AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report 2025 (eBook)
Book available from May 21, 2025
The AC/E Digital Culture Annual Report 2025 focuses on the dynamic spaces where art, science, technology, and society converge. Within a framework defined by accelerated technological and scientific transformation, as well as the uncertainty of the present, the yearbook explores the tensions and synergies between artistic practice, science, and technology through the analysis of key moments in recent history.
The central idea of this year's Focus, developed by art historian and curator Mónica Bello, lies in the need to deepen collaboration between cultural, scientific, and technological actors to address current and future challenges. Through exemplary cases and transformative moments, the values that emerge from interdisciplinary dialogue are highlighted, proposing collaborative models oriented toward sustainability, viability, and, ultimately, cultural innovation and the common good. With a primarily European focus and a global aspiration, this work offers valuable tools for institutions interested in promoting creative, diverse, inclusive, and culturally committed spaces.
This edition also features reflections from various authors who explore the intersection of culture and digitalization: Manuel González Hernández analyzes creativity in the age of algorithms as a new creative space; Óscar Espiritusanto explores "IAlogos," artificial dialogues with real intelligences; Raquel C. Pico examines the relationship between culture and the 2030 Agenda; Laura Ceballos addresses global strategies for responsible consumption of digital culture and mental health in young people; Andrew Richard Albanese analyzes the situation of publishers, libraries, and the freedom to read in the United States; Inés Abalo Rodríguez and Paco Calvo explore the connection between plant intelligence and the robotics of tomorrow; Nico Castro reflects on the transformation of professional profiles in the music industry due to digitalization; Yova Turnes presents the DeVuego case on the path toward cataloging and preserving the legacy of video games and their creators; José Luis Reyes Criado analyzes electronic music and digital arts festivals as showcase events. José Ramón Alcalá reflects on the pending history and endangered memory of New Media Art, and Sofía López examines generative AI and its impact on the transformation of the creative cultural industries.
The AC/E Digital Culture Yearbook is the result of ongoing reflection by Acción Cultural Española since 2013 on the integration of the digital dimension into its objectives and support for the digitalisation of the cultural sector. This publication seeks to delve deeper into the transformation of the cultural sector and help its entities and professionals create online experiences that meet the expectations of 21st-century users.
