DEMO2024

DEMO2024

DEMO2024 is a multi-day festival and gathering for people at the leading edge of art, culture, and technology.

By NEW INC

Select date and time

June 5 · 5:30pm - June 7 · 7:30pm EDT

Location

WSA

161 Water Street New York, NY 10038

Agenda

June 5
June 6
June 7

12:00 PM - 3:00 PM

Power Lunch: Career Fair with CREAM


Presented in collaboration with performance artist Ayana Evans, this non-traditional career fair brings together NYC’s art, design, and technology companies with a commitment to non-discriminatory hi...

1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Studio DEMO


Studio DEMO: a broadcasting and recording hub for short interviews, quick demonstrations, podcast recordings, live streaming, and more.

5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

Cooperative Studies Mainstage Talks


Presentations by NEW INC Members are at the core of DEMO2023. Organized by Track or specialization, these talks are lightning-style presentations featuring new ideas at the forefront of art, design, ...

About this event

Notice:
The first round of free tickets has reached capacity. If you didn't snag a ticket in this first round, it's no sweat! We will release a second round of tickets in mid-May. Scroll down to the bottom of demofestival.org to sign up for updates. If you are an industry professional traveling for the festival, please message DEMO2024 Head of Industry Relations, Vincent Campagna, vincent@newinc.org

Notes on Admission and Tickets:

  • Tickets are free on a first come, first serve basis.
  • Tickets are for Mainstage Talks.
  • Track Showcases, Studio DEMO, DEMO Store and the cafe do not require tickets and are open to the public.
  • In the case the Mainstage Talks have reached their seating capacity, priority will be given to those who have registered in advance. Please note registration does not fully guarantee admission.
  • There will be an overflow space on the Showcase floor available with monitors featuring a Livestream of the Mainstage Talks, should the Mainstage Talks reach seating capacity.
  • There will be food and beverages available for purchase on the Showcase floor.
  • For more information on the full schedule, speakers and more visit DEMOfestival.org

Presented by NEW INC & NEW MUSEUM

Feel the pulse of the next generation of creative projects and enterprises at DEMO, a festival created by NEW INC, the New Museum’s cultural incubator for art, design, and technology. Open to the public, DEMO2024 will take place over three days at WSA and Water Street Projects and feature talks, showcases, performances, and a broadcast hub.

DEMO2024 will spotlight innovative projects created by 38 current NEW INC members and additional special guests. In celebration of NEW INC’s 10th anniversary, we will also highlight the contributions of our outstanding alumni over the past decade.

ABOUT NEW INC

Expanding on the New Museum’s commitment to new art and new ideas, NEW INC is the Museum’s cultural incubator supporting creative practitioners and small businesses working across art, design, and technology. Now in Year 10, NEW INC’s membership model continues to support a diverse range of creative practitioners with a values-driven program and safe space for gathering and developing new creative projects and businesses. In 2020, NEW INC launched ONX Studio, an XR accelerator for artists, in partnership with the Onassis Foundation. NEW INC was cofounded by New Museum’s Toby Devan Lewis Director Lisa Phillips and former Deputy Director Karen Wong in 2014 as the first museum-led cultural incubator.


ABOUT NEW MUSEUM

The New Museum is the only museum in New York City exclusively devoted to contemporary art. Founded in 1977, the New Museum is a center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists from around the world. From its beginnings as a one-room office on Hudson Street to the inauguration of its first freestanding building on the Bowery designed by SANAA in 2007, the New Museum continues to be a place of experimentation and a hub of new art and new ideas.


ABOUT WSA

WSA (Water Street Associates) reimagines an iconic postmodern Fox & Fowle designed downtown tower for the creative community of thirty-one floors and provides exhibition spaces, work suites & offices, production studios for podcasting, music, video & XR, lounges & salons, an expansive spa & gym, multiple dining concepts, and atelier retails. Clustering spirited artists and creative entrepreneurs in fashion, art, culture and technology is the alchemy for delirious public programming and activities taking place year-round at WSA.

Frequently asked questions

What is DEMO?

DEMO2024 is a multi-day festival and gathering for people at the leading edge of art, culture, and technology. Anchored by the work of NEW INC'S Year 10 Members, the festival gathers national and international thought leaders for a series of demos, exhibitions, and broadcasts giving shape to the nex

When is DEMO?

DEMO2024 will run from June 5-7, 2024. Track showcases will be on view from June 5-20, 2024. For more information on the full schedule, speakers and more visit DEMOfestival.org

Where is DEMO?

DEMO2024 will be hosted by WSA and Water Street Projects located at 161 Water Street, New York, NY, 10038. WSA is the home of creative businesses including Office Magazine, Bode, and LUAR in Manhattan's South Street Seaport.

Organized by

NEW INC is the New Museum's incubator exploring new ideas at the intersection of art, technology, and design.

Operating as both a shared workspace and professional development program, NEW INC gives creative practitioners the tools they need to build sustainable practices and launch projects that impact, promote, and amplify culture. NEW INC aims to foster a creative ecosystem that generates cultural value, not just capital value.

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