THEME

MANUFACTURED MINDS

GOGBOT Festival 2026 | Enschede

Presented by PLANETART
17 - 20 September

ALL ART IS PROPAGANDA - George Orwell
ALL PROPAGANDA IS ART - Laibach

No image is neutral. Everything is designed to influence you, whether you want it to or not, and whether you are aware of it or not.

The falsification of reality, once the exclusive domain of totalitarian regimes, has now flooded Western democracies.

Algorithms feed our echo chambers, political parties weaponise our fears, and brands sell us identities as belief systems. Billionaires become influencers, and influencers become news outlets.

The truth has already been personalised for you.
Who gets to manufacture your mind?

From 17-20 September, GOGBOT takes over Enschede city center, placeing the white cube (literally) at the heart of the matter and bringing together boundary-pushing artists, technologists, researchers, and audiences to explore how perception is constructed and contested.

Through immersive installations, reclaimed technologies, bold digital art, and participatory experiences, these artists offer critical reflections of the mechanisms producing belief, consensus, obedience, and desire.

Get your mind blown… or manufactured.