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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.
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Thu 19th — Sun 22nd Jul 2018
After premiering at AND Festival 2017, we are excited to announce that The Hive returns to be part of bluedot festival’s 2018 art programme. Resembling a suspended organic hive structure, The Hive is a larger-than-life resonator, with vibrating chimes for visitors to interact with, creating new compositions.
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Fri 20th — Sun 22nd Jul 2018
After premiering at AND Festival 2017, The Hive carries on its UK tour, and will join Full of Noises (FON) Festival in…
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Fri 17th — Sun 19th Aug 2018- scroll to see more
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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It is with great pleasure we announce Addie Wagenknecht as the COSMOS artist for 2018. Wagenknecht will be collaborating with Jodrell Bank astrophysicists through a series of research residencies in May and June to create a new artwork to inspire audiences.
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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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*PLEASE NOTE THIS CALL OUT DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED* COSMOS AMBASSADORS PROGRAMME DEADLINE: Friday 25 May 2018 Abandon Normal Devices (AND) and…
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Thu 03 May 2018- scroll to see more
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.
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*PLEASE NOTE THIS CALL OUT DEADLINE HAS NOW PASSED* COSMOS AMBASSADORS PROGRAMME DEADLINE: Friday 25 May 2018 Abandon Normal Devices (AND) and…
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Thu 03 May 2018
Our Director, Gabrielle Jenks, is set to leave Abandon Normal Devices in June this year. Gaby has been with AND for almost…
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Thu 26 Apr 2018
*PLEASE NOTE THIS CALL OUT HAS NOW PASSED* The New Networked Normal partners are delighted to launch an open call for new…
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Wed 18 Apr 2018
This free talk accompanyed the exhibition Digital Dark Ages. In 2015, Google’s Vint Cerf spoke publicly about his fear of a digital…
MoreFrom Electronic Superhighway to Digital Dark Ages (2017)
Fri 22nd Sep 2017
Electronic composer and artist Beatrice Dillon took up a residency in Peak Cavern during the AND Festival. Taking inspiration from Pauline Oliveros…
MoreTaut Line \ Beatrice Dillon (2017)
Fri 22nd — Sun 24th Sep 2017
The Real Smiling Rock is a continually updating living document between the Artist, an eBay seller named guitarpickman.com, and the digital presence…
MoreThe Real Smiling Rock \ Lindsay Lawson (2017)
Fri 22nd — Sun 24th Sep 2017
If you’re interested in hiring this piece of work, please see our touring page here. We Dwell Below invited you to traverse…
MoreWe Dwell Below \ Ooni (2017)
Thu 21st — Sun 24th Sep 2017
What if, in the far future, we cannot read the electronic documents, images and multimedia files, that proliferate our worlds today? Digital…
MoreDigital Dark Ages Tour \ Various Artists (2017)
Fri 22nd Sep 2017
This year our new cinema programme is an investigation into the cinematographic gaze featuring archival footage, film classics and recent artists’ film…
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If you’re interested in hiring this piece of work, please see our touring page here. My Wall is Your Filter Bubble was an…
MoreMy Wall Is Your Filter Bubble \ Various Artists (2017)
Fri 22nd — Sun 24th Sep 2017
Listening to the Dark was a series of prodigious sonic experiments, explorations and expeditions that could be found deep under the earth in…
MoreListening to the Dark Tour \ Various Artists (2017)
Fri 22nd — Sun 24th Sep 2017
From Electronic Superhighway to the Digital Dark Age St. Edmund’s Church Fri, 12 to 1.30pm In 2015, Google’s Vint Cerf spoke publicly…
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Thwaites will be showing his work Chromobytes as part of MU’s exhibition Biological Clocks of the Universe in The Netherlands. In 100 million…
MoreChromobytes \ Thomas Thwaites (The Netherlands)
Fri 1st — Sun 18th Feb 2018
Electronic music producer and artist Mark Fell developed a new piece working with different geometric shapes, mathematical and notational systems, in light…
MoreMark Fell \ Extensionless Thought Points (2017)
Fri 22nd — Sun 1st Oct 2017- scroll to see more
Research
Abandon Normal Devices 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.
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.
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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Ooni is a virtual reality (VR) label with a focus in the fields of Visual Arts, Music and Architecture. Ooni is a…
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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…
MoreGibrann Morgado
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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Victoria Lucas is an artist, Lecturer of Fine Art at the University of Central Lancashire, board member of Bloc Projects and current…
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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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