Vibecon returns June 20 with Spike Jonze, Refik Anadol, GMUNK

June 20. Vibecon opens in New York for three days, pulling together Spike Jonze, Refik Anadol, GMUNK, Paige Piskin, Gryun Kim, and Reshma Saujani. The conference bills itself as a gathering for creators working at the edge of film, AR, motion design, and digital art.

Jonze is the name most people know. Oscar for Her, music videos that defined a generation, a career spent making things that feel like they were made by hand even when they weren't. Anadol works in AI-generated installations (the kind that fill museum atriums and conference keynotes). GMUNK does motion graphics for trailers and title sequences. Piskin builds AR experiences. Kim has an Emmy for motion design work on broadcast.

The through-line is less about medium and more about making things that move on screens. Not fashion, not product, not architecture in the traditional sense. This is the corner of culture where a 15-second motion test can circulate for weeks and a well-executed title card gets more attention than the film it opens.

Vibecon has run twice before, in 2023 and 2024, both times in New York. The format leans toward talks, workshops, and portfolio reviews. Less trade-show floor, more late-night critique session. Tickets aren't listed on the site yet, but past editions ran $400-$600 for a three-day pass.

The roster this year feels heavier on the AI-art and AR side than previous years. Anadol's work is everywhere right now (MoMA just bought one of his pieces for the permanent collection). Piskin has been building AR filters that actually get used, not just demonstrated. That mix suggests the conference is leaning into the tools everyone's arguing about rather than avoiding them.

Three days. June 20-22. New York, venue TBA. The kind of event where the hallway conversations matter more than the panels, and the panels are already stacked.