics, programming and interactive technologies to transform spaces and human perception. The studio has created two installations for Burning Man, Renaixement and The Eye, expanding its work into the international light-art scene. Its projects have been presented at festivals and cultural events in Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia, Romania and other international venues. Among its recognitions is the LIT Lighting Design Award, including an award for its immersive project Verge. Radiante’s work reflects a transdisciplinary philosophy that connects art, technology and innovation to create powerful contemporary experiences.

Volumens is an international festival based in Valencia, Spain, dedicated to digital art, science, technology, and music.It brings together artists, creators, researchers, and audiences to explore new technologies and creative practices. The festival takes place across different cultural venues and spaces throughout Valencia. It features immersive installations, audiovisual experiences, performances, electronic music, and innovative projects. In 2026, Volumens celebrates its 10th edition, establishing itself as a leading festival for digital culture and creativity in Spain.

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Antonio J. Albertos

Cultural manager, curator and write

Antonio J. Albertos is a cultural manager, curator and writer, working at the intersection of contemporary art, electronic music, technology and digital culture. His curatorial career includes collaborations with festivals such as Ciberart, Observatori, Intertecno, La Cabina y Dança Valencia and cultural institutions such as Octubre CCC. He is the founder and director of Volumens, an international festival dedicated to audiovisual art and new technologies. He is also part of the management team of Radiante Light Art Studio, contributing to the international development and production of its light art and immersive projects.

Fever

Active in more than 40 countries, Fever supports the people behind live culture and experiences with technology, audience discovery, co-production, marketing and ticketing. The Fever group also includes DICE, the fan-first live music platform. Together, they aim to help independent artists, promoters and venues connect with fans, reach new audiences and grow across markets, while making live culture easier to discover and experience. This past summer, in June 2026, Fever House at Primavera Sound Barcelona, was created with NAKED SPACE. The immersive space brought together art, design, music, gastronomy and local talent, connecting Barcelona’s creative community with the festival’s international audience and extending the experience beyond the stages.

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Sandra Mekler

Global Director of Institutional Relations & Communications

Sandra Mekler is Global Director of Institutional Relations & Communications at Fever, where she builds partnerships between public administrations, cultural institutions and the live entertainment sector. Her work explores how creative ideas can move beyond a single venue or city to reach new audiences and grow into lasting cultural experiences.

Fundación Telefónica

Fundación Telefónica is a non-profit organisation established by Telefónica in 1998 with the mission of contributing to inclusive digital development by putting technology at the service of people. Its activities are currently structured around four main areas: education, employability, social and digital inclusion, and art, culture and thought. Its work combines its own programmes, training, research, outreach and collaboration with public administrations. In the field of culture, Fundación Telefónica focuses particularly on examining how technological transformation is reshaping culture, artistic creation and the way we relate to the world. The main hub of this activity is Espacio Fundación Telefónica, opened in 2012 in the historic Telefónica Building on Madrid’s Gran Vía.

The space functions as an exhibition centre, but also as a forum for debate, public engagement and experimentation at the intersection of art, science, technology and the humanities. Its exhibition programme combines thematic exhibitions addressing scientific, technological and social issues—from artificial intelligence and quantum computing to the relationship between technology and the future—with projects connected to contemporary artistic practices and new technologies.

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María Brancós Bartí

Head of Exhibitions

María Brancós Bartí holds a degree in Humanities from Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, a Master’s degree in Ephemeral Architecture, Exhibition and Museum Design from the Polytechnic University of Barcelona, and a Master’s degree in Art Theory from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. After being awarded the “Museum Management and Exhibition Curating Grant” by the Botín Foundation in 2006, she moved to London to develop research into socially engaged art programmes at institutions such as City University and Tate Britain. Since 2012, she has been Head of Exhibitions at Fundación Telefónica, where she develops a programme of in-house exhibitions focused on exploring issues related to digital transformation and promoting the critical use of new technologies in artistic practice. Among the thematic exhibitions she has led are The Great Imagination. Stories of the Future, Echoes of the Ocean and Quantum Revolution, projects that address issues such as the construction of possible futures and the ways in which scientific and technological advances are reshaping our relationship with the world, our cultural practices and social structures. She has also been involved in the development of the first solo exhibitions presented in Spain by artists and creative studios such as Joanie Lemercier, Liam Young and teamLab.

