NEWS

ANNOUNCING INTO THE WILD AT SOMERSET HOUSE

Alpha-ville collaborates with Makerversity to present a 3-day event at Somerset House showcasing the 9 projects developed during Markerversity’s MV Works alongside a programme of events featuring live demos, talks, workshops and conversations.

 

Curated by Alpha-ville’s founder Estela Oliva, the event unveils the creative process and interrogates the motivations and principles driving different creative practices. An eclectic array of new projects are being presented, spanning across 3D printing, virtual reality, creative coding, product design, storytelling and digital fabrication. This unconventional exh…

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NEW REALITIES EXHIBITION LIMA [OPENING]

Presented in collaboration with Espacio Fundación Telefónica in Lima, New Realities is a touring project which aims to explore the relationship between technology, human behaviour and future identities, and how the ever­ changing nature of the Internet and use of new technologies are bringing about new avenues for creative expression. Through this journey of art, technology and digital creativity, Alpha­-ville seeks to provide new perspectives on the reality we live, and anticipate the future we are all heading to. The exhibition includes the works of 12 contemporary artists and designers featured across…

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OFFF MEXICO 2015

We´re going to OFFF Mexico, the festival of Creativity & Digital Art. On Friday 25th September, we will conduct a design thinking workshop and present our project IOTORAMA. More info here.

SPRINT NEW RESIDENCY FOR DIGITAL CREATIVES

Sprint is a new opportunity for creatives (artists, designers, technologists..) working with new technologies to spend up to 8 months with Rambert Dance Company and experiment, create prototypes, work together, learn from each other.

Submissions now open: http://www.rambert.org.uk/about-us/jobs-auditions/sprint/

 

Designed by Rambert Dance Company and Caper, in collaboration with Alpha-ville.

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IOTORAMA WEB EXPERIMENT IS NOW LIVE!

We’re excited to announce that the web version of our interactive project IOTORAMA is now live for everyone to experience at iotorama.io.

Explore a game-like ecosystem of smart objects and link them with data and purposes to discover a curated selection of “IoT” projects that include the smart home hub Mother, a personal robot that acts as your PA, a couple bracelet by Bond that tickle your partner from wherever you are, digital art canvas by Framed; the connected Hello Barbie;  the solar-powered dress Wearable Solar by Pauline Van Dongen; a DIY kit to build your own web-connected thing by readDIYmate…

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ANNOUNCING IOTORAMA, OUR NEW INTERACTIVE PROJECT

After 2 months of intense work, we’re very excited to announce a new project by the Alpha-ville Studio: IOTORAMA, an interactive installation and web experiment where people can learn about the “IoT” (Internet of Things) in a playful way. The project has been commissioned by Mobile World Capital Barcelona for their new Connected Beings Exhibition.

 

(image: IOTORAMA, view of the Home screen) Conceived, directed and produced by Alpha-ville duo Estela Oliva and Carmen SalasIOTORAMA has been created in collaboration with a dream team formed by Silvio Paganini and William Mapan from London-based collective Flu…

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MUSIC+ARTS & NEW REALITIES EXTENDED UNTIL FEB 2015

Mobile World Capital Barcelona and Telefónica are extending Music+Arts in response to popular demand. Since opening on 21 October 2014 over 7,000 people have turned out, including a high number of students.

Mobile World Centre will also extend “New Realities” the exhibition curated by Alpha-ville and consisting of 12 interactive spaces. Since the exhibit opened its doors 34 artists, designers and creators, including Ryoichi Kurokawa, Universal Everything, Quayola & Sinigaglia, Scott Snibbe, and Varvara Guljajeva and Mar Canet, have displayed their creations at the event.

The extended programme features a rece…

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ANNOUNCING DREAM:ON, DIGITAL ART SCREENING CURATED BY ALPHA-VILLE

We are delighted to announce a new event in London, Dream:ON is a digital art programme and event curated by Alpha-ville supported by the Goethe-Institut London. The event will take place the afternoon of Saturday 22nd November at the Goethe-Institut headquarters in South Kensington, which is minutes away from the V&A. The programme will present the work of emerging and established artists from Germany and around the world including: Zeitguised (DE), Robert Seidel (DE), Mike Pelletier (NL) and others to be announced, keep tuned in.

Encompassing a unique and innovative perspective on contemporary art practice,…

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ANNOUNCING MUSIC + ARTS BARCELONA

(Rome, 3 Dreams of Black by Chris Milk)

We’re very excited to unveil a new collaboration with Mobile World Capital Barcelona. Introducing: MUSIC + ARTS – an international showcase of new trends in music, art and digital culture. Presented across a central exhibition titled New Realities and a parallel programme of events, the eight week showcase is an insight into some of the most innovative collisions between art and music taking place in the heart of Barcelona.

