Distance has always been a part of our lives. Now, more than ever, we are expected to negotiate the complexities of near and far.

From the Manifesto Club to Mark McGowan, PLATFORM to Cecilia Wee and Ansuman Biswas; crossing Argentina to Tokyo, DISTANCE is two full days of art and performance featuring 40 artists, scientists and thinkers crossing borders and disciplines to interrogate the multiple perspectives of distance.

Join us in a mini-marathon to start things off at 1300 on Saturday and try to beat the running ex-Buddhist monk. Attempt to get Delhi into London in Challenge Amitesh (STK), spend the day watching an exercise in scale from Andrew Dawson, a twin-synch with Leo kay, nautical communication from Search Party. Let Amy Sharrocks guide you around via phone, and enjoy and a programme of satisfyingly fascinating video. Get stuck into discussions of borders and limits with the Manifesto Club, grasp how far humanity has travelled through the lyrical talents of Baba Brinkman, and travel yourself through a neighbourhood-sized cosmos guided by Guerilla Scientist and Astrobiologist Lewis Bracknell.

Sunday begins with a Brunch Salon, an open discussion around the philosophies of distance and spaces, while Mark McGowan crawls from Clapton to Buckingham palace followed by our roving reportage team. There are installations from Ansuman Biswas and David Rule, further space walks, and cross continental choreography from Robin Dingemans. As Jen Southern arrives to report on her Comob work, Cecilia Wee and Steven Ounanian bisect intimacy into on- and off-line. Also arriving is Irishman Denis Buckley who over the period of the festival will travel from east London to Galway and back again in time to introduce himself.

Finally watch as your messages to extra terrestrial intelligences are beamed out from a SETI radio transmitter. You can tweet your messages to @STK_int, or email them to info@stkinternational.co.uk