ROTOR Studio

Rotor Studio is an independent artistic studio and research lab founded by Ángeles Angulo and Román Torre. Rotor works at the intersection of art, technology, speculative thinking and material experimentation.

Their practice takes many different forms and scales, from large-scale installations and artistic devices designed for public spaces and large audiences, to medium-scale works for museums and cultural centres, as well as smaller pieces that can be presented in galleries and exhibition spaces.

The studio develops interactive installations, sculptures, artistic devices and experimental projects combining digital technologies, electronics, digital fabrication and hands-on processes. Their work explores the relationship between technology, nature and society, often addressing questions around artificial intelligence, environmental transformation, perception and the changing relationship between humans and machines. Rotor collaborates with museums, festivals, cultural institutions and research environments, developing exhibitions, commissions, residencies, workshops and site-specific projects.

Ángeles Angulo

Co-founder

Ángeles Angulo was born in Lorca, Murcia, Spain. She is an artist with an academic background in dance and choreography and has worked for more than 30 years in the performing arts, taking on different roles as a performer, choreographer and cultural manager. She co-founded and managed a dance company and a cultural space in Barcelona, and was also involved in the management of an interdisciplinary arts festival. Her professional practice later took a significant turn towards the visual arts.

Together with Román Torre, she founded Rotor Studio, initially based in Barcelona and now based in Gijón, Asturias. Their work combines artistic research, technology, digital fabrication and physical materials, creating interactive installations, artistic devices and speculative environments.

MMMAD

MMMAD is a non-profit cultural organisation exploring the intersections of art, technology and digital cultures. Based in Madrid, we develop international projects that create opportunities for artists, connect communities and experiment with new forms of creation, production and exchange. Focused on the intersection of digital culture and public space, our mission is to bring art to new audiences by exploring exhibition formats and spaces that move beyond conventional circuits and create hybrid experiences between the physical and digital worlds.

Since 2020, the association has organised MMMAD Festival, with an annual programme of exhibitions, installations, open calls, workshops and gatherings taking place across the city. In 2022, the festival was awarded the EFFE Label, a European quality label recognising outstanding arts festivals that demonstrate a strong commitment to artistic quality, community participation and international openness.

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Diego Iglesias Gómez

co-founder and director

Diego Iglesias Gómez is a creative director, curator and educator working across art, design and new technologies. Trained as an architect, his practice explores how digital culture is reshaping contemporary forms of creation, learning and cultural production. He is co-founder and director of MMMAD, an international platform for digital culture and contemporary creation based in Madrid; co-founder and curator of HYPER HOUSE, an independent space for artistic experimentation in Carabanchel; and co-founder and creative director of HYPER STUDIO, a practice working across culture, design and technology. He is also project manager of DIGITAL on STAGE, a European initiative exploring new relationships between performing arts and digital technologies. He is curator and co-host of ‘La casa de la casa’, a podcast by La Casa de la Arquitectura. Education is a central part of his practice. Between 2024 and 2026 he was Head of the School of Visual Arts at IED Madrid, where he previously led postgraduate programmes and taught speculative design, entrepreneurship and interdisciplinary practice. He has also taught at HEAD – Genève, EINA Barcelona, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.

TBA 21

TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary is one of the leading international foundations for art and public engagement. The foundation’s vision and ethos are structured around two interrelated programme strands: the production of artworks with a long-term commitment to supporting artists’ careers (commissions), and the development of art-based projects that explore the fields of critical ecologies and social justice (research). TBA21 is based in Madrid, where it operates in partnership with the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, and has other key centres of activity in Venice and Portland (Jamaica).

All of TBA21’s work is collaborative and driven primarily by artists and by the conviction that art and culture are integral components of social and environmental transformation and, ultimately, serve the cause of peace. For TBA21, art is a complex form of knowledge that draws on existing bodies of knowledge whilst, at the same time, revealing its boundless, imaginative and uncategorisable nature. Convinced that art has the capacity to act as a transformative force in society, the foundation explores new modes of production and presentation designed to catalyse social and environmental change. This new form of research urgently examines how artistic practices can create a space beyond art itself and intervene and act within the public sphere.