FIRST WAVE OF ARTISTS 

Here is a sneak peak of who to expect at Music + Arts from 21st October to 13th December 2014 at Mobile World Centre in…

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ALPHA-VILLE GOES TO TRENDELENBURG IN ASTURIAS, SPAIN

We’re delighted to announce that Alpha-ville Directors Estela Oliva and Carmen Salas will be speaking at Trendelenburg 4.5 in Asturias, Spain.

Trendelenburg is a live platform focused to spread post-digital audiovisual creations. The main event is a free annual meeting that takes place between 11-13th September 2014 in Spain across different public spaces in the cities of Gijón (LaBoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial) Oviedo (Archivo Histórico de Asturias) and Avilés (Auditorio del Centro Niemeyer). This year, the programme will feature a large selection of national and international artists, work…

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LOOKING FOR A CREATIVE CODER

Are you a creative coder / technologist interested in pushing the limits of code for creativity? would you like to explore new ways of connecting with people through your work? are you looking for new challenges beyond commercial projects?

Alpha-ville is looking for a creative technologist to lead the technical aspects of a new artistic project starting in September 2014. We are looking for a talented and curious person with the following skills:

strong experience in mobile app development (iOS/Android) a solid understanding of cross-browser web solutions (webGL, html5) experience with artistic tools such as …READ MORE >

HERMAN KOLGEN LAUNCHES INJECT LIMITED EDITION ON SEDITION

Following the recent Alpha-ville LIVE event with Herman Kolgen, Alpha-ville has partnered with digital arts platform Sedition to release a new limited edition by Herman Kolgen. Kolgen has created a special artwork derived from his award winning performance Inject. The mesmerizing work called Inject Roots is available as a 1 minute limited edition HD video on the Sedition platform. If you purchase the work, you can play and display it on your devices without any limitation.

We are very excited about this new way of experiencing the work of some of our favourite artists.

 

Head over to Sedition to find out more…

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ALPHA-VILLE PRESENTS FIELD AT GOOGLE’S CREATIVE SANDBOX, CANNES

This year Google’s Creative Sandbox returned to Cannes Lions Festival, featuring an area open to all festival delegates from 16th to 20th June. Alpha-ville presented London based digital art and design studio FIELD at one of the Lightning Talks. For this talk, Vera Maria Glahn, co-founder and managing director spoke about how their work evolves and develops from idea to execution.

Lightning Talk: FIELD “The Integrity of Tension” Google’s Creative Sandbox Gray D’Albion and Plage Royale beach Friday 20th June – 2:00 – 2:45pm

Innovative ideas and cutting edge work won’t be found on the trodden path. Both …

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POSTMATTER MEDIA AND CONTENT PARTNER FOR ALPHA-VILLE EXCHANGE

We are very excited to have to POSTmatter onboard as official media and content partner for the upcoming Alpha-ville Exchange. POST is an online platform about the people and projects crossing boundaries. Where art meets science, where fashion crosses over with technology, and where the digital world collides with the physical world. It’s a hub about what’s exciting today and tomorrow.

As part of their contribution to Exchange, POST will be releasing a series of interviews with some of the artists participating in the event, so watch out for more information. “The Alpha-ville Exchange is equally interdisc…

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ALPHA-VILLE EXCHANGE EVENING PROGRAMME WITH CARSTEN JOST

We are getting really excited for the next Alpha-ville Exchange event taking place on Friday 17th at London’s Rich Mix. The one day gathering is a conference style event and features presentations from 9 exceptional artists that will lead you through the current landscape and will talk about topics relevant to art, tech and digital culture. The conference will continue with a live drawing session by Shantell Martin.

From 20:30pm Alpha-ville will take over the Rich Mix Bar for a special evening with Dial Records co-founder CARSTEN JOST. Carsten will travel from Berlin to delight your ears with his utterly mel…

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ALPHA-VILLE EXCHANGE IS BORN

We’re delighted to announce the launch of Alpha-ville EXCHANGE, a new series of events designed to give the London art, tech and creative communities the opportunity to connect, exchange ideas, get inspired and discover new talent.

The concept “EXCHANGE” underlines the notion of crossing talents and further connecting the frontiers of artistic expression with design and technology. The first of the series takes place on Friday 17th January 2014 at Rich Mix Cinema and Arts Centre and brings together some of the world’s most talented artists, creatives and designers of today to talk about their practice, …

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JAPANESE MASTERS

For the occasion of our upcoming event at BFI Southbank with multitalented Japanese artist Ryoichi Kurokawa, we’ve compiled a list of our favourites Japanese masters. From sound artists, musicians and film-makers to designers and performing artists, the list illustrates a whole generation of artists who have the ability to unlock your imagination and take you on a journey of discovery.

