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Throughout the month of December, W1 Curates are sprinkling some festive magic over Oxford Street in the form of a free-to-visit immersive experience.
Vollut’s “Safe Distance” Exhibition is a magic Journey into Immersive Digital Art
London’s art scene is set ablaze with the debut solo exhibition of digital artist Vollut at W1Curates. Titled “Safe Distance,” this groundbreaking exhibition not only marks Vollut’s solo debut but also redefines the boundaries of immersive digital art experiences.
LSOS: DJs Seth Troxler and Phil Moffa have given Oxford street a comic inspired AR twist.
The Oxford Street gallery W1 Curates has teamed up with Lost Souls of Saturn – a multidisciplinary live project and collaboration between Seth Troxler and Phil Moffa, two in-demand DJs and producers, well-known on the electronic music circuit
Thursday’s best photos
The digital artist Frederic Duquette, known professionally as Fvckrender, attends the launch of his video exhibition Catch the Light.
Digital artist’s London show is love letter to beating anxiety ‘thanks to art’
A digital artist has described his debut solo show in London as a “diary” of the past eight years as he found solace in art after battling up...
Digital artist lights up Oxford Street with debut solo show
One of the world’s biggest digital artists is lighting up Oxford Street with a three-storey public exhibition.
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Digital artist’s London show is love letter to beating anxiety ‘thanks to art’
The creative said he did not want to continue living with constant panic attacks as a teenager but vowed to help others...
FVCKRENDER TAKES OVER ENTIRE BLOCK OF LONDON’S OXFORD STREET FOR DEBUT SOLO SHOW
FVCKRENDER is taking over an entire block of London’s iconic Oxford Street throughout August, creating a mesmerising...
W1 Curates: Showcasing Digital Art To Nearly Half-Million People Per Day
W1 Curates is a free public art platform that has ‘true to form’ digital art displays at the forefront of its mission statement...
How a London Art Gallery Went All NFT
Real Vision's Nico Brugge speaks to Mark Dale, founder of W1 Curates, a home for NFT exhibitions in Oxford Street, London's ultra-busy Soho district.
Mission celebrates the vulnerability of masculinity
A feature of the W1 Curates facilities, the screens were lit up with short videos from the shoot so that the models were constantly on display..
Digital master-stroke for art lover Andy Murray as artist creates work based on Wimbledon career
An artwork created using data from every point played by Sir Andy Murray at Wimbledon..
Breaking News: W1 Curates Presents Andy Murray, Wimbledon & Refik Anadol!
Hold on to your tennis rackets because we have some thrilling news to share! W1 Immersive..
Ten coolest things to do in London this week
The UK drum and bass music powerhouse, who has dominated the scene since 2005, is making an epic return with fresh material and an exciting lineup of shows...
EVENING STANDARD’S ONE-OFF CORONATION NFT BREAKS RECORDS
The Evening Standard’s one-off digital art tribute to the new King was a record-breaking success over the Coronation weekend...
THE EVENING STANDARD COLLABORATES WITH TREVOR JONES
The Evening Standard revealed a limited-time NFT artwork by Trevor Jones to honor the Coronation of King Charles III...
OLAYIKANMI OLAWALE AT W1 CURATES
W1 Curates And Chilli Art Projects Proudly Presented A Solo Presentation By Olayikanmi Olawale , W1 Immersive On Oxford Street...
NFTUK TAKEOVER AT W1 CURATES
W1 Curates and FLANNELS London partnered with NFTUK for a unique store takeover at the FLANNELS London Flagship store...
ART FOR YOUR WORLD DIGITAL INSTALLATION NOW LIVE ON OXFORD STREET, LONDON
Jadé Fadojutimi's artwork 'A Muddled Mind That's Never Confined' was showcased in the W1 Curates digital exhibition on Oxford Street, London...
YOU'RE INVITED TO AN IMMERSIVE WEB 3.0 FASHION EXPERIENCE WITH SHOWSTUDIO & ikon-1
On 10 December, for one day only, SHOWstudio's boundary-pushing NFT project ikon-1 took over W1 Curates art gallery on Oxford Street...
W1 CURATES TYLER MITCHELL
Tyler Mitchell's photos are displayed day and night on a three-story building on Oxford Street in London by W1 Curates...
SOUND ARTISTS, HARRY YEFF AND TRUNG BAO, TRANSFORM VOICES INTO GEM STONES IN LANDMARK EXHIBITION
The new 400 square metre immersive gallery will present wall-to-wall digital gemstone artworks from a selection of the VOICE GEM archive...
