ransformation Digital Art 2026 LI-MA’s 10th anniversary international symposium on the preservation of digital art 26 March 2026 - 27 March 2026

Transformation Digital Art 2026, LI-MA – Living Media Art proudly presents the 10th edition of Transformation Digital Art (TDA), the annual international symposium dedicated to the preservation of digital art. This two-day event, hosted at LI-MA in Amsterdam, brings together artists, scholars, institutions, and students to exchange knowledge and explore new approaches to caring for digital art, ensuring its continued accessibility and relevance in an ever-evolving digital landscape.

For a decade, TDA has been a key international gathering for anyone invested in the long-term preservation, reactivation, and accessibility of digital art. The 2026 edition takes “Networks: Structures of Collaboration, Care, and Trust” as its theme, exploring how digital artworks are (re)shaped by the systems they inhabit.

As decentralised infrastructures, distributed archives, and intelligent technologies become more embedded in cultural practice, fundamental questions arise: Who takes responsibility for digital artworks? How do we foster trust across systems and communities? And what does sustainable preservation look like in a landscape defined by volatility, fragmentation, and rapid technological change?

Programme Overview

Transformation Digital Art 2026 brings together an impressive lineup of keynotes, panels, and workshops. Across panels and discussions, the symposium explores trust, collaboration, and the preservation of digital art, examining how AI, decentralised networks, and evolving technologies are reshaping the ways communities, institutions, and artists sustain and engage with digital artworks.

Nearly all speakers have been confirmed: Antti Ahonen, Steve Benford, Brian Castriota, Chiara Borognovo, Annet Dekker, Joost Dofferhoff, Constant Dullaart, Patricia Falcao, Paula Fernández, Flaminia Fortunato, Sarah Friend, Amira Gad, Gabriella Gianachi, Tjarda de Haan, Tereza Havlikova, Inge Hinterwaldner, Elsbeth Kwant, Jan Robert Leegte, Adam Lockhardt, Jonas Lund, Hélia Marçal, Esther MoÑivas Mayor, John Moore, Kelani Nichole, Andrew Paterson, Esther Polak, Sakrowski, Nestor Siré, Nick Tandavanitj, Aga Wielocha, Gaby Wijers

Thursday, 26 March examines how trust-based and decentralised systems are redefining responsibility for digital art. Across three panels and a keynote, speakers explore how artists, museums, developers, and communities navigate interconnected infrastructures – from online platforms to social and blockchain-based systems – and the opportunities and tensions they generate.

Friday, 27 March turns to issues of trust and the ethics and impacts of digital tools – especially AI – and how technologies enable collaboration while introducing new forms of risk, bias, and exclusion.

Besides panels and presentations, workshops and hands-on sessions will take place, including sessions specifically for students. More programme announcements will follow.

Tickets & Registration

Passe-partout tickets, granting access to both symposium days, day tickets, and student tickets are now available. Workshop registrations will open soon.