In spring 2019 Vision Forum organised a 4-day festival in Stockholm called Transformation. It investigated how naturally occurring nerve signals from muscle and brain can be used in musical composition and performance production. During the festival composers, musicians, technology developers and researchers met to investigate the aesthetic potential of biofeedback in music. The events and meetings led to a rich surge of reflections, development of new ideas, new research topics, new technological development, new collaborations and new artistic projects.The event was greatly appreciated by audience, participants and the media. During lockdown in spring 2020, Vision Forum organised the online festival Transformation II in collaboration with French online radio P-node. In 2024, Vision Forum organised Transformation III in Paris together with our French partners including Le Cube Garges, La Generale and Chair de poule. The festival also included satellite performances in Belgium and multiple venues in Sweden. Musicians from Sweden, France, Japan, Italy and many other countries formed a part of the festival.
June 9-14, 2026, Vision Forum will organise Transformation IV in Sweden together with our partners. The festival will take a slightly different approach than the previous ones. We will step closer to shamanism and will, amongst other things, work together with a Sami Noidi. The public events will take place on June 12 and will happen at The Outpost and at a Sami kåta (traditional Sami house) both at Riddarhyttan in Sweden. Workshops will be held in Stockholm as well.
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If you have not watched Fabien Guillermont’s wonderful film about Transformation in 2019, you can do so now.