FIBER is founded in 2011, when a group of like-minded friends decided to organize a festival that reflected their interest in electronic music, digital art and the synchronisation between sound and visuals. Through the combination of their own professions and creative network, the first edition of FIBER Festival was born on January 15 2011 at the renowned club TrouwAmsterdam. The festival brought together the works, showcases and live acts from 25 artists, 100 partners and attracted more than 1000 visitors.

A second edition followed in March 2012, now also inviting artists from different countries, such as Ukraine, Turkey and Mexico. Mid 2013 the organisation embarked on a new exploration with the ongoing Coded Matter(s) event series, which seeks out to thematically present and uncover the often hidden practice of makers working with code and complex computational systems. Thereby reflecting on the impact this development has on society and stimulating artists to share knowledge and ideas among each other.

Aside from these self-initiated productions, FIBER works together with other festivals and organisations. We curated the exhibition (Im)possible Worlds with 6 installations from young Dutch artists at The Netherlands Media Art Institute (Amsterdam, 2012), participated within the Transnatural Festival (Amsterdam, 2012) and organised the DATABOOTH data visualisation workshops at MU as part of Ryoichi Ikeda’s exhibiton Data Scan (Eindhoven, 2013).

In close collaboration with Utrecht based SETUP and Liefhebber Design two huge edition of Bring Your Own Beamer XL (Utrecht, 2013) and Bring Your Own Beamer IN/OUTdoor (Amsterdam, 2012, with De Brakke Grond) introduced the general public with an array of audiovisual art projects and digital tools by starting and experienced makers. The ongoing FIBER podcast (2012 – present) presents upcoming and renowned electronic music creators from around the globe.

Throughout the years we’ve worked together with partners as Deframe (NL), KBK Visuals (NL), De Brakke Grond (NL), STEIM (NL), Hotpixel (MX), Cocolab (MX), TodaysArt (NL), MU (NL), Vice, Motherboard, CJP and supported young artist by connecting them with this (inter)national network.