Rare Effect

Rare Effect is a digital art exhibition & music festival curated by Art Progression Now, a borderles

15/09/2026

Are our phones listening to us? Are fitness apps selling our geo-located run club data? Does it matter in a future where content is not only algorithmically tailored to, but generated for, our tastes and moods?

Still, the looking feels important. If images are becoming less reliable, or perhaps obsolete, does their fallibility predicate a return to first-hand experience? Art has, at its best, always been good at showing us how unreliable reality can be, and how feeling can come from out of nowhere.

This year’s Rare Effect theme is Countersurveillance, asking participating artists, thinkers, and audiences to set their critical gaze on the hyperstructures that watch, govern and shape our realities, and to speculate on where we go from (now)here.

More soon, early bird tickets on-sale now via Resident Advisor at the link in bio.

15/09/2026

Rare Effect returns, 11-15th November, with Countersurveillance.

Participating artists, thinkers, and audiences are asked to set their critical gaze on the hyperstructures that watch, govern and shape our realities, and to speculate on where we go from (now)here.

More soon, early bird tickets on-sale now.

Arroz Estúdios
Well Read Lisbon
Cosmos
Damas

European Alternatives
Common Archives
TEMPIO DEL FUTURO PERDUTO
MiMU

15/09/2026

We’re being watched. By our friends, our family, our employer, our gym, our feed, our chatbot, and ourselves. We self-regulate in fear, or perhaps hope, of being seen in the panopticon of everyday life.

But what does it mean to look back? Not through nostalgic rose-tinted Meta glasses, but locked in direct eye contact with the surveyor. Is it even possible? The mega-corporations that dictate this watching leave us with more questions that answers when we look closer at how, when, and why our data is being collected.

This year’s Rare Effect theme is Countersurveillance, asking participating artists, thinkers, and audiences to set their critical gaze on the hyperstructures that watch, govern and shape our realities, and to speculate on where we go from (now)here.

More soon, early bird tickets on-sale now via Resident Advisor at the link in bio.

05/03/2026

See you at this weekend?

Day 1 plays host to an unconference, featuring speakers and organisations committed to the future of our online world.

On Day 2, we’ve invited our friends , and to join a stacked day-to-night lineup of live acts, DJs and audio-visual installations.

Check the full-lineup, and get your tickets at the link in bio.

13/11/2025

STILL PROCESSING—

Thank you to the artists, musicians, residents, speakers, partners, crew, staff and, of course, the audiences for joining us at Rare Effect 2025. There are things we remember and others we forget, and we’re grateful for the memories, connections and conversations made during the weekend.

The festival was made possible with support from Arroz Estúdios, Well Read, Parallel Society Festival (taking place 7th March in Lisbon, link in bio!), and Reset! Network.

See you next year!

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AINDA EM PROCESSAMENTO—

Obrigado aos artistas, músicos, residentes, palestrantes, parceiros, equipa, funcionários e, claro, ao público por se juntarem a nós no Rare Effect 2025. Há coisas que lembramos e outras que esquecemos, e somos gratos pelas memórias, conexões e conversas que tivemos durante o fim de semana.

O festival foi possível graças ao apoio da Arroz Estúdios, Well Read, Parallel Society Festival (que acontecerá a 7 de março em Lisboa, link na biografia!) e Reset! Network.

Até ao próximo ano!

08/11/2025

Logos Circles presented by Parallel Society Festival kicked off the conversation series at Arroz Estûdios for Rare Effect.

Meet Reset!, a one-day consortium in partnership with Arroz Estúdios, Well Read, Gerador and the Reset! network, is today from 11-17h.

Centering on the 2025 Reset! Network theme, “Reclaiming Physical Spaces for Community Empowerment”, the event will explore how communities can assert control over both physical environments and digital platforms to foster inclusivity, creativity, and ethical engagement, via keynote lectures, open roundtable sessions, and hands-on workshops from European Alternatives, 90mil, Colectivo Warehouse + with representation from Sirigaita, Colectividades em Luta, Discos Paraíso, and Casa Independente.

View the full schedule in the comments, and RSVP at the link in bio.

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O Logos Circles, apresentado pelo Parallel Society Festival, deu início à série de conversas no Arroz Estúdios para a Rare Effect ontem.

Conheça o Reset!, um consórcio de um dia em parceria com a Arroz Estúdios, Well Read, Gerador e a rede Reset!, que acontece hoje, das 11h às 17h.

