The Demo Festival an International One Day Art Event

An international art event dubbed Demo Festival was launched in 2019. Also called Design in Motion Festival, the Demo Festival was founded by Studio Dumbar/Dept® and Global in Amsterdam. The 24 hour event came back in 2022. Then as of 2025, it has grown into an international festival with seven countries and fifteen cities participating across Europe and North America. 

International Art DEMO Festival

In 2025 the festival featured motion design on both small and massive screens across the globe. In addition, DEMO producers used high-end XL screens in Amsterdam, Utrecht, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Tilburg, Anwerp, Brussels, Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Cardiff, Leeds, Madrid, Barcelona, Vancouver and Los Angeles. Due to AI technology, this type of art has grown exponentially, inundating the producers with submissions. They had the immense task of narrowing it down utilizing work from roughly 350 artists. 

Loreta Isac

International Art DEMO Festival
Still Life by Loreta Isac

Bucharest, Romania-based illustrator & animator Loreta Isac (see image above) has participated in the DEMO Festival with a piece called Still Life. She is known for her animation and illustrations. While her artwork incorporates nature, visual poetry, music, she also imbues a sense of melancholy into some of her works. Enjoy more art on Loreta Isac’s instagram.

Chris Kore

Dirty Window by Chris Kore

Another participant is Chris Kore (1993), a multidisciplinary artist and designer, currently living in the Netherlands. The designer uses AI while exploring technology, art and science. Chris had several works included in the 2025 DEMO Festival. They include: Color Racer, Dirty Window (see image), Soft Bodies, and also Vacation Flow. Find out more about Chris Kore on instagram.

Barry Spencer

Finally one more artist, Barry Spencer of Melbourne Australia comes from the world of type. His love love of Latin letterforms, code and clay has informed his art. His work included in the festival is titled Hypnocode. Find out more about Barry Spencer on his website – https://barryspencerdesign.com.au/

Hypnocode by Barry Spencer

Needless to say, there are hundreds of artists participating in the DEMO Festival. These are just a few that were chosen to spotlight in this article. Additional designers include the well known Helsinki, Finland based art and 3D design duo ALANKO+NUOTIO. Artists from the team include illustrator and surface designer Anna Alanko and graphic designer Antton Nuotio. The producers of DEMO also chose to use work of Swiss designer Dirk Koy. 

Let’s face it, the world is filled with immense talent in many fields. However, it is quite exciting to see this relatively new art practice making its mark on the world. At ETG we realize with so many travel website options, our readers come to our boutique art inspired travel site to find out about art and artists from around the world. Continue to give us your feedback about new global art ventures. Find out more about the DEMO Festival at https://demofestival.com/

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