Elevate is an annual interdisciplinary festival held in various venues in Graz, Austria, with a strong focus on cultural and socio-political topics.
In addition to performances, concerts, installations and DJ sets, the interdisciplinary program offers workshops, film screenings, lectures and discussions.
With its unique combination of critical-political discourse and art, contemporary electronic music and audio-visual experiments, the festival opens up a space for innovative content. Since 2016 Elevate is a partner in two Creative Europe projects: We Are Europe & Re-Imagine Europe. Amonst the guests are Human rights experts, climate researchers and activists from all over the world, who gather in Graz once a year with musicians and artists, illuminating pertinent issues of our future.
Source: elevate.at
Elevate Arts
In cooperation with the Institute for Art in Public Space Styria, this year Elevate Arts brings Brian Eno, one of the world's most important music producers and conceptual artists, virtually to Graz. A special version of his work 77 Million Paintings will be created for the festival and the series Music for Elevators will be continued. Furthermore, musician and artist Gregor Ladenhauf aka Zanshin will set up the audio installation I Gong in the Chinese Pavilion on the Schloßberg.
