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Creative Intelligence

Fri 11 – Sun 13 Sep 2026

The new ideas, art and technologies shaping our future

Explore how artists, digital innovation and AI are reshaping the world we live in at London’s newest celebration of art, imagination and technology.

The future is in your hands at a three-day takeover packed with art, performance, music, free demos, debate, play and experimentation. 

Innovation and discovery are for everyone at Creative Intelligence, which takes inspiration from our origins 75 years ago at the Festival of Britain by exploring what comes next for creativity, art, technology, science and design. 

Commissioned and produced by Southbank Centre. Curated with PACT – Planetary Art Culture Technology. Creative Intelligence is supported by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI).

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More info for Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang
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Classical music

Playing with Fire: Yuja Wang

Get closer to the explosive talent of Yuja Wang at a groundbreaking concert merging VR and live piano
Royal Festival Hall
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More info for Creative Intelligence Summit
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Talks & debates

Creative Intelligence Summit

An industry day for the culture makers, artists, writers, designers and engineers shaping our world
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Holly Herndon: Listening Session
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Gigs

Holly Herndon: Listening Session

Rewrite the rules of art-making with an artist and composer at the frontier of music and AI
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Kevin Peter He: Vestige
A dancer arches backward on stage beneath a large digital projection of a leaping figure and a robotic arm sculpture.
Performance & dance

Kevin Peter He: Vestige

Two performers search for contact across stage and screen in a magnetic live dance-theatre work
Purcell Room
More info for Jeanette Winterson: Creativity, Artists, Us
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Literature & poetry

Jeanette Winterson: Creativity, Artists, Us

Join the renowned author for a fearless discussion about art, AI and our future
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Jack Thorne: Authorship in the Age of AI
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Literature & poetry

Jack Thorne: Authorship in the Age of AI

The award-winning screenwriter takes an urgent look at what AI means for the future of storytelling
Queen Elizabeth Hall
More info for Julianknxx & THABO: Bantutronic – Finding 15 Live
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Performance & dance

Julianknxx & THABO: Bantutronic – Finding 15 Live

Narration, movement and live-scored music tracing Bantu and African diaspora histories and futures
Purcell Room
More info for Get Your Hands-Dirty with Creative Tech
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Art & exhibitions

Get Your Hands-Dirty with Creative Tech

Performances, workshops and interactive art showcasing London’s creative computing communities
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: Pollinator Pathmaker
A dense, hyper-colorful digital illustration of a wildflower meadow packed with pink, blue, and purple blossoms.
Art & exhibitions

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg: Pollinator Pathmaker

A kaleidoscopically colourful digital artwork exploring garden design for pollinators
Riverside Terrace
Tickets Free
More info for Katie Paterson: Ideas
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Art & exhibitions

Katie Paterson: Ideas

A constellation of reflections on deep time and imagined worlds forms a dreamlike sound installation
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Kate Crawford & Vladan Joler: Anatomy of an AI System
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Art & exhibitions

Kate Crawford & Vladan Joler: Anatomy of an AI System

Investigate the vast, intricate web of resources, labour and data behind a single Amazon Echo
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free
More info for The Prologue
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Art & exhibitions

The Prologue

Step through an immersive gateway reimagining the language of technology through poetry and light
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Google Arts & Culture
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Art & exhibitions

Google Arts & Culture

Try intriguing interactive projects transforming learning, storytelling and play
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Andrew Thomas Huang: The Deer of Nine Colours
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Art & exhibitions

Andrew Thomas Huang: The Deer of Nine Colours

A hypnotic, dreamlike installation offering a modern sci-fi retelling of a Buddhist folktale
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Exploration Bazaar
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Tours & activities

Exploration Bazaar

Ignite your curiosity, play with new ideas or join a debate at an exploration of creative AI innovation
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for THE DELUSION: I Can’t Move With You
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Art & exhibitions

THE DELUSION: I Can’t Move With You

Brave a post-apocalyptic world and play artist Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s interactive game
The Clore Ballroom
Tickets Free
More info for Ayoung Kim: Delivery Dancer's Sphere
A woman in a white delivery uniform falling upside down off a motorbike in a South Korean street with neon lights surrounding
Art & exhibitions

Ayoung Kim: Delivery Dancer's Sphere

An enigmatic artwork where Seoul is a labyrinth of endless delivery work controlled by an algorithm
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Live Demos
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Art & exhibitions

Live Demos

The future has landed – explore interactive mixed-reality, trailblazing art, live coding, industry demos and DIY AI prototypes
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Liam Young: World Machine
Art & exhibitions

Liam Young: World Machine

A planetary supercomputer transforms Earth into a machine in a mesmerising film artwork
Royal Festival Hall
Tickets Free
More info for Algorave
Two women dance on a dark stage in front of a giant projection screen displaying color-coded lines of live computer code.
Gigs

Algorave

See a spectacle be created in real time at a live-coded electronic music event hosted by AlgoRhythms
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Tickets Free

While you're with us

Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms
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Jeppe Hein: Appearing Rooms

A summer favourite returns to our site with water fountains to splash around and cool down in.

Shopping
Wooden displays in the Southbank centre shop, featuring books, plushies, and colourful merchandise

Shopping

A vibrant range of inspiring books, homeware, prints, accessories and more.

Klaus Weber: Thinking Fountains
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Thinking
Fountains

Water cascades and spouts over Klaus Weber’s bronze figures.

Modified Social Benches
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Modified Social Benches

Benches that challenge the space and distance we place between one another.

William Pye's Zemran
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William Pye's Zemran

Pye’s beautiful stainless steel sculpture sits overlooking the Thames.

Natura Nostra Forest
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Natura Nostra Forest

Our growing pocket forest creating a natural oasis.