RYOICHI KUROKAWA For the past 10 years internationally acclaimed Japanese multimedia artist Ryoichi Kurokawa has mixed video images, audio recordings, graphics and animations to produce stunning audio-visual installations, p…

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ALPHA-VILLE MUSIC PODCAST NOW AVAILABLE ON ITUNES!

Because we love music, we want to give you the alpha-ville podcast now for free on iTunes. Now you can take it with you anywhere on your mobile or tablet.

Subscribe to the Alpha-ville podcast from this link:

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/alpha-ville-podcast/id659932722

To download the podcast on your iPhone or iPad, you will need to download the Podcast app from the Apple Apps Market and then search for: alpha-ville-podcast.

 

Once you have found it, just subscribe, download and enjoy!

 

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ALPHA-VILLE SCREENING PROGRAMMES AVAILABLE FOR TOURING AND EXHIBITION

Our 2012 screening programme is available for touring and exhibition in the formats of screening and installation.Our programmes have been screened at Hackney Picturehouse, Vortex Jazz Club and internationally at Transvisualia Festival, TodaysArt Brussels, Madiated Cities, Manitoba and Athens Video Art festival among others.

Unifinity (2012) 

Duration: 1:01:38

Eclectic programme of moving image works, featuring talents from different genres including animation, experimental, documentary, music video and CGI. The programme reflects on current ideas about how technology influences art and society. It includes t…

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THE NEW ALPHA-PODCAST SERIES PRESENTS LONDON-BASED LABEL ASTRO:DYNAMICS

To celebrate the launch of our new podcast series, we present the London-based label Astro:Dynamics  Read the full interview here . Enjoy the podcast and donate to help keep this initiative going.

DOWNLOAD THE ALPHA-VILLE PODCAST 2013 WALLPAPER

To celebrate the launch of our new podcast series, we would like to offer you an exclusive alpha-podcast wallpaper – designed by Graphset. You can download it for free for desktop, Ipad or Facebook cover. The new podcast series launches tomorrow, watch this space! https://www.alphavillefestival.co.uk/wallpaper/

ALPHA-VILLE DIRECTOR JOINS SELECTOR PANEL FOR NEW MULTIMEDIA PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL

Alpha-ville’s Director Carmen Salas has been invited to judge existing works as part of the Night Contact Festival open submission process. Night Contact is the new London multimedia and photography festival taking place on Friday 27th September in Dalston, East London. The panel is formed by leading professionals from the field of photography, film and new media including:

Aaron Schuman: Photographer and Curator Celia Davies: Acting Director, Photoworks Ravi Amaratunga: Media Project Manager, Channel 4 Carmen Salas: Creative Director, Alpha-ville

Summary of requirements: – the work will be projected – to be …

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ATHENS VIDEO ART FESTIVAL CALL FOR ENTRIES

Our friends from the Athens Video Art Festival are now calling for entries for the 2013 festival edition.

 

Athens Video Art Festival invites all contemporary artists to find inspiration in the urban environment and the inexhaustible potential of new media, experimenting and freeing themselves from all stereotypes. Proposals can be submitted by post or online, closing date is 10 April 2013.

The festival will take place on June 7-9, in the Historic and Commercial Centre of Athens. For more information: www.athensvideoartfestival.gr

 

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SUMMER SESSIONS 2013 CALL FOR ARTISTS

Summer Sessions Talent Development Network

 

The Summer Sessions are short-term residencies for young artists organised by a network of cultural organizations all over the world including Baltan LaboratoriesiMALV2_ Chronus Art Center and Dundee Contemporary Arts.

The duration of a residency is roughly 8 weeks in the period between June 1st and September 30th. As an artists you can apply by submitting a video, in which you briefly explain your project, the support you need and why you should be a part of the Summer Sessions before the deadline. You can find more information about how to apply and previous pr…

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ALPHA-VILLE JANUARY NEWS

It’s 2013, we hope you’ve had a fantastic kick off to the new year and that you are filled with plenty of positive energy.

Here at the Alpha-ville HQ’s we continue our development phase, planning the exciting year ahead, introducing innovation and research projects as well as special events. Dates haven’t been confirmed yet, but don’t worry you will be the first to know. In the meantime, check the new festival page that gives a good overview of previous years and presents some of the artists involved at alphavillefestival.co.uk/festival (https://www.alphavillefestival.co.uk/festival/)

Picks of the week continue to flow every…

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FIELD ENERGY FLOW APP OUT NOW

Field Studio have released their brand new app experience: Energy Flow, a non-linear film that explores the physical, social and spiritual tensions in our world. Translating real-life events and processes into digital paintings in motion, Energy Flow weaves multiple story lines into an immersive, audio-visual experience that is unique every time it is played.

Visit the website for more infomation and behind the scenes or read a feature in Creative Applications.

Download it for free for IOS and Android: iOS: http://x.field.io/ef-ios Android: http://x.field.io/ef-android

Supported by The Creators Project.

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