Future Environments Through Network Arts
Nownet arts conference 2026
Future Environments Through Network Arts
August 18-20, 2026 (NZST New Zealand Standard Time)
NowNet Arts Conference is an annual event for artists, technologists, researchers, educators, and industry professionals advancing topics in contemporary network arts for the ongoing development of the field. The theme for our 9th Annual Conference "Future Environments Through Network Arts" explores network arts as a catalyst for new realities.
What are the creative potentials of network arts environments? How can network arts innovate cultural connections for the future? What are visions of network arts technology infrastructure ahead? How do future environments in network arts and in the world intersect?
The NowNet Arts Conference 2026 invites papers, panels, presentations, workshops, performance demonstrations, and innovations that explore future environments through the lens of network arts.
Affiliates
- Auckland University of Technology Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau
- School of Future Environments Te Ara Auaha
- Faculty of Design + Creative Technologies Te Wānanga Aronui O Tāmaki Makau Rau, New Zealand
- Aotearoa Audio Foundation, Auckland, New Zealand
- Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA), Stanford University, California, USA
- Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS), Stony Brook University, New York, USA
- LASALLE | University of the Arts, Singapore
- Orpheus Institute, Ghent, Belgium
- The University of Melbourne, Australia Western Australian
- Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA)
- Edith Cowan University, Australia
- Zurich University of the Arts, Switzerland
Locations
Presenters and attendees can participate in-person from hybrid conference sites or virtually from any individual site via Zoom.
Contact the conference director for information on sites.
Hybrid Sites:
- Auckland University of Technology Te Wānanga Aronui o Tāmaki Makau Rau, School of Future Environments Te Ara Auaha
- Faculty of Design + Creative Technologies Te Wānanga Aronui O Tāmaki Makau Rau, New Zealand
- Aotearoa Audio Foundation, Auckland, New Zealand
- Clinton Watkins and Andrew McMillan, Site Hosts
Details
Software and hardware for network arts will be utilized including JackTrip, LOLA, UltraGrid, VDO.Ninja, Zoom, Jitsi,OBS, and others.
The NowNet Arts Virtual Venue is available for performance demonstrations.
Research papers are eligible upon peer review for the Journal of Network Music and Arts (JONMA) published by Stony Brook University.
Conference committee
Director: Sarah Weaver, NowNet Arts Inc.
Chris Chafe, Stanford University
Margaret Schedel, Stony Brook University
Contact
Sarah Rose Weaver, Conference Director
info@nownetarts.org
