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Hito Steyerl premieres “The City of Broken Windows” in Turin

Focusing on the role of media and the circulation of images in the digital era, Steyerl’s new project will offer an intriguing perspective on how AI affects our urban environment and how alternative practices may emerge. Chris Toepfer, protagonist of the new work, will board up Castello di Rivoli with trompe l’oeil window paintings.... READ MORE...

“Broken Symmetries”: an exhibition challenging the notion of reality

Broken Symmetries is an international exhibition of ten new interdisciplinary artworks exploring the ways in which artists and scientists are working together to question the physical world. This major co-production is the latest outcome of the Collide International Residency award, and a partnership with Arts at CERN, FACT, Liverpool; CCCB, Barcelona; Le Lieu Unique, Nantes, and iMAL, Brussels.... READ MORE...

4th Istanbul Design Biennal explores new dimensions of design and learning

Curated by Jan Boelen and sponsored by VitrA, the 4th Istanbul Design Biennal opened to the public with projects from more than 200 interdisciplinary pratictioners from across the globe. For six weeks, designers, architects, artists, theoreticians will converge in Turkey’s cultural capital to explore the expanded notions of design and its role in contemporary culture.... READ MORE...

Extra States: Nations in Liquidation

Extra States exhibition works to operate as a mirror of present manifestations of the state, tracing the disintegration of the modern nation-state, now a liquid, fluid and opaque concept asking what comes beyond and beside the state in a globalised contemporaneity.... READ MORE...

“Nøtel (The Hague)”: a new multimedia installation by Lawrence Lek

Nøtel (The Hague) is a multimedia immersive installation by artist Lawrence Lek, scored by electronic musician Kode9 (Steve Goodman). The installation transforms Stroom's gallery space into a real estate marketing suite for the fictional Nøtel Corporation, Lek’s design for the luxury hotel of the future.... READ MORE...

“Only Weeds Emerge”: three video installation by Pilar Mata Dupont at TENT

TENT presents the first solo exhibition in the Netherlands by Pilar Mata Dupont. In the three large-scale video installations, Undesirable bodies, Shuffle and new work Ecological future, Mata Dupont examines the latent presence of colonial legacies in contemporary culture and the natural landscape, making tangible the conflicting realities and values that struggle to coexist.... READ MORE...

Ryoichi Kurokawa. al-jabr (algebra)

al-jabr (algebra) è la prima mostra personale in un'istituzione Italiana dell’artista giapponese Ryoichi Kurokawa, che inaugura venerdì 14 settembre 2018 alla Galleria Civica di Modena. A cura di NODE – festival internazionale di musica elettronica e live media che si svolgerà a Modena dal 14 al 17 novembre 2018... READ MORE...

Jon Rafman. Il viaggiatore mentale

FONDAZIONE MODENA ARTI VISIVE è lieta di presentare Il viaggiatore mentale, prima ampia personale di Jon Rafman in un'istituzione Italiana dedicata all’arte contemporanea. La mostra, curata da Diana Baldon e presentata da Fondazione Fotografia Modena insieme alla Galleria Civica di Modena,... READ MORE...

CryptoKitties is "Bringing the Blockchain to Life" using art and cats

Featured as part of ZKM’s ongoing, boundary pushing Open Codes exhibition, an art exhibit that is a real-time visualization of how blockchain technology is utilized in the world's most popular blockchain game CryptoKitties. The show is organized in partnership with Meural, a platform for discovering, customizing, and interacting with visual art in your everyday life.... READ MORE...

FACT presents “AURORA” by Invisible Flock

This September, FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) and interactive art experts Invisible Flock, will take over Toxteth Reservoir for a unique “walk through water”. AURORA invites audiences to step inside the cave-like vaults of one of Liverpool’s hidden gems for an epic, immersive experience.... READ MORE...

Irini Papadimitriou appointed new Creative Director of FutureEverything, Manchester

Manchester-based digital culture organisation FutureEverything prepares to enter an exciting new growth period with Irini Papadimitriou at the helm delivering artistic leadership and creative direction.The appointment comes as company Founder, Dr Drew Hemment, moves to a key strategic role on the FutureEverything Board.... READ MORE...

The Art of the VJ Hits NYU Tisch School of the Arts

The NYU Tisch School of the Arts has announced The Art of the VJ, a hands-on workshop providing a full introduction to the artform and dynamic world of the Video Jockey. Participants will learn how to create and design a live VJ performance using VJ software, behind-the-scenes techniques, and collaborate with other industry professionals.... READ MORE...

lautak: handcraft manufacture & technology by Takeshi Tamashiro

Lautak atelier is based in the beautiful countryside of Montespertoli, in the province of Florence, run by the designer Takeshi Tamashiro, where there is lots of space, many trees, some hens and deep old woods.... READ MORE...

LIVE WORKS: Performance Act Award Vol. 6

Dal 20 al 28 luglio a Centrale Fies si incontreranno performer, artisti, filosofi, curatori, sound designer, architetti, ricercatori, registi in procinto di riappropriarsi tanto delle tradizioni e dei simboli quanto del proprio futuro, aprendo nuove visioni, producendo biodiversità e complessità di segno, di contenuto, di nuovi sguardi.... READ MORE...

Archaeology of the Screen

The exhibition Archaeology of the Screen is an international development of the curator project The Archaeology of the Screen. The Estonian Example, which took place in the autumn of 2017 at the Bozar art center in Brussels. At the Kumu Art Museum in Tallin an international group of artists interpret from a new angle topics as digital security, relations between the screen and historical technology, and the criticism of visual culture.... READ MORE...

The New Museum presents the first American survey of the work of John Akomfrah

At the New Museum the first American exhibition of artist, film director, and writer John Akomfrah. The centerpiece of the survey is the celebrated three-screen video installation Vertigo Sea, here at its first New York presentation. Although Akomfrah’s work has had a profound influence on subsequent generations of British artists working across media, the importance of his work has yet to be fully felt in the US.... READ MORE...

“Eavesdropping”: a collaboration between Liquid Architecture and Melbourne Law School

Curated by Joel Stern and Dr James Parker, Eavesdropping is a collaboration between Liquid Architecture, Melbourne Law School and the Ian Potter Museum of Art, comprising an exhibition, and a public program which explore the politics of listening through work by leading artists, researchers, writers and activists from Australia and around the world.... READ MORE...

“AUTOMATA – Sing the body electric”: new edition of the Elektra festival and the BIAN

Since 1999 ELEKTRA showcases artists and works that fuse art and new technologies. Its major exhibition, the International Digital Art Biennial (BIAN) and the Elektra Digital Art Festival, respectively at their 4th and 19th edition this year, go under the theme AUTOMATA and present audiovisual performances and artworks focusing on the human body in augmented and hybrid forms.... READ MORE...