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DA Z Digital Art Zurich, is an annual festival for digital culture in Zurich, usually held at the end of October. Formats include exhibition, installation, intervention, performance, demoscene, live coding, video, electronic music concerts and talks.

The festival is organised by the association DA/S Digital Arts and Sciences Switzerland DA Z was initiated by the artist and author Hans Peter Riegel. It took place for the first time from 28 October to 1 November 2020 at various locations in the centre of Zurich.

In the first edition DA Z 2020, 50 artists from 14 countries took part. In 2021, the festival took place from 27 to 31 October with 93 artists and speakers from 13 countries.

Sections
Each year, a section of the festival is dedicated to a world region or a special theme. In 2020, Latin America Focus. The special theme of 2021 was Artificial intelligence. The DA Z Video Award, a competition for experimental video formats open to young artists up to the age of 30. DA Z Conversations is a two-day symposium that explores the impact of digitisation on society and culture. DA Z Lab invites students as well as institutions of academia to participate in projects before and during the festival.

Artists
(selection)
 * Julieta Aranda
 * Filipe Vilas Boas
 * Mark Dorf
 * Vivian Caccuri
 * Dias & Riedweg
 * DISNOVATION.ORG
 * fragmentin
 * Lauren Huret
 * Marc Lee
 * Mouse on Mars
 * Simon Weckert]

Offshoot
An offshoot of DA Z is Window of the World, a multi-week festival and symposium in St. Moritz.