DIGITAL LEGACIES
Dropbox has more than 700 million registered users across 180 countries. Where we once cut-and-pasted photographs into physical photo albums, we now save our images on iCloud. Answering machine messages are locked behind passcodes...
SPEECH RECOGNITION: THE VOICE GEM SYSTEM OF HARRY YEFF & TRUNG BAO
In a basement gallery under London's Oxford Street, Jeremy Allen discovers a cache of precious stones formedfromthe voices of Ai Weiwei, Lily Cole and Sir Geoff Hurst
GENERATING GEMSTONES FROM VOICE – VOICE GEMS: 1000 YEAR ARCHIVE IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
Pioneering artists Harry Yeff and Trung Bao opened an immersive experience in the basement of Flannels’ Oxford Street shop. VOICE GEMS: 1000 YEAR ARCHIVE is a unique...
W1 CURATES: ‘VOICE GEMS: 1000 YEAR ARCHIVE’
Next week, a collection of digital gemstone artworks from a number of well-known contributors, including Ai Weiwei, Dr. Jane Goodall, Felipe Pantone, Sougwen Chung, Reggie Watts and others, will be shown by London’s W1 Curates in VOICE GEMS: 1000 YEAR ARCHIVE. This rather large-scale artistic endeavour was started by Trung Bao and Harry Yeff (Reeps100). Instead of making sculptures in the traditional sense, a virtual museum is offered full of sculptural sound bytes made from famous people, artificial intelligence (AI)-generated sounds, extinct languages, and even the voices of critically endangered species.
WORLD'S LEADING VOICE ARTIST REEPS100 TRANSFORMS CELEBRITY'S LANDMARK EXHIBITION IN LONDON
Harry Yeff, the record-breaking composer, beatboxer and multidisciplinary artist who is using voice as a medium for creating sculptural works - Voice Gems - preserving everything from endangered species to the voices of influential people including Ai Weiwei, Dr. Jane Goodall, Will.i.am, Sir Geoff Hurst, Felipe Pantone, Reggie Watts, Lily Cole, Aitor Throup and more.
LARGE-SCALE GEMSTONE ARTWORKS MADE BY HUMAN & ANIMAL VOICES DEBUT IN LONDON SHOW
The first artificial intelligence encounter that artist and technologist Harry Yeff had was with an AI chess. No matter how many times he tried to beat it, it would always one-up him, beating him as it calculated his next move. Harry saw it as a chance to become a better player rather than a sour opponent. He now recalls it as a fond memory, a built rapport that he wanted to dive into, so much that he believes his opponents are his greatest collaborators.
W1 CURATES PRESENTS 'VOICE GEMS: 1000 YEAR ARCHIVE'
Back in January, Harry Yeff (Reeps100) and Trung Bao embarked on a rather ambitious art project. Instead of creating sculptures in a traditional sense, the technologists presented a virtual museum filled with sculptural sound bytes made from prominent figures, AI-generated sounds, dying languages and even the voices of critically endangered species. Next month, London’s W1 Curates will debut VOICE GEMS: 1000 YEAR ARCHIVE, a collection of digital gemstone artworks from a list of prominent contributors, including Ai Weiwei, Dr. Jane Goodall, Felipe Pantone, Sougwen Chung, Reggie Watts, Jesse Damiani, Nancy Baker Cahill and many more.
LARGE-SCALE GEMSTONE ARTWORKS MADE BY HUMAN & ANIMAL VOICES DEBUT IN LONDON SHOW
The first artificial intelligence encounter that artist and technologist Harry Yeff had was with an AI chess. No matter how many times he tried to beat it, it would always one-up him, beating him as it calculated his next move. Harry saw it as a chance to become a better player rather than a sour opponent. He now recalls it as a fond memory, a built rapport that he wanted to dive into, so much that he believes his opponents are his greatest collaborators.
W1 CURATES PRESENTS ‘VOICE GEMS: 1000 YEAR ARCHIVE’
Back in January, Harry Yeff (Reeps100) and Trung Bao embarked on a rather ambitious art project. Instead of creating sculptures in a traditional sense, the technologists presented a virtual museum filled with sculptural sound bytes made from prominent figures, AI-generated sounds, dying languages and even the voices of critically endangered species. Next month, London's W1 Curates will debut VOICE GEMS: 1000 YEAR ARCHIVE, a collection of digital gemstone artworks from a list of prominent contributors, including Ai Weiwei, Dr. Jane Goodall, Felipe Pantone, Sougwen Chung, Reggie Watts, Jesse Damiani, Nancy Baker Cahill and many more.
