AND produces, develops and stages one of the biggest media arts festivals in the UK. Travelling to and mapping a different terrain every occurrence, AND Festival is a rehearsal space and catalyst for new models of working. The programme invites new ways of seeing the world through re-negotiating our relationship to place featuring live cinema events, installations, online projects, residencies, public realm interventions exhibitions, performances, games and apps.
Over one transformative weekend, AND Festival returns to deliver extraordinary art and site-responsive installations in Barnsley, collaborating with visionary artists and creative technologists that push the boundaries of immersive experiences.
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Fri 25th Sep — Sun 27th Sep 2026
An immersive spatial audio installation by MONOM exploring the acoustic memory of extraction and the hidden infrastructures beneath Barnsley’s industrial landscape.
Read moreAcoustic Memories \\ MONOM
Fri 25th Sep — Sun 27th Sep 2026
Northern Passage: A Quest To Hopian is an interactive three-level game inspired by real locations in Barnsley, gradually transforming from sparse and inert landscapes into vibrant worlds.
Read moreNorthern Passage: A Quest To Hopian \\ Jazmin Morris
Fri 25th Sep — Sun 27th Sep 2026
(W)HOLE uncovers hidden digital infrastructures through sculpture and AR, using manhole covers as portals to reveal interconnected systems.
Read more(W)HOLE \\ Clusterduck
Fri 25th Sep — Sun 27th Sep 2026
Hapi Tomorrow receives its world premiere at AND Festival 2026 as part of SERVER, the festival’s broadcast channel.
Created by visual artist Chepertom (Thomas Collet) and musician ZULI.
Hapi Tomorrow \\ Chepertom and ZULI
Fri 25th Sep — Sun 27th Sep 2026
Intra Protocol is a site-responsive immersive audiovisual work by Sally Golding and Matt Spendlove that transforms the cinema into a living instrument.
Read moreIntra Protocol \\ Sally Golding and Matt Spendlove
Sat 26th Sep 2026
SERVER is a continuous, 7-hour, artist-led festival film channel creating space for critical reflection, speculative storytelling and interdisciplinary exchange.
Read moreSERVER \\ Going Away.tv
Fri 25th Sep — Sun 27th Sep 2026
Krumville is a multi-screen film exploring memory, perception, and mediated experience through a fictional town created from remixing algorithmic image-making and personal recollections.
Read moreKrumville \\ Dian Joy
Fri 25th Sep — Sun 27th Sep 2026
An audiovisual poem structured around the dialogues and wanderings of two characters confronting the contemporary world and its puzzling flows of interconnected phenomena.
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