SPAM New Media Festival

For its third iteration, SPAM New Media Festival 2025 is taking place at Georgetown Steam Plant. As we join the efforts of those remaking the building as a space for community art and culture, we are thinking about what custodianship and curation might mean in terms of looking after Seattle’s iconic “industrial cathedral”. 

Bringing together over 30 practitioners working from a postdigital perspective, SPAM’s 2025 program of installations, performances and discussions presents the work of an international community of artists, musicians, technologists, and thinkers.

Organized and curated by our team of community art workers, this year’s selection of works includes mediations on borders, on commons, on deep time, and on bodies, a video game about caretaking, a VR experience about climate, and a surveilling balloon. We have slime moulds, sink holes, post-apocalyptic landscapes, and something lurking in the boiler. 

Join us for a weekend of critically engaged, experimental, and research focused new media work. Doors open at 5pm each day, with live performances happening Friday and Saturday nights.

Info: The festival kicks off at 5 PM on Friday. To give visitors ample time to explore over 30 installations, we've divided the 5-8 PM window into one-hour slots. Please reserve your free tickets for the time slot that works best for you!

Info: Alemseged Bishu performers in one of the corners of the Ash room. Make sure you don't miss it!

Info: Join us on Friday from 8-10 PM for performances by amazing performances by Afroditi Psarra, Maria Thraen, Style King of the Week, St Celfer and Marcin Pączkowski. Be sure to reserve your free tickets! While the installations will also be open during this time, please note that some may be affected by the performances.

Info: The second day of the festival starts at 5 PM on Friday. To give visitors ample time to explore over 30 installations, we've divided the 5-8 PM window into time slots. Please reserve your free tickets for the time slot that works best for you!

Info: Join us on Saturday from 8-10 PM for performances wonderful performances by Maria Thraen, Natalia Quintanilla Cabrera, Charles Peoples III and Rohan Chander. Be sure to reserve your free tickets! While the installations will also be open during this time, please note that some may be affected by the performances.

Info: The final day of the festival begins at 4 PM and runs until 7 PM, offering time to explore the installations. Be sure to reserve your ticket for your visit!

Info: on Sunday September 13th, Leilei Xia will lead a workshop in conjunction with their work "Empty Touch". Everyone is welcome to join them on this closing event to the festival.

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