ALBA FOLGADO, co-curator of the International Glass Art Festival Vitrum 2020: Pulse
Alba Folgado is the independent curator of Spanish origin who has curated the exhibition The Sharp Edge of Glass in Kaunas and co-curated the International…
MONIRA AL QADIRI, iridising the tragedy of Petroculture
In the early 1950s, when the business with the ‘black gold’ took off at an enormous pace, the Arab states of the Persian Gulf became…
Body Sculptures, Interviews, Scout & Trends
KAI LANDRE, a cyborg musician interpreting the sounds of outer space
Kai Landre is a musician who can hear the universe. Not metaphorically, but rather literally. He has a 6th sense, which he chose and designed…
Design, Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics
JOHN A. PERALTA, the fragmented beauty behind ‘Mechanations’
Self-taught artist John A. Peralta has a whose unconventional sculpture style that combines mechanical objects and high-tech materials to create complex representations that are incredible…
Curators, Digital Culture, Interviews
ULRICH SCHRAUTH, curator of the LFF Expanded Programme 2020
BFI Southbank brought in Ulrich Schrauth to curate their debut Expanded programme of XR work for the 2020 edition of the London Film Festival. It’s…
AI & A.Life, Biomedia, Interviews
THIJS BIERSTEKER, integrating science with immersive art experiences that scrutinise human behaviour
Merging science and art to analyse our society’s complex interrelation with nature, ecoartist Thijs Biersteker presents Econtinuum (2020), a sensory installation which allows us to…
GUY ANDREWS, examining the concept of transformation into a sonic autobiographical anthology
London-based musician and producer Guy Andrews’ interest in making music dates back to his early 20’s when he was writing and producing ambient music using…
BAFF AKOTO, exploring diasporic consciousness and African culture in virtual reality
Further proof that the current arts zeitgeist is dominated by the acronyms XR and VR, this year’s London Film Festival features LFF Expanded*, a new…
LOTTA STÖVER, reviving plastic into a medium of the modern era
Lotta Stöver works as a student and media artist in the Digital Media program of University of the Arts in Bremen. Her works are growing…
Design, Digital Culture, Interviews
ASA, stories of transcending the barriers between the physical and virtual worlds
Reader, I hope you are prepared for this intergalactic transcending journey, as this is an interview from another world. Or better yet, worlds. Taking reality…
STUART FOWKES, capturing the world into an autonomous network of sounds
It’s natural for humans to use sound as a main form of connection – communicating involves employing complex linguistic and musical systems, a legacy of…
BRITTON POWELL, ruptures and flows of hyperreality
Experimental composer, producer, and installation artist Britton Powell blends mixed-media to expose the minutiae in ritual. His ambient-grounded sonics draw upon non-western rhythms, minimalism, and…
GRETCHEN ANDREW, speaking the language of the Internet
Gretchen Andrew is a self-proclaimed “Internet Imperialist” and “Search Engine Artist”. With the premise that the internet can’t parse desire as a starting point, she…
Interviews, Robotics & Kinetics, Scout & Trends
JULIA NIZAMUTDINOVA, shaping and creating digital worlds
The digital space is limitless. Here, imagination can become a visual, sensory reality, and the line between what is “real life,” and what is “digital…
Curators, Digital Culture, Interviews
ZAIBA JABBAR, the mind behind the multidisciplinary platform HERVISIONS
Zaiba Jabbar is an award-winning director, independent curator and founder of HERVISIONS (est. 2015). With over a decade of experience in the film and media…
Insight: Invernomuto’s BLACK MED, exploring different sound journeys across the black Mediterranean
‘The only truth is music: it blends with the heartbeat universe and we forget the brain beat’. Jack Kerouac’s quote from 1967’s Desolation Angels almost…
IDIL TABANCA, a creative director looking into a post lockdown future
Idil Tabanca has gone from being one of the founding editors of the successful New York-based art and fashion magazine BULLETT to being the Creative…
Architectures, Interviews, Scout & Trends
SAGA Space Architects, on a mission to the equidistant between moon and earth
Two figures are walking through a vast scenery. Diffuse light sheds a gleam over the featureless territory. Packed up inside puffy white suits their walk…
Contributors, Digital Culture, Interviews
PAOLO CIRIO, political aesthetics of the art market
Paolo Cirio launches a new artwork and intervention in the art market called Art Derivatives [1], a website, financial instrument and campaign. Known for his…
Interviews, Scout & Trends, Sound
RENAUD BAJEUX, converting electromagnetic radiations into a new sonic territory
Musician and sound engineer Renaud Bajeux’s work Magnetic Voices From The Unseen (NAHAL recordings, 2020) is a chronicle of existence grasped from the sphere of…