More than 200 artists and almost 20 galleries from all the world involved each year in Optica. In addition to parties and other leisure activities, the Festival is structured primarily from the following sections:

Independent artists: One of the key points to define Optica philosophy is the defense of the so-called "intergenerational inclusion." This is a practice that allows not only enjoy the value of the works themselves, but also cross the languages that exist in the different artistic circuits, and generational groups. Also it facilitates the dissemination of the new talent.

Galleries: The participation of galleries reinforces and enriches the Festival programming.

Information Section: This is a not competitive section. We are approaching to international projects for the diffusion of the audio-visual culture, which have among its objectives:

-To promote the creative expression and motivate reflection about the environment.
-To create a space for education, innovation and creativity.
-To encourage the exchange of ideas, debate and discussion.

Meetings with Artists: This section conforms an exchange format of experiences, in which the border between creator and its environment is broken. In this way, some of the artists can establish a dialogue with the audience through different activities.

In previous editions, as well too Spanish creators, artists from countries like USA, Mexico, Argentina, Chile, Peru, United Kingdom, France, Greece, Germany or Japan, visited the Festival.

Performances: Audiovisual live shows of international artists, in which were fused image and sound, giving place to ephemeral art, executed in real time.

Parties: With this type of activity is achieved breaking the coldness that usually rules the artistic world. Frontiers were demolished, oxygen and establishing a two-way path between the creator and social environment around. So it became possible the bringing of more people to explore audiovisual, which represents a unique initiatory opportunity.

We have planned this series of events, out from balance and equality, to preserve, above all, the essence of the festival: the videoart.


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Optica Festival Córdoba (Spain)
From September 20th until 25th September 2010

Optica Festival Madrid (Spain)
From September 23rd until 26th September 2010

Optica Festival Gijón (Spain)
From October 21st until 23rd October 2010

Optica Festival Buenos Aires (Argentina)
From October 28th until 30th October 2010

Optica Festival Paris (France)
From November 17th until 20th November 2010

Optica Festival La Paz (Bolivia)
From December 8th until 10th December 2010

Optica Festival New York (U.S.A.)
Date to be confirmed

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