Prototipoak 2025

PROTOTIPOAK. INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL OF NEW ARTISTIC FORMS

BIENNIAL

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From May 27th to 31st, 2025

Prototipoak is the Azkuna Zentroa’s International Biennial of New Artistic Forms.

A meeting of creators with different visions and diverse backgrounds who question aspects of reality and envision the possibility of influencing it through artistic practice.

They do so by using contemporary forms, with their codes and creation times, changing scenarios and formats, using diverse languages and creating transformative experiences for the public, which live on in the memory.

Prototipoak’s framework of action and thought comes from one of the meanings of the word itself, “prototype”, which refers to a first version of something, to the preliminary embodiment of a device from which other forms are derived. It is therefore a space that promotes a way of doing things from a place of uncertainty, curiosity and permanent questioning, opening up the possibility of other worlds. Together with the “what”, the “when” or the “why”, these prototypes define the “how” and the “where” culture takes place, which includes the appropriate placement of each project and the diversity and suitability of the supports, formats and spaces.

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Prototipoak is a two-year event. It starts when the artists are invited to begin a creative process that builds relationships, knowledge, memories, and experiences in the present that carry on into the future. During this time, the Center's team participates in the development of the artists’ ideas and in the changing lives of their projects, so that the “Prototype” becomes a common exploration from creation to management, production and communication. The event takes place at the end of May in the form of a celebration, when the results of all these processes come together and are shared with the communities of audiences.

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