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Marina Avia Estrada

Director of Exhibitions and Public Programmes

Marina Avia Estrada is Director of Exhibitions and Public Programmes at TBA21 Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary. An art historian and curator, she holds a Master’s degree in Critical and Curatorial Studies from Columbia University (as a Fulbright scholar) and a Master’s degree in Contemporary Art History and Visual Culture from the Autonomous University of Madrid. She has previously worked at institutions such as IPCNY (International Print Center New York), the Wallach Art Gallery, Tabacalera Promoción del Arte and AECID.

She recently co-curated Moby Dick—The Whale. The Story of a Myth from Antiquity to Contemporary Art for TBA21 (Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, 2025) and is the curator of the exhibition CAUTÍN by Seba Calfuqueo (Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Madrid, 2026).

Alumbra Fest

Founded in Granada in 2005, Asociación Cultural Miga is a non-profit cultural organisation dedicated to digital culture, electronic music, audiovisual creation and contemporary artistic practices. Through cultural programmes, education, production and dissemination, Miga creates spaces for experimentation, knowledge exchange and the development of emerging and established artists. Miga leads Alumbra, a digital arts and heritage festival founded in Granada in 2021. Alumbra explores the intersections of art, technology and cultural heritage, bringing contemporary digital creation into dialogue with historic spaces through installations, audiovisual works, workshops and experimental projects.

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Adolfo Sánchez & Julia Martínez Escudero

Curator and Co-Director & Co-Director

Adolfo Sánchez García is Curator and Co-Director of Alumbra. His work focuses on digital arts, audiovisual creation and the relationship between contemporary artistic practices, technology and cultural heritage. At Alumbra, he develops the festival’s curatorial approach and artistic programme, bringing digital creation into dialogue with heritage spaces.

Julia Martínez Escudero is Festival Co-Director of Alumbra and Managing Director of Asociación Cultural Miga. Her work focuses on the development, coordination and production of cultural projects related to digital arts, contemporary creation and cultural heritage. Through Miga and Alumbra, she works to create contexts for artistic experimentation, knowledge exchange and connections between artists, institutions and audiences.

LLUM

Llum BCN is Barcelona’s annual festival of light arts, organised by Barcelona City Council. Launched in 2012, the festival celebrated its 15th edition in 2026 and has become one of the city’s major cultural events, attracting around 300,000 visitors in its latest edition. For several nights, Barcelona becomes an open-air stage for large-scale light installations and artistic interventions combining art, architecture, technology, audiovisual creation and public space. The 2026 edition featured 33 installations, while recent editions have brought together dozens of local and international artists, studios and emerging creators. The programme includes established artists alongside projects developed by Barcelona’s universities and schools of architecture, art and design, creating a broad platform for both internationally recognised practices and new talent. Free and open to the public, Llum BCN explores how light can transform the perception of the city and create new collective experiences, with accessibility, sustainability, experimentation and social inclusion at the core of its approach.

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Katarina Grbić

Assistant to the Artistic Direction

Katarina Grbić is a cultural producer and festival director based in Barcelona. She is the co-founder and co-director of Rizomes Festival, an independent music, visual arts, and ephemeral architecture festival held annually in the Catalan countryside, exploring collective celebration through environmentally conscious practices. She is currently Assistant to the Artistic Direction of Llum BCN, Barcelona’s major festival dedicated to light arts, organised by Barcelona City Council. In this role, she works closely with the artistic direction on the development and implementation of the festival’s programme, accompanying artists and projects from their initial conception through to their presentation in public space, and contributing to the dialogue between artistic vision, urban context, technical production, and audiences. Alongside Llum BCN and Rizomes, she has collaborated for over seven years with major public festivals organised by Barcelona City Hall, contributing to the creative direction and production of large-scale cultural events in public space. Her work focuses on sustainable cultural production and on making culture more accessible.

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