In January 2026, in partnership with New Media Art Club, we present COMPUTALA Digital Arts Festival. This year’s theme is “AI” – a hot topic right now. COMPUTALA is interested in critical discourse around using it in creative practice.
Exhibition
Open weekdays 11am-5pm from Monday January 12th to Friday January 30th (+ when open for events). You can also follow the season on social media @lcbdepot with info about our events.
Events
Friday January 9th, 6pm-9pm. COMPUTALA Festival launch and Robots for a Safer World Private View. Join us for light refreshments, performances and talks celebrating the occasion! [RSVP for free here]
Saturday 10th, 12pm-4pm. CQ Earlies Family Activity Day. Free drop-in activities for toddlers to ten year olds (and their grown ups) making junk robots, creative coding, and more. https://linktr.ee/Culturalquarterearlies
Sunday 11th, 12pm-4pm. Music with Robots Workshop. With Ableton Certified Instructor Mark Towers. Explore the intersection of robotics and music in this hands-on workshop where LEGO Mindstorms meets Ableton Live. Build interactive robots that control and respond to sound using custom Max for Live devices.[Pay As You Feel sign up here]
January 10th 1pm-3pm & 17th 12pm-4pm 2026. CreateAI & Art: Arts Award Discover Course. Learn how to train your own AI model with Microbit and use it to control an interactive artwork. Earn an Arts Award Discover. [Pay As You Feel sign up here for the 10th] [and here for the 17th]
Tues 13th – 17th 2026. 2000 Digital Sheep: Online Open Residency. No Jobs in the Arts and New Media Art Club invite you to join Online Open Residency, a five day online residency using DIY digital tools to create, collaborate, experiment and explore the blurred lines between human and machine imagination. [Fill out Expression of Interest for free here]
Thurs 15th 2026. 11am-1pm. Curator Tour. Festival director Sean Carroll will lead a tour and discussion around the artworks and themes in the Robots for a Safer World exhibition. [Pay As You Feel sign up here]
Tues 27th 2026. 2pm-4pm. Curator Tour. Festival director Sean Carroll will lead a tour and discussion around the artworks and themes in the Robots for a Safer World exhibition. [Pay As You Feel sign up here]
Fri 30th 2026. 6pm-10pm. CEREMONY x COMPUTALA at Last Friday. A closing ceremony celebrating COMPUTALA, exploring the connections between creativity and technology with an evening of unique experimental audiovisual performances and collaborations including new work from the AI and Performance Artist Residency Bootcamp. Free to attend in LCB Depot’s Lightbox Gallery, entrance to Last Friday Street Food event is £1 advance or £2.50 on door. [Get Last Friday tickets here]
You can find out more about COMPUTALA at http://computala.info
COMPUTALA is run by and for creatives based in Leicester, the East Midlands and beyond and is supported by Arts Council England in partnership with New Media Art Club.
