ART UNDER PRESSURE ARTS FESTIVAL

AN annual arts festival showcasing photography, graphic design, music video, and films by our ReFOCUS community of international artists. Live performances and dj sets compliment the massive showcase of visual art.

Since our first festival at the famous Romantso in Athens, Greece (2023), our festival events have tourING cities
including Lucerne, Valencia, Berlin, London, New York and Philadelphia.

PHOTOGRAPHY

EXPLORE THE GALLERY
GRAPHIC DESIGN

EXPLORE THE GALLERY
MUSIC VIDEO

SEE THE FILMS
FILMS

SEE THE FILMS
REPORTAGE

SEE THE REPORTS
TALKS
LIVE PERFORMANCES

SEE THE SHOW
DJ SETS

ART UNDER PRESSURE

Our annual arts festival showcasing photography, graphic design, music video, and films by our ReFOCUS community of international artists.

Live performances and dj sets compliment the massive showcase of visual art.

Since our first festival at the famous Romantso in Athens, Greece (2023), our festival events have toured European and American cities including Lucerne, Valencia, Berlin, London, New York and Philadelphia.

Get in touch for upcoming shows, events, exhibitions, and publications.

REACH OUT AND BRING THE FESTIVAL TO YOUR CITY!

Our inaugural festival, May 2023, was hosted at the famous ROMANTSO in the Greek capital Athens.

Scores of live performances and DJ sets complimented a massive showcase of photography, design. music video, films and reportage over a 3-day weekend.

Hundreds of artists from around the world, all part of the ReFOCUS collective, had their work on display.
A lively evening of film, photography and world class DJs was hosted by BLOK BAR in downtown Lucerne (Dec 2023), bringing the world of our community to Switzerland for the first of many events.
We took advantage of amazing weather in central Valencia (Jan 2024), with the whole Art Under Pressure showcase on display over a long weekend of live music, films, photography, design, and of course community Paella!
STARTING POINT, a massive art show at ATELIER GARDENS in the historic German cinema studio BUFA (March 2024), helped us plant the ReFOCUS flag in Berlin, and lay the ground work for our 4th media lab to open in the fall.

Our partners von Hier an Weiter, helped us host a truly fantastic evening of films, talks, live performances, photography, design and amazing DJs.
In solidarity with a host of UK-based refugee support orgs, including Pollination UK, Conversations Over Borders, Voices Radio, Safe Passage UK, and King's House, ReFOCUS hosted an amazing day of talks, films and showcased the work of our community (June 2024).
REVOLUTION ME FILM FESTIVAL in INDUSTRY CITY, Brooklyn (Nov 2024) was the scene for a special weekend of Art Under Pressure Films and Photography, along with talks with our filmmakers.
ART UNDER PRESSURE COMES TO PHILLY, FEB 2025.

Check back soon, and follow us on socials @refocusmedialabs for updates and all the details