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Clockwise from top left: Thee Sacred Souls (by Gustav Olivares), Aoife Nessa Frances (by Cáit Fahey), Hermanos Gutiérrez (by Jim Herrington), Debby Friday (by Katrin Braga) Courtesy of the artists hide caption
This photo illustration taken on July 14, 2021, shows the Clubhouse app icon on a mobile phone screen. The social audio app announced Wednesday it will not be attending this year's SXSW conference in Austin, Texas, given the controversies surrounding the state's transgender laws. Wakil Kohsar/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Angelica Garcia is just one of the many artists we'll miss seeing at SXSW this year. Caitlyn Krone/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
A 2019 marquee in Austin advertises the 2020 edition of SXSW, which was canceled Friday by the city of Austin. Shelley Hiam/Courtesy of SXSW hide caption
English duo IDER blends synth with piano arpeggios on the dreamy electro-pop ballad "Body Love." Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Carmen Aguilar y Wedge is the co-founder and director of creative technology for Hyphen-Labs. She modeled the company's ScatterViz visor at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Nina Gregory/NPR hide caption
President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, shown here in September, will deliver keynote addresses at the SXSW Interactive and Music festivals, respectively. Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Stromae proved to the audience at Stubb's in Austin why he's a major star just about everywhere but the U.S. Adam Kissick for NPR hide caption
DAR-1 is one of the many social robots with facial recognition abilities on display for the robot petting zoo at the South by Southwest interactive festival. Jack Plunkett/AP hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Shamir, TV On The Radio, Boogie, Courtney Barnett, Stromae Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: Shamir, TV On The Radio, Boogie, Courtney Barnett, Stromae Courtesy of the artists hide caption
SXSW Eco attendees at the welcome dinner at Springdale Farms in East Austin on Oct. 6. Nicole Burton for SXSW Eco hide caption
Bystanders rush to help those who were struck by a vehicle early Thursday on Red River Street in Austin, which was crowded with people headed to South by Southwest events. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/MCT/Landov hide caption
Bystanders rushed to help those who were struck by a vehicle early Thursday on Red River Street in Austin, which was crowded with people headed to South by Southwest events. Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman/MCT/Landov hide caption
A set of littleBits comes with more than 40 different types of electronic pieces that connect with magnets. NPR hide caption
Downtown Austin during a rainy South by Southwest Interactive, in 2012. Nick Mickolas/Flickr hide caption
Screenshot from Apple's "Photos Every Day" iPhone 5 ad picturing a scene from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs performing at NPR Music's SXSW 2013 Stubbs Showcase. Screenshot via apple.com hide caption
Festival attendees experiment with Leap Motion technology. Elise Hu/NPR hide caption
A screenshot shows how a team would track changes to its rocket project on a Sunglass platform. Sunglass hide caption