Inércia is a non-profit organisation aimed to make the Demoscene known in Portugal through preservation and outreach.
The Demoscene is a worldwide non-commercial network of creative minds involved in the making of computer generated art, combining programming, graphics and music.
We are part of an international community of artists and organisers, dedicated to promote this type of digital art through events, conferences, etc.
Want to get involved? Join us as an associate.
Inércia is a non-profit organisation aimed to make the Demoscene known in Portugal through preservation
and outreach. Simultaneously, we organise events such as Inércia Demoparty and work towards getting the Demoscene as part of the list UNESCO intangible world cultural heritage.
Originally created in 2002, Inércia was refounded in 2022 by demosceners and enthousiasts with over 20 years of experience in organising so-called "demo parties", the more common demoscene events. While addressing
some of the more common problems like funding and logistic support for those events, another goal of this non-profit is to outreach and enlarge the demoscene community, thriving to get more people engaged and creatively involved with
Inércia, either by being part of our association or by participating in our events with their art pieces.
If you share our goals, consider becoming a member of our non-profit association by filling the enrolling form. You can also donate to our association, please contact us if you wish to do so, which would help us to persue our objectives.
These are the founding members of Inércia and their roles in the organisation.
| Direction | |
|---|---|
| Filipe Cruz | President |
| Jorge Silva | Treasurer |
| Hugo Lino | Secretary |
| General Assembly | |
| Jaerder Sousa | President |
| João Faria | Secretary |
| Rui d'Orey | Secretary |
| Fiscal Council | |
| Nelson Tavares | President |
| Luís Loureiro | Secretary |
| Pedro Cardoso | Secretary |
Inércia organises and affiliates itself with events and initiatives, mainly in Portugal but also abroad.
Inércia 2024 is a music and digital art festival, unique in Portugal, which brings together close to a hundred enthusiasts and professionals from various areas to celebrate and promote Demoscene, "digital art in real time". For three days, visitors will have access to workshops, lectures and debates, in addition to exhibitions and competitions of works produced exclusively for the event, which will be shown simultaneously on a big screen at the venue and also via streaming around the world.
Inércia lives not only through digital art. A so-called "Retrocorner", or vintage corner, will delight those who grew up with computers and consoles in the 80s and 90s, but also younger people, who will have the opportunity to try out machines from their parents' time. There will also be the opportunity to discover more exotic devices, such as electronic badges made specifically for Inércia 2024, capable of playing music and graphics. And, at the end of each day, the party continues for those who want to listen and dance to electronic music, with shows and DJs throughout the night.
Meeting to share and learn tools and techniques (programming, graphics and music) related to Demoscene.
In 2024, the Association held monthly editions in Almada, Lisbon, Setúbal and Porto, bringing together artists and enthusiasts from various areas. Seminars, workshops and a happy get-together among all participants, without missing some food and drinks.
Synergy 2024 was an event dedicated to the creative use of the ZX Spectrum, which took place on May 4-5, 2024 in Cantanhede, Portugal. It featured international guests, Demoscene competitions and creative workshops. It was organized by Associação Inércia and the Load ZX Spectrum Museum in collaboration with the Municipality of Cantanhede.
