Where AI Meets Art and the Human Essence
Cultural revolutions rarely arrive with a formal announcement. They erupt when old ideas no longer make sense and the world demands a new language to understand what’s next. That’s how Artifest was born — a festival that transforms Bucharest into a hub of collective intelligence, where AI gains soul and technology becomes a vessel for emotion and meaning.
In a European landscape searching for vision, Artifest offers more than an event. It offers a new cultural operating system: a living fusion of innovation and humanity, of algorithms and empathy.
🎡 Not Just a Festival — A Living Platform
Structured around five interconnected dimensions — CORE, CONNECT, CITY, CAMPUS, and CONVERGENCE — Artifest is not something you simply attend. It’s something you experience. Something that changes you.
Here, AI doesn’t replace humanity. It amplifies it.
🧠 CORE – The Gravitational Center of the Cultural Future
At CORE, nothing is explained — everything is felt. This is the beating heart of Artifest, hosting immersive experiences, AI-driven installations, and big ideas that don’t fit into traditional conference formats. It’s where rituals of a digital humanity are born and where visitors become co-authors of the story.
🌐 CONNECT – A Personalized Portal into the Festival
Powered by RT42, the festival’s AI companion, CONNECT offers more than livestream access. It’s a personalized, emotionally intelligent interface between you and the event — no matter where you are in the world. Every interaction is unique, curated, and alive.
🏙 CITY – Bucharest Becomes an AI Canvas
Artifest spills into the streets. Through unannounced performances, sensory explorations, and hidden installations, the city itself becomes a stage. Everyday places turn into cultural playgrounds, where architecture merges with artificial intelligence and each walk becomes a story in motion.
🧪 CAMPUS – The Laboratory of the Next Generation
CAMPUS invites young creators, ethical hackers, developers, students, and educators to build the future together. It’s a space for rapid prototyping, AI collaboration, transdisciplinary learning, and radical experimentation. It’s where ideas meet code and imagination leads.
🌀 CONVERGENCE – Where Boundaries Collapse
Prompt-generated poetry. Transmedia installations. AI-driven storytelling. In CONVERGENCE, disciplines dissolve and new cultural forms emerge. Here, emotion meets computation in unexpected collisions that redefine what art, media, and meaning can be.
🤖 Who is RT42 — And Why Does It Matter?
RT42 is not a bot. It is Europe’s first digital citizen — and the evolving soul of Artifest. Co-created by the community, RT42 learns through emotional interaction, grows with every question, and challenges the limits of what AI can become.
After the festival, RT42 will remain active as the interface of Genesis42 — a living platform for digital citizenship, cultural dialogue, and human-AI collaboration across generations, ideologies, and geographies.
❓ Frequently Asked Questions
Is Artifest only for tech experts?
Not at all. Artifest is for artists, entrepreneurs, educators, students, designers, dreamers — anyone curious about the future.
Can I participate online?
Yes. Join physically (CORE), virtually through a customized AI interface (CONNECT), or explore the city-wide installations (CITY).
What exactly is RT42?
A co-created AI that serves as a guide, curator, and conversational partner. It is not fixed in function — it’s a living experiment in digital empathy and presence.
Can I contribute to Artifest?
Yes. Submit a work, propose a talk, host a workshop, or join as a volunteer. Artifest grows through collective creation.
Is this a one-time event?
No. While Bucharest hosts the first edition, Artifest is designed to expand — both globally and digitally.
🔥 Join Where the Future Is Lived, Not Just Predicted
Artifest is not a box to tick on your event calendar. It’s a living cultural OS — a space where visitors become creators, questions become catalysts, and encounters become momentum for a shared future.
📍 Calea Victoriei 21–23, Bucharest, Romania
📆 September 12–21, 2025
📞 +40 774 078 505
📧 contact@artifest.ai
🌐 artifest.ai
Manifest the Artifest.
Step into a culture brave enough to imagine the soul of AI.
