Call for Participants: Valencia Immersive Workshop 2026

• Are you a creative professional, coder, or student looking to redefine urban heritage through technology and city data? Join us for the Valencia Immersive Workshop, a week-long multimedia hackathon/creative sprint dedicated to creating a site-specific installation in the heart of Valencia.
• Sign up using this form

The Project

This collaboration between Valencia Innovation Capital (VIC) and London College of Communication (UAL) invites 30 participants to re-read the city through an immersive lens. Drawing inspiration from Valencia’s festivities and cultural heritage, we will use different visual and sound techniques mixed with city-driven data sets to develop an immersive installation for the Plaza de la Reina.

• Dates: 25–29 May 2026. (In-Person)
• Time: Every day from 14:00-20:00
• Venue: La Harinera & Las Naves, with site visits inside the city of Valencia.

We are building multidisciplinary teams

Teams will be made of participants from different creative backgrounds, but not limited to:

• Artists, architects, engineers, theatre production specialists, projectionists, lighting technicians, programmers, engineers, specialists in electrical construction and fabrication, composers, sound designers, music technologists, audio engineers, dancers and performance artists.

What to Expect

The workshop follows a rapid prototyping and research-led making process. We will begin with a briefing and a site visit to the installation location. This is followed by intensive group sessions and technical breakouts focused on sound and visual development. The week concludes with final breakouts, a debrief on future plans, and a discussion of deliverables. Throughout the process, participants will have the opportunity to collaborate with creative practitioners and researchers from London College of Communication – University of the Arts London.

The workshop will be delivered in English.

UAL team

• Dr. Friendred Peng is an artist working explores art, technology and sciences through the lens of the body, sensory and immersive environments. He has exhibited internationally, including at Tate Britain, the Design Museum, Das Minsk Kunsthaus, London Design Festival and talks at TEDxAmsterdam.

• Dr. Diego Benalcazar is an Ecuadorian composer, producer, and interdisciplinary artist based in London, whose work is deeply rooted in sound exploration. His practice focuses on ancestral sound artifacts, the intricacies of archival processes, and the interplay between sound and memory.

• Kate Rose Carrick is a UAL International Academic. A multidisciplinary practitioner whose work encompasses sound, image, and object, work explores artists’ collective, research opportunities in challenging landscapes, immersing in community and cultural experiences to inform her artistic and pedagogic practice.

• Dr. Adam Stanovic is the Dean of Screen and a Reader in Electroacoustic Music. He started composing electronic music twenty-five years ago. Since this time, he has received over 45 international awards and mentions in international composition competitions, performed in over 600 international festivals, and published music on 17 different record labels.

How to Apply

If you are ready to collaborate with UAL tutors and local talent to transform Valencia’s urban identity, please submit your interest.

Capacity is strictly limited to 30 participants.

To apply for one of the 30 available places, please submit your interest by completing this form by the 15th May. Following the review process, all applicants will be notified regarding the status of their placement by 20th May.