New cinema
digital culture
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We Dwell Below is a fun-filled vertical virtual reality trip underground. Become a cave dweller in this comical one-off VR experience and prepare to traverse this fantastical subterranean world, exploring an alternative habitat though the act of chewing.
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Fri 28th — Sun 30th Sep 2018
Heavy Metal Detector is a cross-between a walk, workshop and performance. A relational public art project, that sits somewhere between metal music and sites of historic importance, this feat of geomancy gives members of the public the opportunity to become metal-detectors for the day, with a twist.
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Sat 29th — Sun 30th Sep 2018
Resembling a suspended organic hive structure, The Hive is a sculptural instrument made from parts of Gamelan bars (a form of percussive Indonesian music using gongs and xylophones), with concept by Indonesian artists Ikbal Lubys and Tony Maryana.
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Fri 2nd — Sun 4th Nov 2018- scroll to see more
AND Festival
AND produces, develops and stages one of the biggest media arts festivals in the UK. Travelling to and mapping a different terrain every two-years, AND Festival is a rehearsal space and catalyst for new models of working. The programme invites new ways of seeing the world through re-negotiating our relationship to place featuring live cinema events, installations, online projects, residencies, public realm interventions exhibitions, performances, games and apps.
Recording Artist, Composer, Electronic Musician, Percussionist and Musicologist, Tony Maryana, is based in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, the centre for arts…
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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
Laurie Crombie is one of the founder/directors of the Kazimier collective. The collective create interdisciplinary multimedia shows for a variety of contexts…
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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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Artist, Musician, Guitar Explorer, Improviser and Sound Artist Ikbal Lubys is based in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, the centre for arts…
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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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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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Born in the United States and living in Berlin, Lindsay Lawson’s work spans a variety of media and a particular research-process of…
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Berlin-based multidisciplinary artists Nora Al-Badri and Jan Nikolai Nelles have worked together since 2009. Their artistic practice encompasses visual art, documentary filmmaking…
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Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Martha has built her artistic career as a Videographer and Editor. For the last few years Martha has…
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James Ferraro is a contemporary musician and artist currently operating out of Los Angeles, USA. Ferraro’s work is known for uniquely dealing…
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Arcangelo Constantini is a Visual and Sound Artist and Curator in Mexico City, Mexico, and a self-proclaimed “technological hacker”. He develops work…
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Diego Ortega is a Video Artist. Originally born in Toluca, Mexico, his particular focuses are real-time video manipulation, video mapping and expanded…
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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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Born in Mexico City, Morgado is a Digital Creator that works across multiple media and disciplines. His work explores the worlds of…
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Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Leslie García is an Electronic Artist and Digital Media Developer. Her work explores the fusion between art, science…
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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,…
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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.
Journal
Established in 2009, Abandon Normal Devices now produces, develops and stages one of the biggest media arts festivals in the UK alongside…
MoreOpportunity: Board Members for Abandon Normal Devices
Tue 16 Oct 2018
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
Mon 01 Oct 2018
In anticipation of Heavy Metal Detector at Arts by the Sea 29-30 September 2018, artist Steve Maher introduces the metal bands featured in…
MoreHeavy Metal Detector: Bands announced for Arts by the Sea
Tue 25 Sep 2018
The New Networked Normal
AND have embarked on an exciting new research project, The New Networked Normal (NNN) until 2019. Collaborating with four leading arts organisations NNN will explore art, technology and citizenship in the age of the internet through a series of new co-commissions, global debate and reflections on contemporary culture.
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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Until 5 March 2017 Dortmunder U Dortmund Germany Originally released online, this new video work commissioned by AND, explores the role and…
MoreDark Content (2017)
Sat 22nd — Sun 5th Mar 2017
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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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.