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AND Festival 2020
AND Festival takes to the water, resurfacing along the global trade gateway of the Manchester Ship Canal and River Mersey from 14 to 17 May 2020. Emerging at unexpected locations across Merseyside and Cheshire (UK), AND Festival will transform waterways, ports and docklands with 4 days of site-specific installations and events. AND invites you to abandon your normal devices and submerge yourself in this industrial waterscape.
Journal
We are looking for an experienced Festival Operations Manager and we are also sharing a call out for Freelance Event Producers, Production…
MoreJOB OPPORTUNITIES: Festival Operations Manager & Production Teams Call Out
Thu 28 Nov 2019
Abandon Normal Devices (AND) and Somerset House Studios are excited to work together in commissioning a new live audio-visual performance responding to…
MoreOPEN CALL: ANDxSomerset House Studios Commission Opportunity
Thu 14 Nov 2019
Abandon Normal Devices and British Council Indonesia are delighted to launch an Open Call for a creative exchange opportunity for an Indonesia-based curator,…
MoreOPEN CALL: AND+British Council Indonesia Creative Exchange
Thu 31 Oct 2019
As we come to the conclusion of our European partnership, The New Network Normal, we reflect on our final exhibition FREEPORT: Terminal…
MoreNNN PODCASTS: Distributed Critique
Fri 04 Oct 2019
nnn.freeport.global is an alternative space for the distribution of artworks, using the backstreets, black markets and divergent parts of the internet to create,…
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As part of The New Networked Normal (NNN), we have been working on the platform nnn.freeport.global – an alternative space for the sharing…
MoreA how-to guide for nnn.freeport.global
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Abandon Normal Devices are delighted to be one of 20 teams taking part in CreativeXR, the industry-leading immersive content accelerator programme with…
MoreCreativeXR Showcase
Wed 9th — Thu 10th Oct 2019
I̶n̛t͘e͟rf̕e̢ren̵ce, created by COSMOS 2019 artist Julie Freeman, was a virtual reality experience where the endeavour of space exploration was revealed in…
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Fri 19th — Sun 21st Jul 2019
Abandon Normal Devices team are delighted to be one of the 20 teams selected to take part in CreativeXR, the industry-leading immersive…
MoreCOSMOS 2019 goes Immersive
Wed 17 Apr 2019
I̶n̛t͘e͟rf̕e̢ren̵ce was an experimental VR experience, created by Julie Freeman as part of COSMOS; our arts-science residency taking place annually at Jodrell…
MoreI̶n̛t͘e͟rf̕e̢ren̵ce for COSMOS 2019: Documentation
Thu 22 Aug 2019
COSMOS 2019 artist, Julie Freeman talks about the inspiration behind the newly commissioned VR experience I̶n̛t͘e͟rf̕e̢ren̵ce, and why interference/interfering can lead to…
MoreJulie Freeman on the importance of interference
Fri 12 Jul 2019
COSMOS is a collaboration with The University of Manchester’s Jodrell Bank Observatory and bluedot festival, that launched in July 2017. Scheduled to take place each summer, COSMOS invites an international artist to create a new audio-visual work developed for, and to be projected onto, the iconic Lovell Telescope.
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For COSMOS 2019, we are delighted to announce Julie Freeman as artist in residence. Freeman is collaborating with Jodrell Bank astrophysicists to develop a new immersive audio-visual experience, to be showcased during bluedot festival.
MoreAbout COSMOS 2019 residency
Details of the work will be released here shortly. Track our journey at #COSMOS18. During bluedot festival the Lovell Telescope will be receiving radio signals from deep space whilst pointed at the zenith, directly overhead.
MoreCOSMOS 2018 \\ Hidden in Plain Sight
Thu 19th — Sun 22nd Jul 2018
Celestial Frequencies was a ground-breaking new data driven audio-visual work created for Jodrell Bank’s iconic Lovell Telescope. Developed by award winning Tokyo-based Media…
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Fri 7th — Sun 9th Jul 2017- scroll to see more
Touring
Abandon Normal Devices are a leading organisation in commissioning work for digital culture in the UK. Over the past decade, AND has commissioned over 80 works from international artists that have pushed boundaries, engaging and inspiring thousands of audience members both nationally and overseas. After being premiered by AND, some of these works are available to hire.
nnn.freeport.global is an alternative space for the distribution of artworks, using the backstreets, black markets and divergent parts of the internet to create,…
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In the Eyes of the Animal now online at ITEOTA.com Virtual reality (VR) experience In the Eyes of the Animal is an artistic interpretation of…
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Originally released online, this new video work commissioned by AND, explored the role and experiences of online ‘content moderators’ – an elusive…
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Launched March 2016 Internet Landscapes is a series of web-based artworks by Evan Roth that allows audiences to experience the Internet’s physical, digital…
MoreInternet Landscapes: Sweden / Evan Roth (2016)
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Research
AND over the years has established a programme of research through practice and participation focusing on the areas of New Cinema, Cultural Activism and Connecting Art and Science. Through research projects we create a space for high-level industry based knowledge exchange and wider public engagement, conversation and debate.
Julie Freeman translates data from natural sources into kinetic sculptures, physical objects, images, sound compositions and animations. Her work explores relationship between…
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Since 2003 Manabe’s genre defining collaborations have interrogated emerging technologies, programming and interactive design, resulting in ambitious creative projects at the cutting…
MoreDaito Manabe
Ooni is a virtual reality (VR) label with a focus in the fields of Visual Arts, Music and Architecture. Ooni is a…
MoreOoni / Laura Juo-Hsin Chen
NKISI is the alias of Melika Ngombe Kolongo an Artist raised in Belgium and now living in London. She’s a Producer, DJ and…
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Multimedia artist and producer Brandon Covington Sam-Sumana works to interrogate matters related to currency, transience, narrative structure, and system metabolism. Their investigations…
MoreBrandon Covington Sam-Suman (N-Prolenta)
Heather Dewey-Hagborg is a transdisciplinary artist and educator who is interested in art as research and critical practice. Her controversial biopolitical art…
MoreHeather Dewey-Hagborg
Kyriaki Goni is a cross media artist based in Athens, Greece. Her work, which combines the artistic practice and the research, focuses…
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Addie Wagenknecht is an Austrian based American artist, her work explores the tension between expression and technology.
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Matthew Plummer-Fernandez is a British/Colombian Artist that creates sculpture, software, online interventions, and installations, often in connection, producing and reflecting on contemporary…
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Independent Curator Doreen A. Rios was born in Toluca, Mexico. Her work focuses on curatorial practices and research, specializing in digital cultures…
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Beatrice Dillon is a producer and composer based in London, with a series of critically-acclaimed solo, collaborative and remix works on labels…
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Dutch Artist and Innovator Daan Roosegaarde (1979) is a creative thinker and maker of social designs which explore the relationship between people,…
MoreDaan Roosegaarde
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