Com foco no tema da rede Reset! 2025, “Recuperando espaços físicos para o empoderamento da comunidade”, o evento explorará como as comunidades podem afirmar o seu controlo sobre os ambientes físicos e as plataformas digitais para promover a inclusão, a criatividade e o envolvimento ético, por meio de palestras e mesas redondas abertas. Network, «Recuperar espaços físicos para o empoderamento da comunidade», o evento irá explorar como as comunidades podem afirmar o controlo sobre os ambientes físicos e as plataformas digitais para promover a inclusão, a criatividade e o envolvimento ético, através de palestras, mesas redondas abertas e workshops práticos da European Alternatives, 90mil, Colectivo Warehouse + com representação da Sirigaita, Colectividades em Luta, Discos Paraíso e Casa Independente.

Veja a programação completa nos comentários e confirme a sua presença no link da biografia.

07/11/2025

The festival kicked off last night at Well Read, with a full house roundtable discussion hosted by Natalia Domagala to celebrate the launch of her new book, ‘Uncovering Algorithms: Conversations on the Impact of AI’.

See you later at Arroz Estúdios, for the Opening Vernissage, featuring a live audio-visual set from Pearlmitted and Lunar Ring, and a b2b DJ set from Steven Rice and Kaitlyn.

In addition to the music offering, we’ll present the opening of the art installations, with work showcased from Cezar Mocan, 204 no-content & Burst, Parallel Society Festival and Planting AiR residents.

We’ll begin the evening with Parallel Society Festival, for a presentation of their ongoing work with Quinta do Mocha and a Logos Circle discussion at 17h, followed by a screening of Daniele Grosso’s latest film, COUNT.

Até breve!

07/11/2025

Hiroma Keo is the verlan for Amaury Hocquet, a French born / Lisbon based nerd, selector, live performer and sound engineer who’s versatility is found in his DJ sets, where his love for curveballs, tribalism, deepness and psychedelia is showcased without compromising coherence and collective ecstatic bliss.

Telma is a Lisbon-based DJ and curator , known for her adventurous selections and generous energy behind the decks. Her sets unfold as borderless sonic explorations, weaving through electro, house and techno with an intuitive flair, yet always ready to swerve a genre-bending left turn into breakbeats and dub-bass heavy rhythms.

Hiromakeo and Telma go back to back, closing this edition of Rare Effect from 21:30-23h on Saturday, 8th November.

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Hiroma Keo é o verlan de Amaury Hocquet, um nerd nascido em França e radicado em Lisboa, seletor, artista ao vivo e engenheiro de som cuja versatilidade se reflete nos seus sets de DJ, onde o seu amor por surpresas, tribalismo, profundidade e psicadelismo é demonstrado sem comprometer a coerência e a euforia coletiva.

Telma é uma DJ e curadora radicada em Lisboa, conhecida pelas suas seleções ousadas e energia generosa atrás dos decks. Os seus sets desenrolam-se como explorações sonoras sem fronteiras, tecendo electro, house e techno com um talento intuitivo, mas sempre pronta para fazer uma curva à esquerda que mistura géneros, entrando em breakbeats e ritmos pesados de dub-bass.

Hiromakeo e Telma atuam em conjunto, encerrando esta edição do Rare Effect das 21h30 às 23h no sábado, 8 de novembro.

06/11/2025

Neurodancer is a Lisbon-based DJ that has spent years on a steady diet of old & new records combining stark, robotic rhythms with haunting melodies and voices, always eager to deliver a large dose of machine funk to dark, smoke-filled rooms.

Banditst4r is a Brazilian DJ based in Portugal, navigating Electro, Breakbeat, Techno, and EBM. Her sets merge acid lines, industrial textures, and immersive atmospheres with raw intensity, turning the dancefloor into a space of freedom and connection.

Neurodancer and Bandist4r open Saturday night’s dancefloor, with a pulsing b2b from 20-21:30h @ Arroz Estúdios.

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Neurodancer é um DJ sediado em Lisboa que passou anos a consumir discos antigos e novos, combinando ritmos robóticos e melancólicos com melodias e vozes assombrosas, sempre ansioso por levar uma grande dose de funk mecânico a salas escuras e cheias de fumo.

Banditst4r é um DJ brasileiro sediado em Portugal, que navega entre o Electro, Breakbeat, Techno e EBM. Os seus sets fundem linhas ácidas, texturas industriais e atmosferas imersivas com uma intensidade crua, transformando a pista de dança num espaço de liberdade e conexão.

Neurodancer e Bandist4r abrem a pista de dança de sábado à noite, com um pulsante b2b das 20h às 21h30 no Arroz Estúdios.

06/11/2025

Sneak peek of and ’s live A/V performance, tomorrow @ 19:30 at Arroz Estúdios for Rare Effect.

Endereço

Lisbon

Website

https://www.rareeffect.io/

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