FORWARD is Washington, D.C.’s five day festival celebrating electronic creative culture – music, art, and new media. Entering its fifth year, FORWARD 2012 will continue a tradition of bringing artists and attendees’ cutting edge programming centered on live performances, art exhibitions, and workshops. Through electronic creative culture, FORWARD aims to unite artists, attendees, and the greater D.C. community in cultivating a caring, conscious society interested in pro-actively pushing things forward.

Artistically, FORWARD Festival 2012 is inspired by this year's theme - Organic. As we enter 2012, we feel that it is important - now more than ever - to get back to our roots, live healthy and embrace that which is raw and pure. Artistically, organic will be represented in all visual aspects of the festival, with a particular focus on the 5 Chinese elements of the natural world: Fire, Water, Earth, Wood and Metal. Musically, the festival will focus more on back-to-back DJ nights, artists that we feel have an organic sound and installations that reflect the theme.