In this edition and within the framework of BIENALSUR, the Festival Factors, organized by the Laboratory of Research in Contemporary Art, Technology and Digital Media (LABART) and with the support of the Graduate Program in Visual Arts of the University of Santa Maria (Brazil), focuses on the concepts of energy and light, in terms of sustainability. The word energy can be understood as a vital force of the universe, a potential flow of nature, a sensory experience that makes the artistic phenomenon a dynamic project. Linked to light, artistic making can manifest itself as activation, distribution, pollution or as ecological and social resistance. For the Festival, it is interesting how contemporary artists problematize these questions that emerge from their practices.