A LONDRA IL PROGETTO D'ARTISTA CHE "CONSERVA" LA VOCE UMANA SOTTO FORMA DI GEMME PREZIOSE
L'ambizioso progetto VOICE GEMS, sviluppato a partire dalla "trasformazione" della risata di due amanti in una pietra preziosa destinata a sostituire il classico diamante dell'anello di fidanzamento, si basa su un sistema generativo ideato dal duo di artisti per cogliere la struttura della singola voce e "tradurla" nelle forme e nei colori di ciascuna gemma che compone l'incredibile 1000 YEAR VOICE GEMS ARCHIVE. Le voci appartengono sia a personalità del calibro di Ai Weiwei, Will.i.am, Felipe Pantone, Kenny Schachter e Lily Cole, sia a specie animali in via di estinzione sia al mondo delle Intelligenze Artificiali, a riprova della moltitudine di ambiti che confluiscono nell'archivio.
REEPS100 TO SHOWCASE WORLD’S FIRST SCULPTURES MADE FROM HUMAN VOICES GO ON SHOW IN LONDON
On 8th September, pioneering artists and technologists Harry Yeff (Reeps100) and Trung Bao will open a solo show across the interior and exterior of London’s W1 Curates presented by W1 Immersive on Oxford Street, where they will debut VOICE GEMS: 1000 YEAR ARCHIVE, a collection of the Earth’s most unique, remarkable and vulnerable voices that have been preserved as individual gemstones.
MASSIVE-SCALE GEMS CREATED WITH HUMAN AND ANIMAL VOICES MAKE THEIR DEBUT AT A LONDON EXHIBITION
Firstly Synthetic intelligence Artist and technologist Harry Yeff met AI in chess. Regardless of what number of occasions it tries to hit it, it would hit him whereas calculating his subsequent transfer. Harry noticed it as a possibility to turn into a greater participant than a bitter opponent. He now remembers it as a fond reminiscence, a structured relationship that he wished to drown out, in order that he believed his opponents had been his greatest collaborators. In one other expertise, she grew up within the turbulent neuro-deviant setting of Walthamstow, the place she thought she had no voice. Combining these episodes, Harry launched into 15 years of analysis into how far a voice may be visualized, first testing the boundaries of his vocal vary as a beatboxer, then utilizing expertise to cowl individuals and animals. NFT And 3D printing.
PARIS : HARRY YEFF PRÉSENTE VOICE GEMS À W1 IMMERSIVE
Le 8 septembre, les artistes et technologues pionniers Harry Yeff (Reeps100) et Trung Bao ouvriront une exposition personnelle à l’extérieur et à l’intérieur de l’espace, exposant leurs archives VOICE GEMS – une collection des voix les plus uniques, remarquables et vulnérables au monde qui ont été préservées en tant que pierres précieuses individuelles, notamment Ai Weiwei, Dr. Jane Goodall, Felipe Pantone, Herbert W. Franke et Sir Geoff Hurst.
MAXIM ZHESTKOV PRESENTS LUMINESCENT IMMERSIVE EXHIBITION WAVES
Digital artist Maxim Zhestkov presents his first solo show, Waves, at W1 Curates immersive exhibition space on 18 August. It will illuminate every surface of the space to form an interactive experience on both the interior and exterior of the venue.
MAXIM ZHESTKOV: WAVES
On August 18, 2022, the first solo exhibition of digital artist Maxim Zhestkov, titled Waves, will illuminate every surface of London’s W1 Curates exhibition space — inside and out. With new work displayed across the facade’s 3 floors of bespoke LED screens and on every wall of the interior, Maxim will make his London debut via an immersive digital art experience in the commercial heart of the city.
DIGITAL ARTIST MAXIM ZHESTKOV TAKES OVER FLANNELS LONDON
On August 18, FLANNELS LONDON will host Waves, the first solo exhibition of digital artist Maxim Zhestkov in collaboration with the public art platform, W1 Curates. The immersive experience constitutes a step forward for the luxury multi-brand retailer, furthering its commitment to experimentation and collaboration within fashion, art and music.
MAXIM ZHESTKOV’S HYPNOTIC DIGITAL ART MAKES VIRTUAL WORLDS TANGIBLE
Maxim Zhestkov’s work is a tale of two worlds. One we can set foot in, one offers us a convincing illusion of that possibility.
