New Forms Festival is run by New Forms Media Society (NFMS) to unite creative communities and throw forward-thinking music events in Vancouver.

TRANSFORM 2024

November 13-16 // 2024 // KW Studios

We return to KW Studios for four days of DJ sets, stimulating discussion, live performance, and A/V spectacle.

Our early-hours program may appear cerebral, but expect to break a sweat during our late evening sets.

Transform runs from November 13-16.

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TRANSFORM 2023

December 8-9 // 2023

Transform Festival presented by New Forms and Acceleration Radio and FromlifeArtwork

New Forms Festival was proud to collaborate with Acceleration Radio and Fromlife to present the 21st edition of the festival which will be a 2-day exploration of experimental audio/visual presentations and genre deconstruction.

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Sound Space

December 14 – 18 // 2022

Brooklyn based artist A Space for Sound performing a sound bath

Sound Space opening ceremony with Squamish singers and drummer

Biosonics panel discussion with Mendel Skuksli, Ruby Singh and Tarun Nayar

Sound Space was a patchwork of live performances, conversations, and listening experiences presented in partnership with Lobe Studio. The festival dedicated a space for communal listening and interaction through a 4DSOUND spatial sound array, presenting performances and installations by award-winning and emerging local artists alike. The program featured Inuk artist Tiffany Ayalik, Vancouverite sound sculptor loscil, Montréal-based RAMZi , Brooklyn-based sound bath practitioner A Space for Sound, selections from the MONOM Catalog, and many more.

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New Forms Media Society acknowledges and thanks Canada Council for the Arts, British Columbia Arts Council, City of Vancouver Cultural Services, Canadian Arts Presentation Fund, and CreativeBC for their financial support.

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