New cinema
digital culture
& art
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 17th — Sun 19th Aug 2018
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.
MoreWe Dwell Below \\ Great North Museum: Hancock
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.
MoreHeavy Metal Detector \\ Arts by the Sea
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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.
Journal
Deadline: Noon, Tuesday 28 August 2018. We are seeking an exceptional individual to lead our award-winning arts and digital culture agency. This is an extraordinary…
MoreJob Opportunity: Director of Abandon Normal Devices
Wed 08 Aug 2018
During the lead up to the festival, and during bluedot festival weekend, our COSMOS Ambassadors engaged in a series of workshops and…
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Wed 08 Aug 2018
Hidden in Plain Sight was created for the second edition of COSMOS, our arts-science residency taking place annually at Jodrell Bank Observatory. COSMOS invites…
MoreHidden in Plain Sight for COSMOS \\ bluedot: Documentation
Wed 08 Aug 2018
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…
MoreITEOTA / Online Experience
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…
MoreOoni / Laura Juo-Hsin Chen
Born in Tijuana, Mexico, Martha has built her artistic career as a Videographer and Editor. For the last few years Martha has…
MoreMartha Maya
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…
MoreArcangelo Constantini
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…
MoreMatthew Plummer-Fernandez
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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