NISSI OGULU'S FLANNELS EXHIBITION EXPLORES AFRICA'S RICH CULTURAL HERITAGE
Multidisciplinary creative Nissi Ogulu has teamed up with FLANNELS for an all-new digital art exhibition dubbed Jigsaw Tribe.
ARTSY & W1 CURATES TRANSFORM FLANNELS LONDON INTO AN EXHIBITION CELEBRATING YOUNG BLACK BRITISH ARTISTS.
Artsy has collaborated with public art platform W1 Curates London for a site-specific activation. As part of Black History Month in the U.K. and coinciding with Frieze London, Artsy and W1 Curates have transformed the exterior of Flannels London, on Oxford Street, into a public art exhibition in celebration of young Black British artists represented by London galleries.
THREE YOUNG BLACK BRITISH ARTISTS BOLDLY REENVISIONING THE WORLD AROUND US
To be Black and to be British is so often intertwined with complicated notions or projections of wrestling with identity. It is unsurprising that the great artists of our time look inwardly to form the core ideas of their artistic practice, but we must resist the monolithic idea that Black art must represent the inner reckonings of the artist. Artists are storytellers; they draw on the rich histories of themselves, those around them, and the world and refashion them with their own subjectivity to create an endearing view on the world. The visual approaches of Sahara Longe, Adébayo Bolaji, and Lee Simmonds are testament to this.
W1 CURATES AND ANTHONY JAMES’ EXHIBITION LAUNCHES AT MARBLE ARCH MOUND
W1 Curates and artist Anthony James’ light exhibition inside the Marble Arch Mound has opened to the public and is free for visitors to enjoy a unique and fully immersive experience. British sculptor, Anthony James, has installed the Lightfield art exhibition which will see light sculptures in three rooms within the Mound temporary exhibition space.
IS THE MARBLE ARCH MOUND THE LATEST LONDON ATTRACTION TO RISE FROM THE DEAD?
It began as London’s worst tourist attraction with plants dropping dead from its side within hours. But now the £6 million Marble Arch Mound could be joining the 02 Arena and London Eye as one of London’s underdog tourist spots that shakes its infamous image - thanks to a new light exhibition. While Londoners and tourists initially rushed to the Marble Arch Mound to mock it, the latest figures from Westminster City Council show 114,000 people had been up the mound as of Tuesday. The pop-up attraction has even become a viral sensation thanks to its spectacular art exhibition which has been compared to Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s Tate exhibition.
THE MARBLE ARCH MOUND WILL COME ALIVE WITH W1 CURATES LIGHT EXHIBITION
Experience a spectacular light exhibition at the Marble Arch Mound. The Marble Arch Mound, London’s newest outdoor attraction, will feature a, one-off light exhibition by W1 Curates when the 25m tall hill opens to members of the public on Monday July 26. This unique collaboration between Westminster City Council and W1 Curates, as announced today, will offer members of the public an opportunity to enjoy a special art exhibition called Lightfield, led by British/American artist, Anthony James.
SHEPARD FAIREY ON OXFORD STREET
The latest outdoor art show at Flannels on Oxford Street features contemporary artist, Shepard Fairey. He is a street artist, graphic designer, activist, and founder of OBEY Clothing and creative agency Studio Number One.
MARBLE ARCH MOUND HAS AN INFINITY ROOM BY BRITISH SCULPTOR ANTHONY JAMES
To celebrate the launch of London’s newest 25m-high Mound in Marble Arch, Westminster City Council and W1 Curates present a new fully immersive installation Lightfield by British sculptor Anthony James represented by Opera Gallery.
MEET THE UOL FASHION STUDENT WHOSE WORK IS LIGHTING UP OXFORD STREET
Angela Olsen has just finished her fashion degree at the University of Leeds and has since been featured by the Graduate Fashion Foundation and her work is now lighting up Oxford Street in London. The University of Leeds is a Graduate Fashion Week member, meaning students are allowed to take part int he GFW competition. Angela entered the competition GFW x W1 Curates and was one of the winners, leading to her work being displayed on Oxford Street on W1 Curates’ gigantic screens.
HERTFORDSHIRE FASHION STUDENT HAS WORK FEATURED ON THE SIDE OF TOP LONDON STORE
A fashion design student who went to school in Hertfordshire has had her work displayed on Oxford Street in London. Angela Olsen, 24, a fashion design graduate from the University of Leeds, entered two competitions to have her graduate work showcased, she won them both. Ms. Olsen is originally from South Africa but went to school in Hertfordshire, first at Loretto and then at West Herts College to do a fashion module.
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD FASHION DESIGNER'S WORK SHOWCASED ON LONDON'S OXFORD STREET
The work of a graduate fashion designer from Hemel Hempstead is lighting up the Oxford Street. Angela Olsen describes seeing her designs on the exterior of Flannels London store as 'surreal'. The 24-year-old, a menswear graduate from the University of Leeds, entered two Graduate Fashion Week competitions to wards the end of her last semester.
CHECK OUT THE W1 CURATES GRADUATE INSTALLATION
How cool is this? This week, as we lead up to GFW21, 50 winning graduates of the W1 Curates Competition have had their work showcased in the heart of London, at the Flannels store on Oxford Street! Their work wraps around 6 huge screens that are three stories high. Couldn’t get a much bigger platform to showcase the graduate’s incredible work than that!
ARTIST JONATHAN ROSEN EXHIBITS ON THE W1 CURATES IMMERSIVE DISPLAYS IN LONDON
New York City based visual artist and creative director, Jonathan Rosen is collaborating with an art exhibition space this month. Known for his language-based and experiential art, Rosen is installing a dynamic show on W1 Curates state-of-the-art, 36 screen 3-story LED facade in the heart of London’s Oxford Street. From now until June 6th, his iconic pieces titled, I WANT, BIG, DROP and FAMOUS continue his career exploration of human possibility and desire, this time with an emphasis on our universal need to be seen, to be successful, and for many, to be a star.
BRIGHT ARTFUL DAYS WITH VISUAL CREATIVE DIRECTOR JONATHAN ROSEN
The art world continues to emerge from the shadow of the pandemic. Helping paint the pathway to brighter days are individuals like New York City visual artist and creative director, Jonathan Rosen.
OXFORD STREET TRANSFORMATION WITH LIGHTS
On Monday 12th April, to celebrate non-essential retail opening in the UK, London's iconic Oxford Street will be transformed into a futuristic work of art by world-renowned light sculptor Anthony James. James' brand-new mesmerizing LED artwork Constellations will be installed across 36 digital canvases over three stories, using 33 million LED lightbulbs that will wrap around the exterior of Flannels Flagship store on Oxford Street in a powerful light display.
OXFORD ST TRANSFORMED BY NEW PUBLIC ARTWORK USING 33MILLION LED LIGHTBULBS
From 12th – 26th April the world’s leading contemporary light artist Anthony James will be transforming London’s iconic Oxford Street with a powerful new public artwork Constellations which will be installed across 36 digital canvases over three stories, using 33 million LED lightbulbs, that will wrap around the exterior of Flannels Flagship store on Oxford Street in a powerful light display.
#ICLAPFOR X W1 CURATES X MAKE IT BLUE
Today is the one-year anniversary of the start of the Clap For Our Carers campaign in the UK. Artist Ian Berry collaborated with Make it Blue along with David Bailey, Keira Knightly and Ringo Starr with art that was displayed on the 36 giant screens of the W1 Curates public art platform, a giant exhibition space covering the exterior of the Flannels fashion store on London’s Oxford Street.
A DAZZLING ILLUMINATED ARTWORK WILL TRANSFORM OXFORD STREET THIS APRIL
Though the plans to pedestrianise Oxford Street were nixed by Westminster Council a few years ago, there are still plenty of plans to elevate London’s busiest shopping street to new heights.
ANDREA TYRIMOS WORKED WITH W1 CURATES IN LONDON, W1 CURATES SHOWCASES WORKS FROM SOME OF THE MOST INNOVATIVE ARTISTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD ON THEIR DIGITAL SCREENS IN THE HEART OF LONDON ON OXFORD STREET.
Andrea Tyrimos joined the #LightItBlue project, it is an initiative that is part of the wider #MakeItBlue campaign in the UK – the campaign encourages people everywhere to share their own messages of gratitude and solidarity to the NHS.
W1 CURATES BRINGS THE ART OF PICHIAVO TO THE FAMOUS OXFORD STREET IN LONDON.
W1 Curates brings the art of PichiAvo to the famous Oxford Street in London. A selection of artworks will be in display over the facade of the new Flannels department store during the whole month of December, the busiest shopping period of the year.
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Made You Look is a series of portraits curated by George alongside chef and culinary director Mike Reid.
MELEKO MOKGOSI’S DEMOCRATIC INTUITION DEBUTS IN EUROPE
An algorithm sequence of images in a ten-minute loop, the installation features image fragments and texts in English and Setswana from Mokgosi’s narrative paintings, digitally adapted to cover the three-story LED façade of the Fannels flagship store at 161–167 Oxford Street in Soho.